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: Opel Corsa, 2013, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Opel Corsa OPC

There are a lot of emotions I expected to see on the face of the bloke getting out of the Opel Corsa OPC in front of me – bemusement, sadness, fear – but joy was not one of them.

Review: Subaru, Outback, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Subaru Outback

You can be certain of one thing when you show up at a Subaru launch. Japan’s most idiosyncratic car maker won’t be offering the same stuff as everybody else.

Review, MAserati, Quattroporte, S, 2013, Hungary, review, price, test drive, specs
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Review: Maserati Quattroporte S

Lift the bonnet of the new Quattroporte S for a glimpse of Maserati’s future.

Wheels magazine, Holden Barina RS, hatch, first drive
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FIRST DRIVE: Holden Barina RS

Holden introduces the RS badge to its diminutive Barina. But is it warm or hot?

Subaru WRX
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First drive: Subaru WRX

It’s still a WRX, but a more refined, better-handling, more involving iteration

Nissan GT-R First Drive
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2009 Nissan GT-R review

Godzilla returns to Australia, and it’s fully sick.

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: 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.

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: 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.