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Using facts and figures to explain the BMW 128ti’s strengths and weaknesses
Delving into the Sports Car of the Year data offers up interesting answers

Volkswagen Golf places 4th in 2022 Wheels Car of the Year
Enduring hatch provides internal-combustion Proof of Life as elsewhere VW embraces the electrification age

Missed out on the limited production Boxster 25 Years? Here’s how to build your own
DIY Anniversary Special: Tick the right option boxes, and you can build a Boxster remarkably similar to our 4th-place PCOTY finisher

The weigh-in: the 2022 Car of the Year contenders on the scales
Each car at COTY must cross the weighbridge… data ensues

Mercedes-Benz C-Class takes 3rd place in Wheels Car of the Year 2022
Compact three-pointed star advances to the pointy end

How the 2022 Performance Car of the Year field compares to our 2008 event
We take a look back at the last time PCOTY graced Phillip Island

How the Volkswagen Golf GTI’s pace shocked everybody at SCOTY 2022
Venerable hot hatch proves faster than performance icons of the past

The fastest cars at Wheels Car of the Year 2022
It’s not all about speed at COTY, but a bit of punch certainly doesn’t hurt a contender’s chances

Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the Wheels Car of the Year 2022 runner-up
Boldly designed EV shares the winner’s platform, and just about all of its excellence – except for chassis tune

Experience MOTOR’s Performance Car of the Year 2022 through the camera lens
MOTOR’s talented photography team smashed PCOTY 2022 out of the park – here are our favourite shots

Want to perform the perfect drift? Buy a BMW M3
M Division’s Drift Analyser rates your slide and gives you tips to improve your form

The incredible rise of Kia, from ‘economy’ to COTY
The inside story of how the Korean “challenger brand” became a fully-fledged COTY winner

The Kia EV6 is the 2022 Wheels Car of the Year
Our COTY 2022 winner is a landmark model that stands as the exclamation point in its brand’s coming-of-age story

2022 Subaru BRZ: how fast is fast enough?
The new and improved BRZ posted some impressive figures during PCOTY testing but some still argue that it’s not a sports car. We look at the evidence

Wheels Car of the Year 2022 test loop explained
Wheels heads back to the AARC once again to put 21 cars through the wringer

Behind the scenes at Wheels Car of the Year
The inside line on how COTY 2022 was run, from the eyes of a first-time judge

Is the Jaguar F-Type’s old V6 really just a V8 with two cylinders blanked?
We uncover whether the dearly departed AJ126 engine is just a cut-down supercharged Jaguar V8

The tricky diff that helps the Ford Focus ST fight torque steer
Ford’s hot hatch hero uses a clever diff that stops wheelspin and torque steer before it even occurs

Meet the judges of Wheels Car of the Year 2022
Meet the six experts who put out COTY contenders to the test

The Criteria for Car of the Year 2022 explained
Our judges viewed the COTY field with these five points in mind

Behind the scenes of Performance Car of the Year 2022
Hail, a cracked windscreen, a software update and Omicron… Nothing gets in the way of Performance Car of the Year

This neat suspension trick allows the Skoda Octavia RS to be a comfortable family car and surprising track weapon
The Czech wagon has a suspension system that you can really geek out on

Wheels Car of the Year 2022: The Contenders
Who made the cut in our hunt for the best new car on sale?

Welcome to Car of the Year 2022
COTY 2022 is here, and there’s a lot to cover – let’s get started