Automotive
Wheels Australia Magazine
CORVETTE ZR1
EVEN BEFORE THE MID-ENGINE CORVETTE C8 LOBS IN AUSTRALIA, CHEVROLET HAS BIG PLANS FOR FUTURE VARIANTS, CULMINATING WITH NEW TWIN-TURBO V8-POWERED ZR1 AND ZORA MODELS DELIVERING FERRARI-BELTING PERFORMANCE. OVERSEAS-BASED FORMER WHEELS EDITOR ANGUS MACKENZIE TELLS ALL
8 min |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
DIESEL. DUST
GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY TO DETERMINE THE MERITS OF ALL-WHEEL DRIVE
3 min |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Lounge Lizard
The bold DS Aero Sport lounge is the shape – and what a shape! – of ds cars to come. But can it come soon enough for the slow-selling french brand?
8 min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Holden VE Commodore SS/SS-V
The world was its oyster until the GFC fouled GM’s plans, but you can still own a billion-dollar classic
8 min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Stairway To Heaven
The car collection of McLaren racing CEO Zak Brown is absolutely jaw-dropping, and it’s kept in the same base as one of the world’s fastest-rising race teams
9 min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
A Final Advance From The Rear
As the clock ticks down on audi’s halo supercar, we take a blast in the hardcore rear-driver to give it the send off it deserves, and probe the question: where to from here?
10+ min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Aussie Corvette Names Its Price
For not much more than Cayman's money, America’s mid-engined v8 hero is on its way. And it’s just the start, with more us metal set to head down under in 2021
3 min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
EV Tech Gives Old Classics New Lease On Life
Prepare for the rise of the ‘ecrate’ conversion, where an old clunker can be transformed into a zero-emissions, near-silent 800nm weapon
3 min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Australia Lacking EV Leadership, Says Car Industry
FCAI and car companies challenge federal and state governments to get serious about delivering cohesive national policy supporting electric vehicles
3 min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
DREAM FACTORY
PORSCHE RELEASED 15 CONCEPTS OUT OF NOWHERE – DESIGN BOSS MICHAEL MAUER TELLS US WHY
9 min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Drives FIRST
THE NEW MENTAL THAT MATTERS, TRIALLED AND TESTED
10+ min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Send in a hero
AS WE CLOSE THE DOOR ON SURELY THE WORST YEAR IN MEMORY, WE NEEDED A FAST, FOCUSED AND AFFORDABLE PERFORMANCE CAR TO HELP SAVE THE WORLD. TOYOTA HAS DELIVERED
9 min |
January 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Making American Grunt Again
OZ-BOUND Corvette is finally a bonafide mid-engined supercar, but germany’s evergreen icon is not going down without a fight
10+ min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
Electric Car Tsar
Volkswagen aims to move out from beneath the shadow of dieselgate and into a bright, electric future
7 min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
RS SKIPS HYBRID FOR FULL ELECTRIC
AUDI RS E-TRON GT
3 min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
KIA TO THE CITY
SEVEN-SEATER SUV JOINS THE FLEET TO SHOW JUST HOW FAR THE KOREANS HAVE COME
3 min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
“I'M HERE NOW, THERE'S NO TURNING BACK”
HE’S STORMED SUPERCARS, BUT NOW SCOTT McLAUGHLIN FACES HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE YET: INDYCAR. CAN THE KIWI REALLY MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE USA?
10+ min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
Seoul stirrer
GENESIS’ TWIN-TURBO ART DECO BEAUTY IS CERTAINLY NOT SHORT ON SNOT, BUT CAN IT FILL AN HSV GRANGE-SIZED HOLE IN OUR HEARTS?
7 min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
THE CAT'S WHISKERS?
THERE’S A LOT RIDING ON FORD’S FELINE-ESQUE SMALL SUV
3 min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
Leaders of the space race
SEVEN-SEATER SUVs ARE THE MODERN-DAY PEOPLE-MOVERS, SO WHICH OF THIS PAIR IS BEST SUITED TO TAKE YOU AND YOUR CREW ON A TERRESTRIAL EXPLORATION?
10+ min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
I AM LEGEND
THE PORSCHE 917 IS POSSIBLY THE GREATEST SPORTS-RACING CAR OF ALL TIME. AND ITS STORY BEGAN WITH THIS VERY CAR
10 min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
00:00:01 AM
THREE LONG MONTHS OF LOCKDOWN IN VICTORIA WILL SEND ANYONE A LITTLE STIR-CRAZY. AS CURFEW LIFTS, CAN A FLAT-OUT RUN IN FERRARI’S FINEST RESTORE A LITTLE SANITY?
10+ min |
Yearbook 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
Little Ripper
Hyundai’s new i20 n is a 150kw front-drive sensation aimed squarely at the Ford Fiesta st. We score an aussie track taste of a prototype, and find the heat is on
10+ min |
December 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
Holden Monaro
So much more than a two-door commodore, this big coupe still stands as a high-water mark of Aussie design and ingenuity
8 min |
December 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
The EV Disruptor
A cashed-up start-up deigns to take on taycan and tesla with ‘the world’s most efficient ev’. Meet the lucid air – and the tech giving it an 800km range and 783kw of electric grunt
4 min |
December 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
We'll Drink To That
The ATMO V8 gets its fill one last time as we bid a final, fast farewell
3 min |
December 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
Nothing Fuzzy Here
It’s all in perfect focus, just cruelled by covid
3 min |
December 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
Holden's Lost HO Slayer
The ‘supercar scare’ killed off the phase IV, but also a thumping V8 torana designed to dominate the mountain. This is its story
8 min |
December 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
On Cars, 2020 & Racing
Modern challenges call for modern athletes, as Mark Hughes discovers in this wide-ranging conversation with four-time F1 champion – and notoriously private – Sebastian Vettel
10 min |
December 2020
Wheels Australia Magazine
On the prowl
FORD OZ DESPERATELY NEEDS NEW SUVs, BUT HAS THE ODD-LOOKING, THREE-POT PUMA GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THE COMPACT-SUV FIGHT?
7 min |