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.

70 years

Upfront • IF YOU GET TO CUT A FEW CHEEKY LAPS ON THE TOP OF FIAT’S LINGOTTO BUILDING, SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS

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

Tasty junior Swede • DIMINUTIVE DIMENSIONS OF VOLVO’S NEXT ELECTRIC SUV CLOAK CLEVER DESIGN … AND BIG AMBITIONS

EX30 Cross Country • SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND?

Incoming • THE NEW METAL HEADING OUR WAY

Inbox • GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU REALLY THINK

The question • ARE YOU WAITING FOR A RESET IN NEW CAR PRICING OR IS THIS IT?

Squeaky Wheel • ON THE COLOURFUL JOURNEY TO RACKING UP SEVEN DECADES, WHAT’S THE OCCASIONAL BENT SUPERCAR BETWEEN FRIENDS?

Flat chat • AS THE STAKES GROW HIGHER DRIVING FAST IN THE REAL WORLD, DC FEELS THE PULL OF THE VIRTUAL ONE

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“Best; not first” • TOYOTA’S HEAD OF SALES AND MARKETING ON WHY HE BELIEVES THE COMPANY’S ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY IS THE RIGHT ONE

RENAULTSPORT Megane 230 F1 Team R26 • IT TOOK A FEW CRACKS BUT THE SPORTY MEGANE II FINALLY CAME VERY GOOD

MORE & LESS

CUPRA BORN • SPANIARDS DELIVER A ELECTRIC HATCH TO ENGAGE THE DRIVER, RATHER THAN THE ECO-COMMUTER

VOLVO C40 RECHARGE • SWEDES BACKFLIP; MOTOR NOW IN THE REAR TO IMPROVE RANGE AND DYNAMICS

LEXUS RZ 450e • HANDY MOTIVATION; LIGHT-ON FOR INNOVATION

MITSUBISHI TRITON XTREME • WALKINSHAW WAVES ITS WAND OVER AN OLD STAGER, BUT IS THE OUTCOME EXTREME?

Extreme measures • NEW VS BENCHMARK? TECHNICALLY, YES, BUT THIS ROAD TRIP IS MORE ABOUT REVELLING IN PURE, UNADULTERATED DRIVING THRILLS. STRAP IN, IT’S ABOUT TO GET LOUD…

SPECS

SUPER OVER? • FERRARI’S INCREDIBLE 296 GTB OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER HOW FAR THE SUPERCAR HAS COME AND WHETHER THE GENRE STILL RETAINS ITS LUSTRE

Forza Frikadelli

Shape Shifters • KOREA’S MOST AERO EV ATTEMPTS TO SLIDE ITSELF PAST TESLA’S ALL-CONQUERING MODEL 3

Who’s in charge of maintenance? • NOT-SO-FAST CHARGING

SPECS

All about the chemistry

Tub Thumpers • CAN THE ALL-NEW VW AMAROK PUT THE STOPPERS ON THE MARKET-LEADING FORD RANGER? WE TEST THEM ON ROAD AND OFF

SPECS

THREE PRONGED ASSAULT • MASERATI IS GOING MACAN HUNTING WITH ITS FIRST MEDIUM-SIZED LUXURY SUV. BUT IS THE GRECALE BETTER THAN THE UNDERWHELMING LEVANTE?

Come out fighting • IT MAY HAVE YOUTH ON ITS SIDE, BUT CAN THE MASERATI GRECALE REALLY LAY A GLOVE ON THE SEGMENT BENCHMARK?

Garage • WE DRIVE ’EM LIKE WE OWN ’EM

GET UP AND GO • THERE’S PACE TO BURN HERE, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE STOPPING SIDE OF THE EQUATION?

POST SCRIPT • AFTER OUR SPELL WITH THE EVEREST V6 SPORT WE FINISH WITH A MONTH IN THE FLAGSHIP PLATINUM MODELP

URBAN LEGEND • X-TRAIL EXCELS IN THE SUBURBS

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

Wheels

No Bond required • SUCCESSOR TO 007’S DB5 LEFT WELL-HEELED CUSTOMERS STIRRED, NOT SHAKEN

TESLA Model S • ELON PULLS THE PLUG ON RIGHT-HOOK MODEL S