AUSTRALIAN SUV REVIEWS

First drive: Volkswagen Polo
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First drive: Volkswagen Polo

Former COTY winner undergoes light facelift with new tech

Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
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2009 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera review

Handgun on his hip, the Arizona sheriff leans through the shallow driver’s window of Lamborghini’s new hardcore track weapon.

Indecent exposure - Audi TTS v BMW Z4 v Merc SLK 350 v Porsche Boxster S
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Indecent exposure – Audi TTS v BMW Z4 v Merc SLK 350 v Porsche Boxster S

Who needs sunshine when you have four of Germany’s hottest convertibles ready to unleash in the Aussie Alps?

3 Kings - Chevrolet Camaro vs Holden Coupe 60 vs Holden Monaro
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3 Kings – Chevrolet Camaro vs Holden Coupe 60 vs Holden Monaro

We muster Holden’s oz-developed muscle-car royalty to find the coupe worthy of the pony-car crown.

Audi R8 Spyder
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Audi R8 Spyder

Top chopped, engine note cranked to V10

Review: new Ford Kuga, 2013, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Ford Kuga

It’s the most technologically advanced vehicle Ford has ever sold in Australia, utilising enough computer power to send a monkey to the moon, and back, and it’s not a luxury sedan, or even a mega truck, it’s just a medium SUV – the new Kuga.

Review: Volkswagen Golf 90TSI, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Volkswagen Golf 90TSI

Base model calls “fore!” as the opposition ducks for cover

Review, Nissan, Pulsar, SSS, Hungary, review, price, test drive, specs
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Review: Nissan Pulsar SSS

Car companies love tapping into nostalgia. Invoking memories of a bygone hero is a shortcut to consumers’ wallets that potentially saves millions in advertising.

Jaguar F-Type, 2013, review, price, test drive, specs
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First Aussie drive: Jaguar F-Type

Associate editor Westerman’s worried. He’s driven Jaguar’s F-Type through Spain’s mountainous north, and in the July 2103 issue, given it bigger raps than Jay-Z and Tupac. But has he got it right? Does European brilliance translate to Aussie awesomeness?

Wheels magazine, first drive, Honda CR-V Diesel, SUV
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First drive: Honda CR-V Diesel

Honda finally brings the CR-V Diesel to Australia, and it’s got quite a lot going for it as our first drive reveals.

Skoda Yeti
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First drive: Skoda Yeti

Czech soft-roader returns with a new face and lower prices

Grand re-opening - Porsche Boxster S
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2009 Porsche Boxster S review

Wholesale powertrain upgrades deliver a Boxster S that’s not just better, it’s brilliant…

LAUNCHED: Mini Cooper D
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LAUNCHED: Mini Cooper D

Outstanding efficiency in cute-as-a-button packaging.

Mitsu workhorse Triton gets tougher for 2010
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Mitsubishi workhorse Triton gets tougher for 2010

Triton now has a new 131kW and 400Nm turbo-diesel and impressive safety gear. It’s all about being tougher than the opposition.

Subaru WRX STi Spec C
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Subaru WRX STi Spec C

Lighter, tighter, righter – for Japan, at least

Review: Hyundai Genesis, brisbane, countryman, why, confused, Wheels magazine, new, fast
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Review: Hyundai Genesis

We’ve all felt it. That ball-clenching, stomach-churning moment of turning into a corner too fast, of feeling the tyres slip, the horror of knowing you’re about to crash.

Review: 2013 Honda Civic DTi-S Diesel Hatch, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: 2013 Honda Civic DTi-S Diesel Hatch

Journalists, by nature, are cynics. So when Honda Australia declared its first ever diesel, fitted exclusively to the Civic hatch, is as refined and as quiet as its petrol offerings, I sniggered into my morning coffee.

Review: Ford EcoSport, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Ford EcoSport

I’m trying to remember the last time I was less surprised by a photo than this one of a Ford EcoSport on its roof.

Review, Fiat, 500, 1.2 Pop, Hungary, review, price, test drive, specs
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Review: Fiat 500 1.2 Pop

“It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!” singer/songwriter Dolly Parton once remarked. And then there’s this – Fiat’s ‘repositioned’ but otherwise unchanged 500. Now from $14,000 driveaway, it’s the least expensive way to look classy on four wheels.

Review, HSV, GTS, Australia's, most, powerful, car, 2013, Hungary, review, price, test drive, specs
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First drive: Australia’s most powerful car

Say hello to the most powerful production car ever built in Australia.

2014 Maserati Quattroporte GTS V8
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First drive: Maserati Quattroporte

Twin-turbo Italian beauty gets more room and a stronger, lighter body to take the fight to Porsche and Aston Martin.

Audi A8
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First drive: Audi A8

Facelifted Audi A8 brings improvements and performance, at a price

Bent rules - Holden AFM Calais
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2009 Holden Calais review

Holden’s new Active Fuel Management system quashes the notion that a big V8 equals big fuel bills. Our run from Sydney to Melbourne on one tank provides the proof.

The king and I - Porsche 911 Carrera S
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The king and I – Porsche 911 Carrera S

Robbo lets rip in the latest iteration of a model that’s both infatuated and infuriated him over the last 40 years. So does the second-gen 997 retain its crown?