WhichCar Comparisons

First drive: Porsche 991 GT3 cup racer
‘The Stahlmeister’ tries out the latest 991 Carrera GT3 Cup race car.

First drive: Honda CR-V Diesel
Honda finally brings the CR-V Diesel to Australia, and it’s got quite a lot going for it as our first drive reveals.

First drive: Maserati Quattroporte
Twin-turbo Italian beauty gets more room and a stronger, lighter body to take the fight to Porsche and Aston Martin.

First drive: Infiniti Q50s hybrid
The Infiniti Q50 S proves that a hybrid-driven future doesn’t have to be horrible.

First drive: Subaru WRX STI
One of rally’s original turbo ’toon cars grows up

First drive: W205 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
BMW and Audi need to up their game enormously if the 3 Series and A4 are going to out-class the new C-Class

First drive: Volvo S60 Polestar
Swedish tuning aces turn a Volvo into a driver’s car

First drive: Toyota Kluger
Top-selling seven-seater SUV sharpens up in every respect

First drive: Porsche 911 Turbo
Through six generations, the Porsche 911 Turbo has meant one thing above all else – stunning performance

First drive: Kia ProCeed GT
Shock sub-$30K pricing and Euro engineering underpin Kia’s first driver’s car

First drive: Subaru WRX
It’s still a WRX, but a more refined, better-handling, more involving iteration

First drive: Nissan X-Trail
Aussie SUV favourite finds refinement and offers seven-seat option

First drive: Lexus CT200h
Lexus introduces facelifted version of its smallest hybrid

First drive: MINI Cooper
Sharper performance, handling – and price – for new Mini

First drive: Volkswagen Polo
Former COTY winner undergoes light facelift with new tech

First drive: Audi A8
Facelifted Audi A8 brings improvements and performance, at a price

First drive: BMW M3 & M4
Highly anticipated duo will restore M division’s stellar reputation

GM posts second-biggest loss in operating history
The news does not get better from Detroit… Peter McKay reports on the latest figures and losses.

February vehicle sales down 21.9 percent
This month’s VFACTS sales figures show more short-term doom and gloom for the local market, but spirits (and sales) should rise by June.

US Mail: The casualties of crisis
Wheels magazine’s US correspondent John Lamm reports from the war zone.

Yaris recall is 45,000-plus cars
Toyota Australia has confirmed that it’s recalling more than 45,000 Yaris sedans and hatchbacks to rectify a potentially dangerous seat belt pretensioner glitch.

New Safety Standards for the European Union
EU mandates stability systems and efficient tyres from 2011.

Credit crunch
The fractured – nay, broken – American car market has forced Japan’s big four to turn to its government for financial assistance.

Nissan staff ‘OK to moonlight’
More signs of belt-tightening in Japan, with Nissan employees given the green light to moonlight while the company is quiet. Peter Nunn reports from Tokyo.
