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A Stronger, Longer-lasting Stalwart
Wheels Australia Magazine

A Stronger, Longer-lasting Stalwart

WHILE the unstoppable momentum of new zero-emissions vehicles builds exponentially, there are few EVs that can claim to have dipped their toe in the water earlier than the Nissan Leaf.

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June 2021
Screams For The Turbo Engine Option
Wheels Australia Magazine

Screams For The Turbo Engine Option

It’s remarkable to think just six years and one generation separates this striking fourth-generation Hyundai Tucson and the frumpy second-generation model known here as the ix35.

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June 2021
Maserati QP Trofeo Ferrari-Hearted Luxo Limo
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Maserati QP Trofeo Ferrari-Hearted Luxo Limo

If a car's ‘character’ can sometimes come bundled as a set of attributes difficult to articulate, then putting a price on that character is damn near impossible.

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June 2021
The Aussie Out To Electrify GM
Wheels Australia Magazine

The Aussie Out To Electrify GM

It’s a long way from bendigo to detroit, and now travis hester has gm’s future in his hands

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June 2021
EV Policy? The States Take Charge
Wheels Australia Magazine

EV Policy? The States Take Charge

Disparate and confusing policies emerge; key question remains: how to tax and incentivise...

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June 2021
Is The Auto Better Than The Manual?
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.

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June 2021
RETURN OF THE MACH
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

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June 2021
Hydrogen Power Goes (Almost) Mainstream
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.

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May 2021
The Elephant In The Boot
Wheels Australia Magazine

The Elephant In The Boot

Learning To Live With A Ute In The Urban Jungle

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May 2021
The Future Of Audi Glimpsed
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The Future Of Audi Glimpsed

Parachuted in from F1, the new boss admits audi needs to catch up with Tesla’s software genius

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May 2021
Unidentified Rolling Object
Wheels Australia Magazine

Unidentified Rolling Object

Confused looks and ‘what is it?’ questioning all part of Genesis gv80 ownership

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May 2021
How The Aussie Used Market Went Nuclear
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?

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May 2021
Puff and bluster
Wheels Australia Magazine

Puff and bluster

GROUNDBREAKING TURBO WITH A FAMOUS AUSSIE CONNECTION

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May 2021
THE NEXT AMG C63
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

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May 2021
There & back
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

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May 2021
Next Top Models
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?

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May 2021
Woking's ‘Woke' Moment
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

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March 2021
Ford's Brave New Hope In The SUV Space
Wheels Australia Magazine

Ford's Brave New Hope In The SUV Space

Plenty To Commend Here, Just Not The Quite The Cut-through

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March 2021
Toyota Yaris Grows Up As A Clear-Cut
Wheels Australia Magazine

Toyota Yaris Grows Up As A Clear-Cut

Yaris grows up as a clear-cut, yet still oddly complicated proposition

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March 2021
Twenty 21 Car Of The Year: Mazda CX-30
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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

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March 2021
BMW 4 Series
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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

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March 2021
Porsche Taycan 4s: The Real Question: Does It Leave The Driver Amped?
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.

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March 2021
Mad scientists
Wheels Australia Magazine

Mad scientists

A GLIMPSE BEHIND-THE-SCENES AT WHEELS CAR OF THE YEAR 2021

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March 2021
LAST DRINKS
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LAST DRINKS

FORD’S SMALL SUV EXITS STAGE LEFT, WHILE ITS CUSTODIAN ALSO CALL IT QUITS. WILL THEY MISS EACH OTHER?

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March 2021
The war is over
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

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March 2021
3000GT MITSUBISHI
Wheels Australia Magazine

3000GT MITSUBISHI

THIS EARLY-90s COUPE WAS A TECH TOUR DE FORCE, BUT ALSO A CASE OF ‘NOTHING EXCEEDS LIKE EXCESS’

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March 2021
Volkswagen Golf R
Wheels Australia Magazine

Volkswagen Golf R

Rear bias brings applause from the front row

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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

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February 2021
A Life Of Two Harves
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

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9 mins  |
February 2021
Wheels Australia Magazine

Them's The Brakes

Robbo gets toey in the puma

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February 2021