Events

Gallery: The Volvo XC40’s 2019 Wheels COTY victory in pictures

These are the pictures that tell the tale of the Volvo XC40’s Wheels Car of the Year 2019 win

Drag Challenge Weekend 2019 dates announced and new classes

The Drag Challenge concept is heading back to Queensland for the toughest long weekend you can have in your street car

Past 4x4OTY winners: 2010-2019

The last decade has seen the 4x4 world undergo a huge evolution.

George Poteet’s 1936 Ford roadster wins America’s Most Beautiful Roadster 2019

Hot rodding legend and land speed stalwart George Poteet’s 1936 Ford won the big prize at this year’s Grand National Roadster Show in California

Meet the COTY finalists: Subaru Forester

Face only a mother could love, but so practical it can punch its own ticket into the finals

Meet the COTY finalists: Volvo XC40

After a barren run of 55 years, can Volvo make it two on the bounce?

Meet the COTY finalists: Volkswagen Polo

Think COTY is all unattainable exotica? Try an $18k Polo for size…

Sarah Heaney's Barra-powered Ford EB Falcon

Sarah Heaney waved the Barra flag for her first Street Machine Drag Challenge

Past 4x4OTY winners: 2000-2009

At the turn of the century the 4x4 industry was evolving at a rapid rate. Here are the best 4x4s of the naughties.

Carolyn Rosser's Holden VX Commodore

Carolyn Rosser took the family VX Commodore to compete at Drag Challenge 2018

King Of The Hill 2019 – Gallery

Danko Knezevic takes on Frank Marchese in the Radial final as two twin-turbo seven-second Fords go at it!

Meet the COTY finalists: Alpine A110

You know that thing about working smarter rather than harder? Yep, that.

Meet the COTY finalists: Jaguar I-Pace

British electric SUV wows the judges by upending almost a century of Jaguar tradition in effortless style

Past 4x4OTY winners: 1990s

The ’90s saw changes to the award and a return to form for a perennial winner.

Past 4x4OTY winners: 1980s

As we prepare to announce the 2019 4x4OTY, we step back into the past to see how it all began in the 1980s.

Running On Empty Festival - Gallery

The first Running On Empty Festival in Cobar, NSW salutes the iconic 80s Aussie petrolhead flick in style

Kim Smith's blown 2011 HSV Maloo E Series 3

Kim Smith's third Drag Challenge run ended in disappointment when her HSV Maloo dropped pieces of piston in the tyre-warming area when something between the supercharger and the sump escaped

Motorvation 33 - Gallery

It might have been one-day-only, but there was still plenty of action and cool cars on display

Karen Barden's 1969 Chrysler VF Valiant hardtop

Karen Bawden has been racing her 1969 VF Valiant hardtop for seven years

Alysha Teale's 383-cube Holden HQ - HERHQ

Sydneysider Alysha Teale and her matteblack HERHQ sedan are Drag Challenge stalwarts and always feature high on the DYO leaderboard

Bright Rod Run 2018 – Gallery

When it comes to cool cars, the Bright Rod Run offers something for everyone. Here are some of our faves from the 2018 event