1. Home /
  2. Wheels /
  3. Features

FEATURES

beijing wey
Features

2018 Beijing Motor Show: The weird and the wonderful

Behind every global car reveal in China there’s a dozen domestic specials that deserve attention for the right, or wrong, reasons

wheel stories pedr davis
Features

Wheel Stories: A call to Order

Pedr Davis is the veteran motoring journo who landed the highest of accolades

porsche 908 retro profile
Classic Wheels

Retro: Road Racer – Driving a Porsche 908 Le Mans racer on Melbourne streets

In 1980 Wheels drove a fully-fledged Porsche 908 Le Mans race car through Melbourne traffic to Sandown

senator for speed david leyonhjelm
Features

The Senator for Speed: an interview with David Leyonhjelm

David Leyonhjelm is a senator unlike any others before. He rides a high-performance motorbike, wants more reasonable speed limits and likes guns. You might even like him…

wheels hot hatch mega test
Features

Search for Australia’s best hot-hatch: Wheels

APRIL EDITION ON SALE: In this month’s magazine we pitch 12 of the best hot hatches into battle, on road and track

the power list feature
Features

The Power List: The movers and shakers of the Australian automotive industry

Who’s really calling the shots in our automotive industry?

retro lotus esprit 1976
Classic Wheels

Retro: 1976 Lotus Esprit

Lotus only built 894 S1s, but the Esprit became one of the longest-lived designs of all time

ford mustang gt v chevrolet camaro downtown
Features

Gallery: Chevrolet Camaro vs Ford Mustang in LA

Here’s a snapshot of our March edition Ford Mustang versus Chevrolet Camaro cover story in stunning pictures

insider recreations
Features

Continuation Cars: Is the Nostalgia-trip really worth it?

Talking about old cars has one purpose: to reflect glory on the new ones that companies make money on.

wheels interview polestar design boss
Features

Wheels Interview: Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar Design Boss

Volvo’s design boss has been tasked with transforming the Polestar sub-brand into a manufacturer of premium, design-driven EVs. All in a day’s work for a crayon twirler? Thomas Ingenlath sets us straight.

2018 Renault Megane RS280 front rolling
Features

2018 Renault Megane RS280 – Renault Rumble

More muscular than any previous megane, with an angrier soundtrack, elevated ability and a splash of gallic charm, This first taste of the RS280 Hints at a new hot hatch benchmark

Editors letter in defence of suvs
Features

Editor’s Letter: In Defence of the SUV

Modern SUVs have forgotten their dynamically lacking elders, but can the current crop of high-riders genuinely offer an exciting driving experience?

Walter Rohrl takes us for a spin in the new Porsche 991 GT3 RS
Features

Walter Rohrl takes us for a spin in the new Porsche 991.2 GT3 RS

As the curtain-call sounds for the 991-generation 911, rally legend Walter Röhrl demonstrates how a raft of revisions elevate the most focused atmo production Porsche into truly rare air

AUSTRALIAN HOLDEN COMMODORE DRIVE
Features

The 2018 Holden Commodore: From Melbourne to Sydney and back

We welcome the 2018 Commodore to our fair shores with a 3000km gauntlet from Melbourne to Sydney!

In Gear Our pick of awesome gadgets in February
Features

In Gear: Our pick of awesome gadgets in February

Our pick of the most awesome automotive gear we found in February

HSVs odd but not forgotten back catalogue
Features

HSV’s odd but not forgotten back catalogue

They include a jacked-up wagon, a (luke) warm Astra, and a convertible concept

Finding closure Mitsubishi quits Australian manufacturing
Features

Finding closure: Mitsubishi quits Australian manufacturing

A decade ago today, Mitsubishi shuttered its Tonsley Park assembly line for the last time

A 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Q and the fearsome Jebel Jais mountain road
Features

A 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Q and the fearsome Jebel Jais mountain road

Alfa’s first SUV may be named after an iconic road, but has the fiercest Stelvio inherited Giulia’s dynamic DNA?

Our favourite photos of 2018 so far
Features

Our favourite photos of 2018 so far

WE are only three months into 2018, and already the Wheels photographers have captured tens of thousands of images.

Seven electric cars to be excited about in 2018
Features

Seven electric cars to be excited about in 2018

Like it or not, electrified drivetrains are arriving fast. Here are seven bound for Australia in 2018 that we’re pretty amped about.

Inbox February cover MAIN
Features

Your say: Wheels inbox February 2018

Shoot us a message for your chance to be featured in the magazine and on our site. Keep it short and sweet (no more than 200 words) and please include your suburb if via email

Battle of the safety cars
Features

The coolest safety cars of 2018

The 2018 motorsport season has some seriously cool metal leading the field before each race

F1 2018 cover MAIN
Features

Formula 1 2018: What’s changed?

The pinnacle of motorsport is back. Here’s what’s changed

Wheel Stories An Aussie at Indianapolis
Features

Wheel Stories: An Aussie at Indianapolis

This former footy hard man crash-tackled America’s biggest race