Wheels

Wheels is Australia’s original motoring magazine. Launched in 1953, we’ve been trusted by generations of Australians to provide entertaining and forthright opinions on the good, the bad and the ugly of new and used cars. A world-class car mag with a formidable international reputation, Wheels covers the full gamut of cars – from sports cars to four-wheel-drives, economy to family cars – but it also covers the people, personalities and the power plays behind one of the world’s most dynamic industries.

Upfront • SURPRISINGLY FEW MOTORING JOURNALISTS ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR HEADS ABOVE THE PARAPET

30 days • 30 DAYS IS A LONG TIME IN THE MOTORING WORLD. WE’VE COMPILED THE IMPORTANT BITS YOU NEED TO KNOW

The wrap • THIS MONTH IN BRIEF

Stealing beauty: Alfa Romeo 33 • ALFA ROMEO’S FIRST SUPERCAR SINCE THE 8C MIGHT BE MORE GORGEOUS STILL. TAKE YOUR PICK BETWEEN PETROL AND ELECTRIC. CAN WE HAVE BOTH?

May the 4th be with you • LANZADOR 2+2 CONCEPT LOOKS SET TO HIT SHOWROOMS AS LAMBORGHINI’S LONG-AWAITED FOURTH MODEL

Are we headed for a car supply bullwhip? • AS FACTORIES CATCH UP AND ORDER BANKS FINALLY ABATE, CAR IMPORTERS MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES AWASH WITH NEW STOCK IN 2024. HERE’S HOW YOU BENEFIT

Mercedes-Benz Australia wins agency model court case • AUSTRALIA’S FEDERAL COURT HAS RULED IN FAVOUR OF MERCEDES-BENZ IN A LANDMARK TRIAL CONCERNING THE ROLLOUT OF ITS AGENCY SALES MODEL

Inbox • GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU REALLY THINK

Squeaky Wheel • THE INCONVENIENCE OF THREE RED LIGHTS IN A ROW HAS ME FOLLOWING THE RULES LIKE A NORTH KOREAN CIVIL SERVANT

Flat Chat • CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOUR STATE OR TERRITORY GOT RID OF EVERY SINGLE SPEED CAMERA OVERNIGHT?

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LOTUS Elise • THE CAR THAT SAVED LOTUS? THAT’S ONLY HALF THE STORY…

Lord of the Ring • TIMO BERNHARD ON WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO DEMOLISH THE ALL-TIME NÜRBURGRING LAP RECORD

Drives • THE NEW METAL THAT MATTERS, TRIALLED AND TESTED

AUSTRALIA’S BEST AFFORDABLE EV? ITS CASE IS STRONG

HONDA INTRODUCES A QUIET ACHIEVER

PLENTY OF SHOCK AND AWE BUT IS M’S NEW FLAGSHIP TOO COMPROMISED?

SUPERB SEVENTH-GENERATION SL MAKES AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE

SECOND TIME’S A CHARM FOR POLESTAR 2

Neue rules • THE VISION NEUE KLASSE REWRITES BMW’S DESIGN LANGUAGE AND IT MIGHT JUST BE ALL THE BETTER FOR IT

Three times BMW broke the mould

EV FIRE VS ICE • CUPRA CLAIMS ITS NEW, ALL-ELECTRIC BORN DELIVERS HOT-HATCH DRIVING THRILLS. THAT’S FIGHTING TALK. ENTER VOLKSWAGEN’S GOLF GTI

Go big or go home? • LARGE IN BOTH SIZE AND PRICE, MAZDA’S CX-90 FALLS SHORT OF TRUE EXCELLENCE

22B OR NOT 22B? • THAT IS THE QUESTION TO BE ASKED OF THE PRODRIVE P25, WHICH SEEKS TO MODERNISE AND ENHANCE SUBARU’S PERFORMANCE ICON

Why does the P25 exist?

Garage • WE DRIVE ’EM LIKE WE OWN ’EM

PARTY OUT BACK • ENRIGHT’S ENJOYING LIFE WITH HIS TURBO SUBARU

MODE DOWN • DRIVE MODE FAILURE BRINGS A PREMATURE END TO OUR RAPTOR’S STAY. SHAME, BUT WE STILL WANT ONE

1800 + • OVER 1800 VEHICLES PRICES, SPECS & REVIEWED EVERY MONTH

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A small foot in the door • CIVIC WAS PIVOTAL IN HELPING HONDA CRACK THE BIG TIME IN THE USA

KIA Stinger • THE KOREAN THAT SUBBED IN FOR TWO AUSSIE FAVOURITES