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 • THE LAST DECADE HAS BEEN ONE OF ENORMOUS, AND IN SOME CASES, DISORIENTING DISRUPTION

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

Hilux goes high voltage • 2024 TOYOTA HILUX FACELIFT REVEALED, DUE IN MARCH WITH 48-VOLT (VERY) MILD-HYBRID TECH

A higher Vantage • LATEST VANTAGE PUMPS OUT AN EXTRA 114KW AND PROMISES A SHARPER CHASSIS

Inbox • GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU REALLY THINK

The question • LEWIS TO FERRARI. GREAT MOVE OR CAREER DOWN THE GURGLER?

Down by Law • HEAVEN FORBID WE TAX THE DUAL CAB

Squeaky Wheel • CAN WE TALK ABOUT UNDESERVED REPUTATIONS?

SUBSCRIBE TO wheels

“It sounds like a joke but I’m completely underrated”

PROST ON…

BMW E34 M5 • IF YOU HAD TO DESIGN THE PERFECT M CAR, IT’D LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS

FAST FACTS

PLUG-IN HYBRID BABY SUV HERALDS A FASCINATING NEW ERA FOR ALFA

STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE? MAYBE NOT, BUT IT ALL COMES AT A PRICE

AGGRESSIVE NEW FACE, MORE HARDCORE DYNAMIC FOCUS FOR DAD-BOD i30 SEDAN

SECURITY AND VALUE PREVAIL BUT SOME MORE PUNCH WOULD BE WELCOME

Suspension of disbelief • WE GET A HANDLE ON THE DIZZYING DYNAMICS OF THE HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 N

a very British coupe • HAS ASTON MARTIN FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN ITS MISSION TO MATCH ITALY’S SUAVE GT COUPES? WE INTRODUCE THE NEW DB12 TO A FERRARI AND A MASERATI

When less is not always more • THE VEXED QUESTION OF VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY

INNER FOCUS

NINE GREATEST GOLFS • THE VOLKSWAGEN GOLF HAS, FOR MOST OF US, RISEN TO BECOME THE DEFINITIVE COMPACT HATCH. AS IT CELEBRATES ITS 50TH BIRTHDAY, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE GLOBAL MODELS THAT HAVE CAPTURED OUR IMAGINATION

SHADES OF GREY • AUDI VERSUS LOTUS – THAT STILL SOUNDS UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT AS PREMIUM ELECTRIC SPORTS SUVS, THEY COME AT THE SAME PROBLEM FROM TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. WHICH WORKS BEST?

INNER FOCUS

ROCK STAR • DRIVING A 911 TO BATHURST? WAY TOO EASY. WE PLOTTED A MORE CHALLENGING ROUTE BY PORSCHE TO MOUNT PANORAMA

911 wins Paris-Dakar

Garage • WE DRIVE 'EM LIKE WE DWN 'EM

CHIEF URBAN • A MONTH IN THE CITY KEEPS MG 4 MOSTLY SITTING PRETTY

A PONY BY ANY OTHER NAME… • OTHER MUSTANG OWNERS DON’T SEEM FRIENDLY

Databank • OVER 1800 VEHICLES PRICES, SPECS & REVIEWED EVER Y MONTH

Sport Turismo • LONG ROOF GETS THE CHOP