AUSTRALIAN SUV REVIEWS

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?

LAUNCHED: Alfa Romeo 8C Spider
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LAUNCHED: Alfa Romeo 8C Spider

From the moment your thumbprint on the starter button is answered by a burst of V8-flavoured decibels, it’s clear the Alfa Romeo’s 8C Spider is up for the challenge.

Maserati GranCabrio
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Maserati GranCabrio

Brilliance not essential when you look this good

Review: Audi Q5, Golf GTi, BMW, Audi, Wheels magazine, new, fast
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Review: Audi Q5

LIKE A weary Goldilocks in search of a bed, a parent’s pursuit of the perfect family car is a quest for that ‘just right’ moment, when you open the door, like what you see, picture the billy lids safe and happy in the back seat and realise that this is the one.

Review: 2013 Mazda CX-5 2.5 AWD, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Mazda CX-5 2.5 AWD

Among 2012’s more eventful moments were Lance Armstrong’s performance-enhanced fall and the meteoric rise of Mazda’s CX-5.

Review: Kia Cerato, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Kia Cerato

Kia’s naked ambition is there for the world – including Australia – to see.

Fiat Punto Pop review, Australia, 2013, test
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Quick spin: Fiat Punto Pop

It’s cheap, it’s small and it’s Italian – everyone meet the ‘new’ Fiat Punto.

Jaguar, XKR, new, barge, big, performance, fast
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First drive: Jaguar XJR

Making a super sporty version of a luxury limousine may make as much sense as putting wheels on a king size bed, but that doesn’t stop car companies from doing it.

Infiniti Q50 S Hybrid
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First drive: Infiniti Q50s hybrid

The Infiniti Q50 S proves that a hybrid-driven future doesn’t have to be horrible.

Skoda Rapid
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First drive: Skoda Rapid

Latest Czech small car fails to hit the mark

LAUNCHED: MX-5 facelift
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2009 Mazda MX-5 review

The MX-5 still represents enormous bang for buck in a tight little package.

LAUNCHED: Audi A5 2.0 TFSI Quattro
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LAUNCHED: Audi A5 2.0 TFSI Quattro

Turbo four definitely not on the nose.

LAUNCHED: Audi A5
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LAUNCHED: Audi A5

Audi A5 Sportback models that show Audi can, deliver dynamics.

Alfa Romeo Giulietta
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta

147 replacement arrives late but likeable

Review: Infiniti, G37, Red Bull Racing, Wheels magazine, new, fast
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Review: Infiniti G37

Who do you think you are, Infiniti? That’s a reasonable enough question, seeing as the ‘new’ G37 (born 2007, actually) might be deemed an upstart against its pedigree (if equally aged) BMW 3 Series, Audi A5 and Mercedes C-Class opponents.