OPINION
Australia, say goodbye to your driving freedom
Mandatory speed limiters and alcohol and drug detectors are going to kill off one of the great joys of motoring
John Carey on taking a charge
“It wouldn’t be too hard, I reasoned, to drive the hybrid Mini mostly electric”
Does the Nürburgring really ruin road cars?
Was James May right all along? Wheels Dep Ed Andy Enright thinks not, and says the Ring is more than just a slicks measuring contest
Editor’s letter: Famous GTHO Phase III found in Victoria
“Hayes is convinced that his miracle paddock find is the stripped remains of the hero car from Wheels’ most famous photograph”
Stephen Corby on HSV muscling up
“For me, HSV represents fatty, shouty excess. It is the triple whopper of the car world, a pack of ciggies up a sleeve”
We need to rethink the way we fine drivers for speeding
There is a fairer, more equitable way to fine drivers who do the wrong thing on our roads
A Volkswagen I.D. 3 R should have you excited
Performance to scare a Mercedes-AMG C63 S in a hatch package? Yes please
Place your bets. When will electrified car sales overtake petrol and diesels in Australia?
We attempt to predict when electric cars will outsell internal combustion vehicles here in Australia. See if your estimate is better than ours.
Why don’t Australians love Honda like they used to?
We ask why the Japanese giant punches below its weight in Australia
Peter Robinson retells the legend of ‘George Ambrose’
On ‘George Ambrose’, who could wield a torque wrench and a typewriter with equal aplomb
Michael Stahl is a borderline hoarder
”My wife is convinced I’m a hoarder. I admit that I collect a lot of car stuff, the value of which may not be apparent to most”
Next-gen Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ need to be turbo
It looks like a second-generation of the COTY-winning twins is on the way, but we think there’s a vital ingredient missing
Alex Inwood on the Bathurst 12 Hour
“The 12 Hour delivered a timely reminder of what makes motorsport so special, which, if you boil it down, is remarkably simple”
Is Tesla about to get zapped?
Tesla is unveiling its most important new model, but will it come all too late?
Why SUV Coupe owners are buying the wrong car
We’re still waiting patiently for the SUV Coupe fad to die
Stephen Corby: seeing the light
“Mazda’s design chief hinted at a styling change that would be as radical as breeding a deer with no eyes”
Ash Westerman: Thieves in the night
“The, er, ‘unauthorised loans’ of mum’s ’66 beetle were deeply covert operations that required military-style planning…”
The Insider: bumps in the autonomous road
News that police in California recently stopped a Tesla that was driving down the freeway while its drunk driver slumbered behind the wheel triggered more smiles than surprise…
How the Volvo XC40 won Wheels Car of the Year 2019
The backstory behind the XC40’s win
John Carey: The Hume enters the EV era
Carey ponders how useful the Hume highway charging network will actually be
Have no fear: EVs are only going to get better
Radical change can be deeply unnerving, but the revolution starting to sweep through the automotive industry shouldn’t be a source of trepidation, but something to be embraced
Chinese-built Lotus SUVs: is this the beginning of the end?
Geely’s massive $1.8bn factory gets go-ahead in Wuhan
Editor’s letter: Range anxiety is not dead
I genuinely thought range anxiety was dead. But, as happens from time to time, I was wrong
Opinion: How to dig Bentley out of a hole
Volkswagen AG has put the clock on the ailing Brits
