Car Reviews &#038; Features

Team America

While Italy and Germany make the world’s most beautiful fast cars, the US is where the baddest beasts are built.

Australia’s Bugatti beater

A new 16-cylinder, 900kW supercar is brewing, one with performance that could challenge the mighty Bugatti Veyron.

Revealed! Merc’s 430kW supercar limousine

Do you want supercar performance with none of the usual supercar drawbacks?

Cars of the Winter Olympics

Forget animal costumes and weird letters – this is the greatest Olympic mascot ever.

Skoda previews all-new Superb with Vision C

Sophisticated concept car revealed ahead of significant model overhauls

New Kia Sorento due later this year

The Kia Sorento SUV has received its first upgrade and the new model will appear in Australian showrooms in the third quarter of this year.

2009 Mazda MX-5 review

The MX-5 still represents enormous bang for buck in a tight little package.

LAUNCHED: Audi A5 2.0 TFSI Quattro

Turbo four definitely not on the nose.

LAUNCHED: Audi A5

Audi A5 Sportback models that show Audi can, deliver dynamics.

Alfa Romeo Giulietta

147 replacement arrives late but likeable

Review: Infiniti G37

Who do you think you are, Infiniti? That’s a reasonable enough question, seeing as the ‘new’ G37 (born 2007, actually) might be deemed an upstart against its pedigree (if equally aged) BMW 3 Series, Audi A5 and Mercedes C-Class opponents.

Volvo S60 Polestar Limited Edition

Here, at last, is a truly fast Volvo that isn’t rubbish.

Review: Holden Cruze

Difficult though it might be to believe, 2013 is not just about the VF Commodore for Holden.

COTY

COTY 2008 – Mitsu Lancer Ralliart Sportback

‘Evo lite’ not without virtue, but lacks the depth to run with COTY heavyweights.

COTY

Honda CR-Z: 2011 Car of the Year Winner

It’s a hybrid with spirit, and the 2011 Wheels Car of the Year.

First drive: BMW X5

The golden goose of the large SUV segment, the BMW X5 has been preened for yet greater refinement into 2014.

First drive: Nissan X-Trail

Aussie SUV favourite finds refinement and offers seven-seat option

GT-R RETROSPECTIVE: Killer Godzilla – Nissan GT-R

It’s a beast with a brain – combining high-tech engineering and old-fashioned attention to detail.

Second coming

In a small Victorian town, a father and his sons are painstakingly resurrecting one of the most venerated cars in motorsport – the Porsche 917.

911 Around Australia

Porsche’s iconic sports car tries its hand at a little grand touring, in the form of a 17,000km lap of Oz in 17 days. Steve Nally is your guide for the first 4000km leg.