Car Reviews &#038; Features

2009 Honda Civic hatch review

UK-built five-door has lots to offer Oz buyers … for a price.

LAUNCHED: Audi S4

Supercharged V6 replaces atmo V8, but no sympathy cards required.

A5 Sportback

The latest step in fast-moving Audi’s global product strategy is the A5 Sportback – a hard-to-describe model lobbing into a new segment.

Abarth Punto Evo

Scorpion badge brings sting to Fiat’s hatch

Review: Nissan Pulsar

OCCASIONALLY the backstory is more intriguing than the subject itself. Welcome, then, to the fall and rise of the Pulsar, dormant after seven long years of the spectacularly unsuccessful C11-series Tiida.

Review: Mercedes-Benz CLA

Thinking of the CLA-Class as a baby brother to the CLS is right and wrong.

Review: Mercedes-Benz E400

Will anyone lament the loss of the V8 from the engine menu in Mercedes-Benz’s standard E-Class line-up for Australia when a tasty V6 has been added? Probably not.

COTY

2008 Car of the Year Finalist: BMW 1 Series Coupe and Convertible

COTY success evades BMW again despite engaging dynamics and refined drivetrains.

COTY

COTY 2008 – Audi A4

Law of diminishing returns sees Ingolstadt’s COTY challenge end at final four.

COTY

2013 Wheels Car of the Year: VW Golf

Road-testing the VW Golf for the 2013 Wheels Car of the Year

First drive: Isuzu MU-X

Isuzu clearly knows when it’s onto a good thing. Riding on the D-Max’s wave of success – which is up 30 percent year on year – the Japanese brand will launch its first SUV, the MU-X, in Australia next month. And we’ve been driving it.

First drive: W205 Mercedes-Benz C-Class

BMW and Audi need to up their game enormously if the 3 Series and A4 are going to out-class the new C-Class

GT-R RETROSPECTIVE: Car of the Year finalists – Nissan GT-R

Tradition or commonsense? That was the 1991 Car of the Year dilemma.

Base three – Mazda 3 Neo

Mazda looks poised for another home run with an evolutionary new 3 that smooths rough edges with an extra layer of refinement.

Mitsubishi PX-MiEV

Mitsubishi’s PX-MiEV concept at the coming Tokyo Show may be more significant than it first appears.

What you should never do after a car accident

Picture this; you’re driving to work on a regular weekday. You weave your way around your neighbourhood then – Bang!

Falcon turns 50

In this exclusive video series we go behind the scenes for Falcon’s 50th anniversary photo shoot for Wheels magazine.

Dogs behind the Wheel

With the growing popularity of designer dog breeds, kitsch pet stores and pampering salons for pooches, should we be shocked mans best friend has hopped behind the wheel in a bid to give us humans a run for our money? Check out these hilarious hounds burning up the tarmac in style!

Top 12 weird car accessories

The world’s most expensive cars

Kia gets hot with GTI rival

Can a Kia be cool? Kia thinks so, revealing an all-new, hot hatch designed to take the fight to Europe’s finest. Called the Pro-Cee’d GT, Kia’s hot hatch will be a close cousin to Hyundai’s Veloster Turbo, first launched here in 2012.

Stunning Bugatti concept

Looks awesome doesn’t it. Sadly though, this Bugatti concept may never get off the design screen. In fact, it’s not even an official concept from Bugatti itself.

FIRST PICS! Porsche 911 GT3 revealed

Porsche’s club racer for the road, the 991-series 911 GT3, has arrived.

Angry Alfa 4C gets 309kW tune

It’s not even on sale yet, but Alfa’s sexy new 4C is already in the crosshairs of the world’s best tuners.