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A new Toyota TRD Hilux: Sweet Dream
Toyota is being behind in the dual-cab pace race. Here’s what it needs to do to catch up

Opinion: Australians still have a knack for performance muscle
Is the Ford Mustang R-Spec the comeback of the Aussie-developed performance car industry?

Explained: Nissan’s VC-Turbo
We delve into what makes this clever crank consummate compression

Calling pace notes with rally superstar Molly Taylor: Subaru rally experience
We try our hand at navigating for the 2016 Australian Rally Champion. Spoiler alert, it’s not as easy as it looks

Archive: How the Cannonball crumbled
The dash from Darwin started amid safety concerns and ended, effectively, the day four men died

WhichCar Weekly podcast episode 38 now live
Golf 8 tees off, everyone drops EVs in Tokyo and Motor puts the P in PCOTY

Why SUVs could get hammered on the new NCAP safety tests
Think bigger is better when it comes to new car safety? That might be about to change

Virtual racers to compete for $1.46M prize
E-sports gets serious as 10 virtual racers battle for a seven-figure prize.

‘Mad’ Mike Whiddett’s dream three car garage
Red Bull’s designated drifter on the cars he’d most like to see smoking sideways into his ultimate three-car garage

Kia Seltos: 7 things to like
The all-new Kia Seltos small SUV has a arrived brimming with showroom appeal. Here are several highlights

Opinion: What are phone-use-detecting cameras really for?
With his keen sense, Tim deduces that these new cameras serve a more nefarious purpose

Gallery: World Time Attack 2019
The wildest track cars of all time come together in Sydney World Time Attack for a one-lap dash that almost reset the record books

Modern Classic: Peugeot 205 GTi
If you can’t innovate, imitate. That seemed to be the mantra behind the Peugeot 205 GTi. Then we drove it and realised that the french had both perfected the art of the hot hatch and created an icon

Opinion: Buying a car is easier than buying an appliance
Turns out buying a fridge wasn’t as straightforward as buying a car

WhichCar Weekly podcast episode 37 | Espy special
The automatic choice, Tesla’s smaller saviour and the quest for a Japanese hero

The Lion sleeps tonight: Two years on from Holden’s Aussie factory closure
Wheels marks the second anniversary of the closure of Holden’s final local production line with this emotional feature, written as it happened

Is it ethical to offer women cheaper car insurance premiums?
It was banned in the EU in 2012, but should women pay less for car insurance here?

2004 Joss JT1 prototype: Fast Car History Lesson
A world-beating Aussie concept that lacked cash rather than potential

60 Years of Mini at Motorclassica
Mini marks its 60th anniversary at Motorclassica by looking back on some the stories, cars and people that made the icon what it is today

“You guys need a car industry back again”: Ian Callum on design
Guest editor of our latest issue gives a state-of-the-nation address on modern car design

Chevrolet C8 Corvette’s LT2 V8 examined: Geek Speak
Delving deep into the LT2, the new dry-sumped small-block powering Chevy’s C8 Corvette

Archive: Brickies, the home of Australia’s illegal street racing in the ‘70s
Wheels went behind the scenes at most infamous illegal drag strip in Australia

Debate me: The biggest reason you shouldn’t buy an SUV
There’s a division in the Wheels office and you get to decide who’s right

Remembering the 1994 Formula One Season
Euphoric highs and crushing lows – the 1994 Grand Prix season had more plot twists and drama than a modern box-office smash. To mark 25 years, we hear from those who lived it
