AUSTRALIAN SUV REVIEWS

Nissan GT-R MY11
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Nissan GT-R MY11

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

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: Hyundai i30cw
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2009 Hyundai i30cw review

Hyundai’s expanded i30 is more than just a hatch with a bigger boot…

Positive spin - Toyota Prius
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Positive spin – Toyota Prius

Geeks and greenies will love it unconditionally, but can Prius III also woo drivers?

LAUNCHED: Alfa Romeo Mito Sport
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LAUNCHED: Alfa Romeo Mito Sport

Feisty baby blends sporting cachet with character.

Range Rover Sport
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Range Rover Sport

New engines crank up the volume, designers tone down the butch

2011 Audi A7 Review
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2011 Audi A7 Review

Audi joins four-door coupe party. Mind your head

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?

Lexus CT200h
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First drive: Lexus CT200h

Lexus introduces facelifted version of its smallest hybrid

Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
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2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 review

New 5.2-litre V10 heralds a meaner, leaner – yet greener – baby Bull.

Trued grit - Mazda 3 MPS
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Trued grit – Mazda 3 MPS

The second-gen of Mazda’s wild-child hot hatch is as wickedly potent as the first, but chassis changes have reined in the manic torque steer, and helped deliver handling that’s no longer a handful.

LAUNCHED: Audi TT TDI
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LAUNCHED: Audi TT TDI

The diesel sports car has landed.

Mercedes E500 Coupe
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Mercedes E500 Coupe

CLK successor makes a class distinction

2013 Toyota RAV4 SUV review
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2013 Toyota RAV4 Review

Do buyers of SUVs place much importance on razor-sharp handling, or are there more pressing priorities?

Audi, S3, hot hatch, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi Evo, Subaru Impreza STI
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Review: Audi S3

Rapid, responsive, rorty. But where’s the passion?

Review, Kia, Rondo, 2013, Hungary, review, price, test drive, specs
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Review: Kia Rondo

The Australian male is world-renowned for his stoicism. He goes over the trenches for his mates. He tells fibs to the same mate’s wife because a beer commercial told him to. That mate repays the favour by saving the first mate from a shark attack by punching the bastard thing in the nose.

Wheels magazine, first drive, Jaguar, F-Type, coupe, Spain
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First drive: BMW M235i

Never in the history of automotive journalism has a road loop done less justice to the launch model.