Car Reviews &#038; Features

2017 Mini Countryman JCW review

Biggest, bulkiest Mini proves to be the pick of the range

August 18, 2017

2017 Volkswagen Golf R 7.5 review

VW’s hot hatch flagship gets more power, bigger brakes, and new tech

August 17, 2017

Warren Luff’s Winton Raceway tips

We asked our gun driver Luffy to give us his tips for tackling Winton’s technical turns

August 17, 2017

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review

Freshly updated version of VW’s hot-hatch icon, driven

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance review

VW serves up a more varied diet of hot hatches to satiate the Aussie performance hunger

1963-67: The push for Australian-made

Holden pegs a production record for its most Aussie car yet, while the government encourages others to build vehicles here

2017 Holden Commodore SS Ute: 1st Place $0-$50K

Why must all good things come to an end?

Skoda Kodiaq 4×4 132TSI quick review

Skoda’s biggest offering is also its most impressive

Elfin MS8 Streamliner 50th Anniversary: Classic MOTOR

The Aussie-built 340kW V8-powered lightweight that could sink supercars

Wheels Review: McLaren

New doco pays tribute to the man behind McLaren

2017 Volkswagen Polo GTI: 2nd Place $0-$50K

Defending champ wakes up on Groundhog Day

2018 Peugeot 3008 GT first drive review

Top-spec diesel 3008 ends up being a stretch too far

2017 Renault Megane GT wagon quick review

The Renault Megane GT hatch gets a wagon version that offers more in terms of space and practicality without compromising performance and handling

August 14, 2017

Ferrari Enzo v Ferrari F12 TDF v Ferrari 458 Speciale – Driven

As the sun gradually sets on seven decades of Maranello’s commitment to the natural aspirated engine, we touch on Ferrari’s fiercest atmo specials

August 14, 2017

2017 Hyundai i30 SR: 3rd Place $0-$50K

Plucky Korean surprises all in the final reckoning

August 14, 2017

Editor’s Letter: A milestone at Maranello

Wheels editor Alex Inwood recounts the first time he drove a Ferrari out of the gates at Maranello

Explained: Mazda G-Vectoring Control

Wheels delves into the tricky tech behind Mazda’s software-based torque-vectoring system

2018 BMW M4 CS: first drive

M Division finds its sweet spot

2017 Holden Astra RS: 4th place $0-$50K

The Astra RS is fast, but not fast enough

Two legends went rallying in McLaren 570 GTs

Pair of Youtubers take McLaren 570 GT supercars onto a dirt road. Epicness ensues

Why the Australian Orbital two-stroke engine never took off

In the early ’90s, Carey test drove a Ford Festiva with an Australian developed two-stroke engine and it worked quite well but never took off. Carey found the answer years later from a Porsche engineer

August 12, 2017

2017 Toyota 86: 5th place $0-$50K

The Drift king, Toyota 86 is not quite BFYB royalty

August 12, 2017

The 10 most annoying features of modern cars

No one is perfect and neither are our cars, so here are some suggestions that could make the latest vehicles even better to live with

August 12, 2017