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Wheels Review: BMW M6
There are many things in this world that seem to have little or no reason to exist; mosquitoes, Delta Goodrem, jazz, and BMW’s M6. And then you drive it.
Wheels Review: Mazda MX-5
Wheels’ admiration for the MX-5 is well-documented; you don’t win two COTY awards by fluke. But there’s very little substance in the latest update, and while the roadster’s sporting essence is still evident, its shine is definitely fading.
Wheels Review: Bentley Continental GT Speed
Adding the Speed suffix to the second-generation Bentley Continental GT pumps up top speed by 12km/h over the regular W12-powered Conti GT. With a 330km/h vmax, the Speed is the fastest car Bentley has ever made.
Wheels Magazine: Volkswagen Up
As a name, ‘Up’ is ripe for ribbing. Even Volkswagen played the joker at the launch with a “This way Up” roof sticker on one example. I didn’t check to see if there was a companion sticker underneath that said “Wrong way Up”. But the VW Up is no joke.
Wheels Review: McLaren MP4-12C
From 1998 until 2005, the McLaren F1 was the world’s fastest car – one of the longest reigns in WFC history.
Wheels Review: Porsche Cayenne GTS
The future of the naturally-aspirated V8 is something of a bone of contention within Porsche at the moment.
Wheels magazine: FPV GT R-Spec
Finally fitted with wider rear rubber and a sophisticated launch control system, FPV’s limited edition GT R-Spec is the fastest-accelerating car ever made in Australia.
Wheels magazine: BMW 528i
Wheels magazine: BMW 528i
Wheels Magazine: Volkswagen Golf Mark VII
A full five years after its release, the current Volkswagen Golf Mark VI remains the Wheels small-car leader.
Mercedes A Class First Drive
It’s been fun punting the new Mercedes A Class across mountain roads in Slovenia this week – and ‘fun to drive’ is a major part of the brief for this sleek new Golf rival from the Three Pointed Star.
Amazing flying hovercraft for sale
If you don’t want one of these flying hovercrafts then there’s no other way to say this: you are lying.
Wheels magazine: Audi S6/S7 first drive
Within 8km of starting the twin-turbo V8 for the first time, the fire is muffled as the speed-limiter calls time just beyond 250km/h. And half of those kilometres were getting out of Munich airport and jumping onto the A92 autobahn. After the repressed driving culture of Australia, Germany is like heaven.
Wheels Magazine: Holden Commodore LPG
Fuel economy has been the bane of Australia’s large locally-built rear-wheel drive cars, but Holden is hoping it will now become an asset courtesy of the new dedicated LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Commodore launched this week.
Wheels Magazine: Suzuki Swift Sport
There are five main corners at Broadford raceway, north of Melbourne, and the new Suzuki Swift Sport will do lift-off oversteer at every one of them.
Holden Volt
WHERE to start with the Holden Volt? I’ll assume you know this is GM’s plug-in electric car with a range-extender petrol engine. So let’s kick off with a few disparate facts…
BMW Z4 20i/28i
IT MAY be overstating the local arrival of BMW’s turbocharged, four-cylinder N20 engine as a ‘new dawn’ for the Munich brand, but its debut in the Z4 roadster took place at Mt Warning in north-eastern NSW.
2012 Citroen C4 Review
We sampled the turbo-diesel and the turbo petrol. The oiler won us over with its refinement, easy driveability and worthy fuel efficiency.
Wheels review: BMW M5
At 250km/h the big BMW is covering 67.5 metres every second. The 200 metre braking marker flashes by in my peripheral vision as the speed limiter finally softens the mighty twin turbo V8 at an indicated 267km/h.
BMW M5 – track review
Curiously for a drive program conducted exclusively on a race circuit, three BMW staff make asides that the M5 isn’t really a track car. But despite the veiled concern, it’s little wonder the M5 feels at home on a fast circuit.
Toyota 86 drive
An all-too-brief drive in the new Toyota 86 today at Fuji speedway revealed a sweet-handling, beautifully balanced little front-engined, rear drive coupe which will no doubt be a huge success for Toyota.
Wheels: Jesse Taylor reviews Porsche’s new 911
Two days ago I asked myself whether Porsche’s new 991 911 would crack my all-time top 10. After a day of hard driving in the mountains around Santa Barbara, California, the answer is yes and no.
Subaru Impreza
IT’S ALMOST an expectation that controversy will follow the tail (or nose) of a new Subaru Impreza.
Audi A6 TDI/TFSI
It’s never been a big seller in Australia, outdone by rivals from Mercedes-Benz and BMW, but that’s likely to change with the introduction of the fourth-generation C7 A6 – especially in four-cylinder, front-wheel-drive form tested here.
2011 Volkswagen Jetta Review
THE Chum Creek Road is one of Victoria’s driving delights, curling its way upward from Healesville into the Toolangi State Forest. The corners can be rough or smooth, changes of direction rapid-fire or constant.
