Car Comparisons

2017 Kia Rio Si v 2017 Mazda 2 Genki comparison

Does the all-new Kia Rio have what it takes to beat one of the benchmarks cars of the light car segment?

BMW M2 Pure v Ford Focus RS v Porsche 718 Boxster S

We took three of the most in-demand manual heroes for a jaunt up central Victorian mountain roads, yet this is more a celebration than a comparison.

Holden SS-V Redline v HSV Clubsport LSA 30 v Tickford Mustang 360 v Tickford Mustang 500

Tickford's hotted-up V8 Mustangs aim to blow Holden's establishment into early retirement

Subaru BRZ vs Mazda MX-5 RF vs Porsche Cayman S

Does the thrill of driving increase in direct proportion to the cubic dollars thrown at a sports car? Mazda’s MX-5 and Subaru’s BRZ mount their case against Porsche’s potent yet pricey Cayman S

Ford Ranger Wildtrak vs Holden Colorado Z71

This is what a working class Holden versus Ford stoush looks like in 2017

Ford Ranger v Toyota Hilux v Nissan Navara v Isuzu D-Max v Mitsubishi Triton v Mazda BT-50 towing comparison

We hook up six popular utes to a 2800kg caravan to see how they perform the towing task

Seven seater comparison review: Mazda CX-9 Sport

It's time to embrace the best post-Ford Mazda that isn’t an MX-5 - the Mazda CX-9. The last time we were this pumped about a large SUV, it was 12 years ago, it wore a Territory badge, and it won Car of the Year.

Seven seater comparison review: Kia Carnival S

The Kia Carnival S confines its brief to ‘movement of the people’ and succeeds. Carnival successfully marries handsome styling with luxurious space, which isn’t easy for a base-model people mover.

Seven seater comparison review: Kia Sorento Si

The Kia Sorento Si is Sufficiently strong in enough areas to hoist bronze. The South Korean seven-seater SUV wooed us with its practicality, performance, value, and industry-leading warranty.

Seven seater comparison review: Citroen Grand C4 Picasso

Quirkiness meets cool to deliver a mostly warm embrace. But cool is as cool does and in other ways the Citroen Grand C4 Picasso’s quirkiness requires you to relearn how to operate a car.

Seven seater comparison review: Toyota Kluger GX AWD

The Toyota Kluger offends no one by sticking to the middle of the road. There’s no escaping that the Toyota offers plenty for the money.

Seven seater comparison review: Volkswagen Multivan

The Volkswagen Multivan is certainly the leader of the space race, if not quite the final frontier. Commercial vehicle origins let it down against more sophisticated competition.

Seven seater comparison review: Hyundai Santa Fe 30

The Hyundai Santa Fe better at pleasing its driver, rather than shifting a tribe of seven, as we uncover headroom and visibility issues in the third row.

Seven seater comparison review: Nissan Pathfinder ST AWD

Opportunity knocked, but Nissan didn’t fully open the door. We find the Nissan Pathfinder, while smooth and likeable, falls short of the competition.

Seven seater comparison review: Honda Odyssey VTi

An odyssey is an ‘epic journey’. Unfortunately for the Japanese carmaker, the story of the Honda Odyssey has been one of a downward slide.

Seven seater comparison review: Holden Captiva LT AWD

The Holden Captiva LT AWD fails to make a captivating argument for why you’d bother over other, more composed competitors.

Archive: BMW M3 vs HSV Clubsport LSA vs Lexus GS-F vs Mercedes-AMG C63 S

Does Lexus finally have a sports sedan capable of ripping the doors off the blown HSV Clubsport, twin-turbo M3 and mega-boosted AMG C63 S?

Family sedan comparison review: Volkswagen Passat 132TSI Comfortline

Wheels pitches 10 of the biggest sellers in the medium-to-large car segment to see which is the best of the current crop. Here’s number 1, the Volkswagen Passat.