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Top 5 Supercars: Power to weight ratio
With 552kW from its 6.5-litre V12 the Lamborghini Aventador earns its place at the top with muscle. But for our other contenders, it isn’t just about power.
Snow day for the Mazda CX-5 at Mt Buller
The weather is getting hotter here in Australia as we launch into the summer months, so we’re ready to reminisce about our trip to Mt Buller in the Mazda CX-5. So chill out, snow down and plow through this (see what we did there?)
Kia ProCeed GT vs Toyota 86 GTS
Shock! Kia has made a worthy performance car! Or has it? There’s only one way to find out: by flinging it into the lion’s den against a real rival
Kia Proceed GT vs Mazda 3 SP25 vs Hyundai i30 SR vs Holden Cruze SRI vs Nissan Pulsar SSS
A budget battle with a surprise winner
Sweet Dream: Honda CR-X
Waiting for Honda to get serious again – get a move on!
The weird laws you need to know before driving overseas
You want to travel, you want an adventure, and you will probably hire a car to do it. Right? Not quite. You may want to look into some of the more obscure laws before you take the wheel in a foreign country.
The road to 2016 Wheels Car of the Year
Choosing which cars will make it through to the road to COTY glory is just the start of a very long journey
Opinion: In search of true innovation
Cockburn looks beyond the glitz and glamour in search of real improvement
Ford Falcon XR8 vs HSV Clubsport R8 LSA
Blue vs Red, round two
Abarth Rally: The thinking man’s rally
MOTOR enters a rally that needs brain power – doesn’t go well
Driving the FPV GT F Prototype
This orange FPV might look like a GT-P, but underneath it’s all 351kW of GT F.
In search of ‘The Italian Job’ in a Lamborghini Miura
Former Wheels editor Peter Robinson takes you behind the scenes of his 1997 feature An Italian Job, when he searched in a legendary Lamborghini for the Alpine setting of its most famous crash
Classic Wheels: An Italian Job
This is the story of a beautiful car, a great road and the classic movie that brought them together
Audi RS7 v Mercedes-Benz CLS63 S
You’ve done a few years in the mines and want to reward yourself. You want a V8, but something swisher than an HSV. Step this way…
MOTOR joins the Mazda celebrity race
MOTOR learns how to be a celebrity, or something
Subaru WRX STI vs Audi S3 vs Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG
Can the latest STI tackle the German heavyweights head-on?
Dodge Charger muscle car legend targets Australia
Wild rear-drive hero bringing its 527kW V8 thunder Down Under
Road Trip: Christmas trips for those who like to drive
Stuck at home these holidays with a Christmas spending spree hangover? There’s no excuse – take off for a great drive without leaving the state, and worrying about your bank balance.
10 songs inspired by cars
There’s no greater joy than driving to a beat, so it’s a no brainer that musicians have a long history of writing cars into their art. We take a look at some of history’s finest songs titled after cars.
Opinion: Manners cost nothing
Morley reckons we’re getting angrier behind the wheel
Spun out: HSV GTS drifting on snow
How much power is too much on ice? Wheels joins HSV in the New Zealand snowfields to find out
SEMA: The weird, wild, and wonderful
Our round up of SEMA 2015
Ford Falcon XR8 vs Holden VF II Redline drag race
Two Aussie muscle car heroes head-to-head on the strip
Meet the Australian designer shaping the BMW X1’s future
BMW has an Aussie secret – Sydney-born automotive designer Calvin Luk.
