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 • IS THE END ALMOST NIGH FOR JAGUAR?

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

Corvette to build SUV • GM’S PLANS TO LEVERAGE ITS ICONIC SPORTSCAR BADGE INTO NEW TERRITORY

F-150’s tough Aussie welcome • FORD’S LARGE 4x4 UTE UNDERGOES LOCAL DURABILITY TESTING; DUE MID-YEAR

THE WILDEST F-150 • OZ WINGS FOR RAPTOR R?

Incoming • THE NEW METAL HEADING OUR WAY

ARRIVALS

Inbox • GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU REALLY THINK

Squeaky Wheel • RENAULT SCENIC STERRATO, ANYONE?

Flat chat • THINK THE JAPANESE ARE A SCRUPULOUSLY LAW-ABIDING BUNCH? WAIT UNTIL YOU JOIN THEIR EXPRESSWAYS…

HONDA S2000 • HONDA’S CONVERTIBLE WAS A TECHNICAL MASTERCLASS THAT WAS BIG ON THRILLS, LOW ON COMPROMISE

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DEVELOPED WITH RANGER; CHARTS ITS OWN COURSE

CONVINCING REBOOT OF A FAMILIAR FORMULA

STEER-BY-WIRE TAKES A RADICAL TURN

HOW MUCH FOR HONDA’S NEW CIVIC HYBRID?

TAKES A HARD PASS ON DOWNSIZING

REINVENTING THE WARHEAD • RADICAL NEW C63 IS FASTER, GRIPPIER, COMFIER AND MORE COMPLEX. BUT ALSO HARDER TO LOVE…

PLAYER ONE: NEXT LEVEL LESS CONFRONTING TO LOOK AT THAN • THE PREVIOUS GENERATION; EVEN BETTER TO DRIVE. SO IS NEW CIVIC TYPE R THE WORLD’S BEST HOT HATCH?

AVOID HEAVY DRINKING • TOYOTA’S COROLLA CROSS HYBRID BRINGS SPACE, PACE AND ECONOMY TO THE SMALL SUV SEGMENT. THREE FRUGAL RIVALS ATTEMPT TO MOUNT A COUNTER CLAIM

THE DIE IS CAST • HOW THE ICONIC HOT WHEELS TOY EVOLVED TO BECOME MUCH MORE THAN AN AFFORDABLE ENABLER TO GET YOUR KIDS INTO CARS

Fire Starters • TOYOTA’S CULT CLASSIC AE86 MEETS THE NEW GR86 TO SEE IF THERE REALLY IS A COMMON THREAD OF DYNAMIC DNA LINKING THE 36 YEARS THAT SEPARATE THIS PAIR

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Garage • WE DRIVE ’EM LIKE WE OWN ’EM

STEP UP TO THE CREASE • ONE BOLDLY STYLED HI-PO FOUR-DOOR JOINS THE FOLD

RELOCATION CHARGE • OUR COTY WINNER JOINS THE FLEET, BUT IT’S IN THE WRONG STATE. PLUG IN; SHIP OUT

CLICK TO EXIT • A TECH TOUR AND A FOND FAREWELL ENDS OUR TENURE

PAY NOW, SAVE LATER • HOW LONG UNTIL THE HYBRID’S PREMIUM IS RECOUPED IN FUEL SAVINGS?

1800+ • VEHICLE PRICES, SPECS & REVIEWS EVERY MONTH

Wheels

You have no new male • MODEST PERFORMANCE MEANT THIS BENZ FOUND FAVOUR WITH FEMALE BUYERS

HONDA NSX • SECOND-GEN SUPERCAR’S FAILURE TO LAUNCH