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 • OVERPAYING FOR A NEW CAR? THAT’S SO 2023

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

Hybrid stars in new 911 range • THE PORSCHE 911 IS GETTING A BIT OF ELECTRICAL ASSISTANCE. SKY HAS NOT YET FALLEN IN

The NVES meteor is inbound • WHAT THE NEW VEHICLE EFFICIENCY STANDARD MEANS FOR AUSTRALIAN CONSUMERS

Inbox • GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU REALLY THINK

Flat Chat • YOU MAY NOT BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT SOME AUSSIES WHINED WHEN WE GOT RID OF LEAD IN PETROL

Squeaky Wheel • OUR MAN GARDNER’S ALL IN FOR A LINGERING SUCK, SQUEEZE, BANG AND BLOW

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What happened to the Apple Car? • HOW ‘PROJECT TITAN’ FOUND ITSELF BUILT ON FOUR CRUMBLING PILLARS

MERCEDES-BENZ R129 SL • THE GOLDEN GENERATION OF MERCEDES-BENZ ROADSTERS?

Drives THE NEW METAL THAT MATTERS, TRIALLED AND TESTED

AUSTRALIA PASSES ON THE 9TH GEN PASSAT. SHOULD WE START A PETITION?

TOYOTA MAKES PREMIUM PUSH WITH NEW C-HR. BUT IS IT WORTH IT?

DIMINUTIVE LUXURY SUV IS CONFUSED YET DELIGHTFUL

Back on the borderline • ECHUCA’S NATIONAL HOLDEN MOTOR MUSEUM IS CLOSING AFTER FOUR DECADES, BUT DOES THE BORDER TOWN EXHIBIT’S END SIGNAL THE FADING MEMORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN ICON?

wheels BEST EVS 24 PART TWO

CONVERSION THERAPY • TRANSPLANTING EV GUBBINS INTO FORMERLY FOSSIL-FUELLED BODIES IS STILL IN VOGUE, BUT DOES IT PROVIDE A COMPELLING ALTERNATIVE TO DEDICATED EVS?

EASE OF TRANSITION • FORGET SHOWY ELECTRIC SUVS; THIS TWIN TEST IS ABOUT MAKING THE JUMP TO ELECTRONS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE

STRIKE IT RICH • KIA’S LARGE AND IN-CHARGE ELECTRIC SUV PROVES THAT PREMIUM IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT

SWEDISH PASSAGE • THE POLESTAR 2 HAS AMBITIONS OF SEGMENT GLORY, BUT CAN THE FLAGSHIP VARIANT BREAK THROUGH A BLOCKADE FORMED BY THE MOST AFFORDABLE BMW I4?

SILENT SERVICE • HOW BAVARIA MASTERED THE MOST CONVINCING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ELECTRIC DRIVETRAIN

SOUL SEARCHING • EVS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FAST, BUT WHAT ABOUT FUN? THESE FIVE MIGHT JUST WIN YOU OVER

Ford Mustang Mach-E GT • FIERCE IN A STRAIGHT LINE BUT NO JOY THROUGH THE CORNERS

Abarth 500e Turismo • LOUD AND PROUD BUT UNDERENDOWED

Audi RS e-tron GT • AUDI’S LOW-FLYING SPACESHIP DEFIES PHYSICS. IS THAT THE ISSUE?

Porsche Taycan • SAFE, STURDY AND QUIETLY PUNCHY, THOUGH LACKING ANY X-FACTOR

Hyundai IONIQ 5 N • DON’T FEAR THE EV FUTURE — HYUNDAI HAS BUILT A GAME CHANGE

Let me entertain you • HYUNDAI SHOWS EVERYBODY HOW TO BUILD A TRULY INVOLVING DRIVER’S EV

ENVELOPE PUSHING • IF NAMING THE FINEST EV ABOVE $80,000 SOUNDS A BIT LIKE AN UNOFFICIAL EV OF THE YEAR GONG, YOU’RE NOT WRONG

Garage • WE DRIVE ’EM LIKE WE OWN ’EM

GREY MATTER • SWEDISH SUV OUT TO PROVE AN OLDIE CAN BE A GOLDIE

SOFTLY TWEAKED • ELECTRONIC UPDATES, PLUS A SUBSTANTIAL PRICE DROP

BIG MACH HEADS BACK • IT’S THE END OF THE ROAD FOR THE WHEELS MUSTANG MACH-E; A CAR WITH AN ALMOST UNPARALLELED ABILITY TO DIVIDE OPINIOND

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

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