Automotive
Wheels Australia Magazine
A vision realised
HOW A YOUNG FORMER FORD AUSTRALIA ENGINEER IS BRINGING HIS DREAM OF ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLING TO LIFE - RIGHT HERE IN MELBOURNE
4 min |
June 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Skoda Octavia
BRISTLES WITH A BREADTH OF TALENT, IF NOT QUITE TRUE GREATNESS
3 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Kia EV6
A LANDMARK EV THAT STANDS AS THE EXCLAMATION POINT IN THE KOREAN BRAND'S COMING-OF-AGE STORY
8 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Kia Carnival
BRINGS SEXY TO THE PEOPLE-MOVER SEGMENT, BUT DID IT MOVE THE JUDGES?
3 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Porsche Taycan CT
PROOF POSITIVE THAT PORSCHE DNA CAN BE ELECTRIFIED
3 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Car of The Year 2022
EVEN BY COTY’S TRADITIONALLY DIVERSE STANDARDS, THE FIELD FOR THIS YEAR’S EVENT WAS BRILLIANTLY ECLECTIC: 21 CARS SPANNING FROM UNDER $33,000 TO JUST SHY OF $300,000, AND FEATURING A RECORD NUMBER OF ELECTRIFIED MODELS. LET THE BATTLE BEGIN
10+ min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Hyundai Tucson
BRINGS COOL COMPETENCE, BUT WITHOUT ANY SEGMENT BREAKTHROUGHS
3 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Honda Civic
DOES SO MUCH SO WELL, UP UNTIL THE PRICE TAG SWINGS INTO VIEW
3 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
GR Corolla is GO!
THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED SECOND PHASE OF TOYOTA’S HOT-HATCH ASSAULT IS OFFICIAL, AND IT’LL BE HERE BEFORE THE END OF 2022
3 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
BMW iX
A TECH AND EFFICIENCY BLUEPRINT FOR MUNICH’S ELECTRIC FUTURE
5 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
COMPACT THREE-POINTED STAR ADVANCES TO THE POINTY END
5 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Nissan's big hybrid gamble
THE JAPANESE GIANT’S AUDACIOUS PLAN TO IGNORE PHEV TECHNOLOGY AND EMBRACE SERIES HYBRIDS AS ITS ‘EV BRIDGE’
3 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Mercedes-Benz S450L
AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED
3 min |
May 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
LEXUS LS400
NO BUDGET, NO TIME CONSTRAINTS, NO PRISONERS: THE LEXUS LS400 WAS JAPAN’S SHOCK TO THE WORLD THAT CHANGED THE LUXO SEDAN SEGMENT FOREVER
8 min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
The final supper
AS THE SUN SETS ON NISSAN’S R35 GT-R IN AUSTRALIA, WE GIVE IT ONE LAST MEAL – A BOWL OF BITUMEN SPAGHETTI, ITS FAVOURITE – AND REFLECT ON THE IMPACT IT MADE
10+ min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
VOLKSWAGEN ID BUZZ - THE KOMBI, REBORN FOR THE ELECTRIC AGE
BE SURE to wear flowers in your hair, or perhaps even don that tie-dyed rainbow hippie outfit before taking VW’s new retro-futuristic electric Microbus for a test drive when it eventually hits showrooms either late this year or early 2023 – as long-wheelbase people mover or cleverly packaged cargo van.
4 min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
REPORTING FOR DUTY
OUTBACK HEADS TO COTY AS AN ALL-PURPOSE LOGISTICS VEHICLE
4 min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN
‘CONTINUATION CARS’ ARE MAKING LEGACY MANUFACTURERS SERIOUS MONEY. BUT ARE THEY THE REAL DEAL?
10 min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
BMW i3
THE FIRST EV TO TAKE HOME THE COTY GONG... GETS GONGED
3 min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
MERCEDES-BENZ C300 - A JUNIOR S-CLASS? THAT'D BE NO SMALL FEAT
HAVE YOU ever paused to wonder why there aren't any small luxury cars?
6 min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
REBEL FIGHTER
THE GENESIS GVZO IS THE MOST COMPLETE OFFERING SO FAR FROM THE AMBITIOUS KOREAN LUXO BRAND. BUT HAS IT GOT THE WOW FACTOR TO CHALLENGE AUDI AND JAGUAR?
10+ min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Soft on top
THE AMG-ENGINEERED SEVENTH-GENERATION SL REDISCOVERS THE FABRIC TOP, ADDS ALL-WHEEL DRIVE AND TOKEN REAR SEATS IN THE QUEST TO BE THE COMPLETE LUXO SPORTS-TOURER
9 min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Brave new world
KIA AND HYUNDAI HAVE MANAGED TO DELIVER KNOCKOUT EVS ON THEIR SHARED PLATFORM, SO CAN SWEDEN'S POLESTAR PUT A GLOVE ON THESE KOREAN HEAVY HITTERS?
10+ min |
April 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
The shovel, reimagined
THE OLD LAND ROVER DEFENDER WOULDN’T KNOW ITS GRANDCHILD. SO IS THE NEW SHORT-WHEELBASE VERSION A WORTHY SUCCESSOR TO THE ORIGINAL? OR JUST ANOTHER LUXO SUV WANNABE?
10 min |
March 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
SUPER UTE!
A TWIN-TURBO PETROL V6 AND ADVANCED CHASSIS TECH TRANSFORM SECOND-GEN RANGER RAPTOR FROM CAPABLE OFF-ROADER TO PERFORMANCE HEAVY HITTER
10+ min |
March 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Taking charge
THIS PAIR SQUARE UP ON PRICE, BUT ALL IS NOT EQUAL WHEN JAPAN TAKES ON SWEDEN FOR DOMINANCE IN THE COMPACT ELECTRIC SUV SEGMENT
10+ min |
March 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
PORSCHE MACAN
OLD LEGS, BUT RUNS LIKE THE WIND
4 min |
March 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
RED THEN DEAD: THE FASTEST FORD THE WORLD NEVER SAW
IN THE ’80s, FORD’S SPECIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS TOOK ON AN AUDACIOUS PROJECT – TO BUILD THE WORLD’S BEST SUPERCAR, STYLED IN ITALY, ASSEMBLED IN FRANCE, POWERED BY A QUAD-CAM V6. THE TARGET: BEAT PORSCHE AND FERRARI
8 min |
March 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
Flat strap THE REBOOT
SECOND-GENERATION SPORTS COUPE WITH THE BOXER ENGINE ARRIVES TO REMIND US THAT AFFORDABLE DRIVING THRILLS DO STILL EXIST
9 min |
March 2022
Wheels Australia Magazine
PROVEN GROUND
HOW AN AUSSIE ENGINEER LED FORD AUSTRALIA TO THE WORLD STAGE … AND KEPT IT THERE
8 min |