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 • WHAT DO WHEELS MAGAZINE AND DNA STRUCTURE HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER? MORE THAN YOU MAY THINK…

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

Tesla in the gunsights • LEGACY CARMAKERS ARE INVESTING BILLIONS ON CARS THAT WILL STEAL SALES FROM THE EV PIONEER

Incoming • THE NEW METAL HEADING OUR WAY

Inbox • GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU REALLY THINK

Squeaky Wheel • THE PROBLEM WITH PUTTING POLITICIANS IN CHARGE OF ROAD SAFETY IS THAT WE END UP WITH POLITICS, NOT POLICY

Flat chat • PREDICTING THE AUTOMOTIVE FUTURE IS A FOOL’S GAME. BUT THAT SHOULDN’T STOP ANY OF US FROM GIVING IT A GO

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8 Series • THE SLEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH

Drives • THE NEW METAL THAT MATTERS, TRIALLED AND TESTED

A NEW NAME PRONOUNCES THIS AN ALTOGETHER BETTER XV

MERCEDES TREATS THE E-CLASS TO THE MOTHER OF ELECTRICAL GLOW-UPS

TOYOTA’S UPCOMING OFFERING FOR WHEN A ‘LITTLE’ HILUX JUST WON’T CUT IT

FROM INDIA TO THE AUSSIE BUSH, VIA THE ’BURBS

THE MAZDA SUV THAT BREAKS THE $100K BARRIER

wheels 70 greatest cars • SEVEN DECADES FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE… IT WAS A MAMMOTH UNDERTAKING, SO HOW DID WE GO? LET THE ARGUMENTS BEGIN…

Sedans • THE FAMILY FOUR-DOOR MAY BE OUT OF FAVOUR THESE DAYS, BUT THERE WAS A TIME, NOT SO LONG AGO, WHEN THESE WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT CARS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD

Mercedes-Benz W126 S-Class • WHEN BENZ RULED THE WORLD

Sports Cars • WHEN ENGINEERS SET OUT TO DELIGHT DRIVERS, RATHER THAN MERELY TRANSPORT OCCUPANTS, GREAT THINGS HAPPEN

Porsche 911 • THE CAR THAT RIVALS GAVE UP TRYING TO TAKE HEAD-ON

4x4/SUVs • IT’S THE SEGMENT THAT MAY BE DETESTED BY SOME, BUT ONE THAT’S ALSO KEPT PLENTY OF CAR MAKERS AFLOAT. AND CAN WE REALLY IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT THIS LOT?

Toyota LandCruiser • HOW AUSTRALIA HELPED SHAPE AN OFF-ROAD ICON

Utes/Pick-ups • FROM PRAGMATIC TOOL OF THE TRADE TO LIFESTYLE ACCESSORY VEHICLE, THESE ARE THE TRAY-BACKS THAT DID THE HEAVY LIFTING

Toyota Hilux • WHEN REPUTATION COUNTS FOR PLENTY

Small Cars • THIS LOT PROVED THAT PHYSICAL SIZE HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH MAKING A BIG IMPACT

BMC Mini • A PACKAGING MASTERPIECE THAT SET THE BLUEPRINT FOR SUBSEQUENT SMALL CAR DESIGNS

Hot Hatches • AFFORDABLE PERFORMANCE ONCE MEANT PONDEROUS HANDLING OR CRAMPED, COMPROMISED PACKAGING. THIS LOT CHANGED ALL THAT

Peugeot 205 GTi • FRANCE ACED THE FORMULA AND CREATED A LEGEND

Supercars • TO MAKE THIS LIST, A CAR NEEDS TO BE THE RESULT OF VISIONARY THINKING, OUTLANDISH DESIGN, AND BE WORTHY OF A MAGAZINE POSTER

McLaren F1 • THE CLARITY OF ONE MAN’S VISION

Boxing clever • THREE-ROW FAMILY HAULERS DUKE IT OUT FOR SCHOOL-RUN HONOURS

Nissan Pathfinder Ti • IN TARGETING AMERICA, PATHFINDER DOESN’T QUITE LAND A BULLSEYE IN AUSTRALIA

Mazda CX-8 Asaki LE • TURN ON, TUNE IN, ZONE OUT

Hyundai Santa Fe • COMFORT AND REFINEMENT TO TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THE UNDERWHELMING EFFICIENCY

Hyundai Palisade • KOREA BRINGS THE BIG GUNS TO BEAR

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