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Performance COTY

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

Wheels Events Wheels COTY 2022 Weighing Lexus NX
COTY

The weigh-in: the 2022 Car of the Year contenders on the scales

Each car at COTY must cross the weighbridge... data ensues

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Rockynats 2022 day one

A jam-packed Good Friday schedule launched Rare Spares Rockynats 2

Mercedes Benz C Class COTY 2022 3rd Place
COTY

Mercedes-Benz C-Class takes 3rd place in Wheels Car of the Year 2022

Compact three-pointed star advances to the pointy end

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Performance COTY

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

2022 Volkwagen Golf GTI MAIN PIC
Performance COTY

How the Volkswagen Golf GTI’s pace shocked everybody at SCOTY 2022

Venerable hot hatch proves faster than performance icons of the past

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COTY

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

Wheels Events Hyundai Ioniq 5 COTY 2022 Runner Up
COTY

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

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Performance COTY

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

PCOTY 2022 BMW M 3 MAIN PIC
Performance COTY

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

Wheels Events KIA EV 6 COTY 2022 Winner 4
COTY

The incredible rise of Kia, from 'economy' to COTY

The inside story of how the Korean “challenger brand” became a fully-fledged COTY winner

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COTY

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

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Performance COTY

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

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COTY

Wheels Car of the Year 2022 test loop explained

Wheels heads back to the AARC once again to put 21 cars through the wringer

Wheels Events COTY CARS GRAVEL ROAD
COTY

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

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Performance COTY

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

2022 SCOTY Ford Focus ST
Performance COTY

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

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COTY

Meet the judges of Wheels Car of the Year 2022

Meet the six experts who put out COTY contenders to the test

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Yokohama World Time Attack Challenge 2022 at Sydney Motorsport Park

After a two-year absence, Time Attack teams tested their mettle against the clock at the Yokohama World Time Attack Challenge

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COTY

The Criteria for Car of the Year 2022 explained

Our judges viewed the COTY field with these five points in mind

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Performance COTY

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

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Performance COTY

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 Events COTY 2022 Group Drone Photo
COTY

Wheels Car of the Year 2022: The Contenders

Who made the cut in our hunt for the best new car on sale?

Wheels Events Wheels COTY 2022 Group Photography
COTY

Welcome to Car of the Year 2022

COTY 2022 is here, and there's a lot to cover - let's get started