WHEELS NEWS

BMW offers ‘super cheap’ 3 Series
BMW is taking the fight to its luxury rivals by offering a new, cut price, entry-level 3 Series sedan.

WRX edges closer
Subaru’s performance icon is set for a 2014 launch.

Cheap Cherokee
Sub $30K opener heralds new softer direction for one-time 4×4 diehard.

Super Kluger!
Toyota takes the covers off its larger, next-generation, seven-seater, midsized SUV weapon.

Turbo Kias coming
KIA is set to jump-start its long-promised but still-dormant performance image with turbo versions of the all-new Koup, as well as the facelifted Optima and Sportage models.

Jaguar’s biggest, baddest cat unleashed
The hunt for Editor Corby’s next long term test car is over.

Range Rover Sport drops weight, sharpens focus
Range Rover says the new Sport released at the New York Auto Show this week has been refocused to emphasise on-road agility, but not at the expense of Range Rover’s trademark offroad ability.

Range Rover is the new green
Not content with knocking a hefty 400kg from the latest generations Range Rover Vogue and Sport, now Range Rover wants to be known as a green car company.

Jaguar XKR-S GT rewrites performance history
Jaguar claims the XKR-S GT, revealed at the New York Auto Show this week, is the fastest production car the company has ever built.

Merc’s mental 6×6 off-roader
Four-wheel-drive not mental enough for you?

Modern E-Type to be built
Love the romance and style of the iconic E-Type, but hate its age and unreliability?

Audi’s Ferrari killer
Details of Audi’s LeMans racer for the road are beginning to emerge.

Police to charge over $4 million crash
Japanese police are set to lay charges for the infamous supercar pile-up that totalled eight exotic Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzs and a Lamborghini.

Lost F1 car to fetch $7 million
The automotive equivalent of a lost Picasso – a 1954 Formula 1 car driven to victory by Juan Manuel Fangio – has been found buried at the back of a shed.

Pulsar lights up small car market
OCCASIONALLY the backstory is more intriguing than the subject itself. Welcome, then, to the fall and rise of the Pulsar, dormant after seven long years of the spectacularly unsuccessful C11-series Tiida.

New, cheaper AMGs for Oz
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed pricing and specifications of the three high performance AMG models set to hit Australia later this year.

World record: daredevil hits 335km/h on ice
Think breaking the land speed record isn’t crazy enough?

Lamborghini makes $32K bike
For the ultimate Lamborghini enthusiast comes this – the $32,000 BMC bicycle.

Kia to build 290kW RWD coupe
What’s got into Kia?

Mazda teaches celebrities
Ah the celebrity race at the Australian Grand Prix. How we love it.

Car emissions slashed
It’s official. Today’s cars are kinder to the environment. A lot kinder.

The Mexican supercar
Sick of its enchiladas and tequila, Mexico has donned a sombrero and given the world a supercar.

Learners allowed to drive faster on NSW roads
Learner drivers in NSW won’t have to annoy their parents nearly as much, with the announcement that they can reduce their compulsory supervised logbook hours from 120 to 80 by taking part in professional driver training.

Teased: New Range Rover Sport
The Geneva Motor Show is still in full swing, but New York’s time to shine is just around the corner.