WHEELS NEWS

Supercars: So what the hell happened in New Zealand?
Fans and pundits left stunned and bemused by Supercars’ seeming own goal – but what really happened at Pukekohe Park?

Mercedes-Benz A250e hatch 2019 review
The Three-Pointed Star sets out its credentials as a plug-in player

Why Land Rover delayed revealing the Defender for five years
Exposed: the secret show car hidden away to stop other companies copying the design

Porsche Taycan completed an eight-minute lap at the ‘Ring without brakes
Taycan achieved an average speed of over 154km/h on a single lap without using the brake discs once

‘Manuals are daft’, says Land Rover Defender engineering boss
Three-pedal traditionalists should cover their ears now

No airbag for Defender’s front-row middle seat
Land Rover engineering boss is confident the Defender is as safe as possible, despite no airbag for third front-row occupant

Finally, an EV for drivers! New issue of Wheels mag out now
Porsche’s first EV begs the question: do we finally have an electric car to be excited about? One with soul as well as soul-crushing straight line performance? We find out.

AMG boss lifts lid on plans for hybrid GT 4-Door
Tobias Moers points towards an EV future that doesn’t turn its back on internal combustion

How Michelin created a tyre that could survive 300mph
A joint venture with Michelin resulted in Bugatti fitting the Chiron with street-legal rubber with a carbonfibre carcass

Fully electric Volvo XC40 arriving next year
Car of the Year champ sounds the charge for Volvo

Andy Wallace: “I jumped the Chiron at 447km/h”
Bugatti’s record-breaking driver reveals how he got airborne while flat out in a Chiron

Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series to gain ‘new’ engine
Big, bad Merc to offer more than a few surprises – and it’s coming to our shores

Land Rover design boss responds to new Defender criticism
The man who penned the new Land Rover Defender fires back at critics

Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS headlines electric push
German giant places its future EV might behind distinctive EQS concept

Land Rover to add third model to Discovery family
Discovery and Discovery Sport to be joined by a new ‘versatility’-focused model

Land Rover Defender revealed at 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show
Everything you need to know about the ‘toughest Land Rover ever made’

Volvo introduces fixed-price servicing package
Stung by perception that its cars are expensive to service, the Swedes have taken action

Land Rover Defender images leaked ahead of Frankfurt reveal
South African publication leaks the goods on new Land Rover icon

Opel will still supply Holden, confirms PSA
PSA officials confirm that Holden deal to buy Commodore and Astra will continue

Porsche Taycan revealed: forget what you thought about EVs
We experience the Taycan at flat-chat and strip it back to its bones to bring you the technical details. Still want that Tesla?

2021 Ford Ranger to be fitted with 242kW petrol engine
Ford is currently working on the next-gen Ranger, and is increasing the number of cylinders under the bonnet

Now is the best time to buy a car as sales plummet
Sales decline could give the consumers the upper hand when bargaining

Ian Callum ‘fixes’ Aston Martin’s flawed diamond
Iconic designer builds a modern version of Aston’s 2001 flagship

‘The Collection’ is our celebration of the greatest automotive photography in Australia
Wheels has long prided itself on featuring the best photography in the country, and now we have put together a whole magazine celebrating exactly that