Automotive
Wheels Australia Magazine
EV Policy? The States Take Charge
Disparate and confusing policies emerge; key question remains: how to tax and incentivise...
3 min |
June 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Is The Auto Better Than The Manual?
IT’S FUNNY HOW time can make even the most assured comments soften like a rotting peach. Take my remark on the manual version of Porsche’s sensational Cayman GT4 from last year: “It means – and I can’t believe I’m saying this – that perhaps the GT4 to buy will be the automatic version…” Even now it reads like blasphemy. But, in my defense, the only criticism I could fairly level at the manual GT4 was that its ratios felt too long. The top of the second redlined at just under 140km/h, so the prospect of a punchier, quick-shifting auto with an extra ratio didn’t sound too bad.
2 min |
June 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
RETURN OF THE MACH
THIS IS JUDGEMENT DAY. THE FORD MUSTANG MACH 1 IS THE BLUE OVAL’S CHANCE AT REDEMPTION FOR SHELBY-DEPRIVED AUSSIE MUSTANG ENTHUSIASTS
6 min |
June 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Hydrogen Power Goes (Almost) Mainstream
This is it, folks: the first hydrogen vehicle to be certified in Australia for sale to the general public.
5 min |
May 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
The Elephant In The Boot
Learning To Live With A Ute In The Urban Jungle
2 min |
May 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
The Future Of Audi Glimpsed
Parachuted in from F1, the new boss admits audi needs to catch up with Tesla’s software genius
4 min |
May 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Unidentified Rolling Object
Confused looks and ‘what is it?’ questioning all part of Genesis gv80 ownership
2 min |
May 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
How The Aussie Used Market Went Nuclear
The million-dollar barrier has been busted for a used aussie car, but as people pay record amounts for collectibles and classics, is the market running on empty?
10+ min |
May 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Puff and bluster
GROUNDBREAKING TURBO WITH A FAMOUS AUSSIE CONNECTION
2 min |
May 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
THE NEXT AMG C63
AMG’S MOST-LOVED MODEL SCORES AN F1-INSPIRED MEGA FOUR-POT. THE GOAL: WORLD’S FASTEST FOUR-DOOR
7 min |
May 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
There & back
TESLA’S LATEST MODEL 3 CLAIMS EVEN GREATER RANGE, SO LET’S SEE IF IT CAN MANAGE AN EXTENSIVE DAY TRIP ON A SINGLE CHARGE
9 min |
May 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Next Top Models
HERE ARE OUR TOP 10 USED CARS IN AUSTRALIA THAT SEEM TO HAVE AVOIDED THE COVID TAX – FOR NOW. IS THIS LOT THE NEXT BATCH OF BOLTERS?
8 min |
May 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Woking's ‘Woke' Moment
McLaren Artura downsized, hybridised ... But performance into the next dimension thanks to e-grunt, plus the ability to run as a short-haul ev. Meet the brits’ crucial step-change model
6 min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Ford's Brave New Hope In The SUV Space
Plenty To Commend Here, Just Not The Quite The Cut-through
3 min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Toyota Yaris Grows Up As A Clear-Cut
Yaris grows up as a clear-cut, yet still oddly complicated proposition
3 min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Twenty 21 Car Of The Year: Mazda CX-30
It took Mazda to build a compact SUV of real depth and ability; one largely devoid of the compromises that have existed in this segment from its inception
8 min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
BMW 4 Series
If it wasn’t for that out-of-nowhere grille, everybody would be talking about how good the new G22 4 series is to drive
3 min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Porsche Taycan 4s: The Real Question: Does It Leave The Driver Amped?
If you were taking bets on which manufacturer would not just dip a toe, but dive headfirst into the world of electric vehicles then you would have got long odds with Porsche. Yet here we are with the first Australian drive of the Porsche Taycan 4S.
10 min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Mad scientists
A GLIMPSE BEHIND-THE-SCENES AT WHEELS CAR OF THE YEAR 2021
5 min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
LAST DRINKS
FORD’S SMALL SUV EXITS STAGE LEFT, WHILE ITS CUSTODIAN ALSO CALL IT QUITS. WILL THEY MISS EACH OTHER?
3 min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
The war is over
THE TWO MEN WHO HEADED UP AUSTRALIA’S HIGH-PERFORMANCE CAR DIVISIONS REVEAL WHAT REALLY WENT ON IN THE HEYDAY BATTLES BETWEEN HSV AND TICKFORD
10+ min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
3000GT MITSUBISHI
THIS EARLY-90s COUPE WAS A TECH TOUR DE FORCE, BUT ALSO A CASE OF ‘NOTHING EXCEEDS LIKE EXCESS’
7 min |
March 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Volkswagen Golf R
Rear bias brings applause from the front row
8 min |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Twist Of Fe
Hyundai has given its seven-seater suv not so much a nip-and-tuck facelift as a dose of major surgery
6 min |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
A Life Of Two Harves
John Harvey was not only a champion race driver but also a pioneer of Australia’s fast-car business
9 min |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Them's The Brakes
Robbo gets toey in the puma
3 min |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 CS
Once a rare but undervalued asterisk in the porsche pantheon, it’s now recognised as the ultimate G-Series 911
7 min |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Mustang By Name, Not By Nature
Ford Mustang Mach-E
3 min |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
How Kia Is Keeping The Manual Gearbox Alive
A revolutionary clutch-by-wire system that not only smooths out manual driving, but saves fuel too
3 min |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine
Quick & silver
THESE TURBO MID-SIZE SUVS PACK THE PUNCH OF YESTERYEAR’S HOTTEST HATCHES. BUT FORD OR MAZDA, WHOSE IS FASTER – AND SMARTER?
10+ min |