AUSTRALIAN SUV REVIEWS

Driven: Audi A8 4.2 TDI
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Driven: Audi A8 4.2 TDI

EIGHT-hundred Newton-Metres. It takes a lot longer to say it than to feel its full-bore rush when you stomp on the turbo-diesel version of Audi’s A8 limo

Review: Volvo V40, 2013, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Volvo V40

Volvo has always had an unusual approach to marketing. The pitch for the V40, however, is even stranger, appealing as it does to people’s altruism.

Review: Jaguar, F-Type, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Jaguar F-Type

Yes, it’s a Jaguar, folks, but almost certainly not as you know it.

Review, BMW, M6, 2013, Hungary, review, price, test drive, specs
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Review: BMW M6 Gran Coupe

Brings the speed, but not the pharmacology

Wheels magazine, BMW X5, SUV, first drive
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First drive: BMW X5

The golden goose of the large SUV segment, the BMW X5 has been preened for yet greater refinement into 2014.

Nissan X-Trail
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First drive: Nissan X-Trail

Aussie SUV favourite finds refinement and offers seven-seat option

2009 Audi Q5 3.2 FSI Review
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2009 Audi Q5 3.2 FSI Review

Ingolstadt’s mid-size SUV takes aim at X3.

Heir Triggers - Audi S4 vs BMW 335i
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Heir Triggers – Audi S4 vs BMW 335i

Can’t stretch to an M3 or RS4? Open both barrels on either Audi’s new supercharged S4 or BMW’s twin-turbo 335i and you’re unlikely to feel under-gunned.

Toyota Hybrid Camry
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Toyota Hybrid Camry

Oz-built eco-warrior ready to charge large-car rivals

2011 BMW X1 28i Review
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2011 BMW X1 28i Review

New turbo four delivers a hit like a six

Review: VW, Beetle, 2013, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: VW Beetle

Remember Peter Weir’s The Cars That Ate Paris? Evidently VW doesn’t.

Review: BMW, 3 Series GT, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: BMW 3 Series GT

Compared with the odious, ugly X6 or the awkward, ponderous 5 Series GT, the new 3 Series Gran Turismo is relatively inoffensive.

Review, Renault, Captur, 2013, Hungary, review, price, test drive, specs
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Review: Renault Captur

Last year was all about zombies, but that’s all undead now. This year’s all about the … um, sub-compact SUV? Baby crossovers? Light-car cross-dressers? Whatever.

Wheels magazine, first drive, Alfa Mito, small hatchback, Italy
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First drive: 2014 Alfa Romeo MiTo

Only months before a new-generation Mini Cooper launches in Australia, Alfa Romeo has put its Mini challenger – the Mito – through a ‘Series II’ enhancement program.

Jaguar F-Type Coupe
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First drive: Jaguar F-Type Coupe

The rain in Spain made our first taste of Jaguar’s new coupe a challenge

LAUNCHED: Sporty Audi Q5 soft roader is a classy drive
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2009 Audi Q5 3.2FSI review

Audi’ s second?proper SUV following the big?Q7 launched locally in 2006 takes a bite out of the healthy luxury compact SUV market.

LAUNCHED: Lambo Murcielago LP670-4 SV
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LAUNCHED: Lambo Murcielago LP670-4 SV

Lean beef that leaves you very full.

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Audi A5 2.0T quattro

By finding yet another application for its latest-generation 2.0-litre TFSI four, Audi has created a cracker

Porsche Boxster Spyder
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Porsche Boxster Spyder

Playing the heritage card sheds light on the subject

Nissan GT-R MY11
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Nissan GT-R MY11

Now the monster is even angrier. Everyone’s happy, then

Review: Audi RS6, 2013, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Audi RS6

I am a Luddite. I have clutched with feverish intensity to the good ole days of atmospheric engines that used cubes to create performance rather than embrace the emerging era dominated by snails and superchargers. That could change with the RS6.

Review: Mercedes-Benz, GL350, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Mercedes-Benz GL350

What’s a nice drivetrain like you doing in a place like this?

Review, Mercedes-Benz E63 S AMG, review, price, test drive, specs
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Review: Mercedes-Benz E63 S AMG

Walking around the one and only Mercedes-Benz E63 S AMG in the country is something like the calm before the storm. But not just any storm, more a category five hurricane on wheels.

Wheels magazine, first drive, Jaguar, F-Type, coupe, Spain
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First drive: Jaguar F-Type R Coupe

Jaguar’s F-Type Coupe is stiffer, sexier and more sensible than the Convertible with which it shares much in common. But what’s it like to drive?