Car Reviews

Wheels magazine: BMW 528i

Wheels magazine: BMW 528i

Wheels Magazine: Volkswagen Golf Mark VII

A full five years after its release, the current Volkswagen Golf Mark VI remains the Wheels small-car leader.

Mercedes A Class First Drive

It's been fun punting the new Mercedes A Class across mountain roads in Slovenia this week - and 'fun to drive' is a major part of the brief for this sleek new Golf rival from the Three Pointed Star.

Amazing flying hovercraft for sale

If you don't want one of these flying hovercrafts then there's no other way to say this: you are lying.

Toyota FJ40 comparison review

Toyota’s take on its FJ40 swept all before it in 4X4 of the Year, but how does the FJ Cruiser rate against a couple of real icons?

Wheels magazine: Audi S6/S7 first drive

Within 8km of starting the twin-turbo V8 for the first time, the fire is muffled as the speed-limiter calls time just beyond 250km/h. And half of those kilometres were getting out of Munich airport and jumping onto the A92 autobahn. After the repressed driving culture of Australia, Germany is like heaven.

Volkswagon Amarok Auto review

Amarok gets the eight-speed auto we’ve been waiting for – and it has a more powerful engine.

Range Rover Evoque review

Does Range Rover’s luxury softroader stay true to the marque’s off-road heritage?

2012 Ford Ranger vs Mazda BT-50 comparison

The new Ford Ranger and Mazda BT-50 share much in common, but are they really the same?

Wheels Magazine: Holden Commodore LPG

Fuel economy has been the bane of Australia’s large locally-built rear-wheel drive cars, but Holden is hoping it will now become an asset courtesy of the new dedicated LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Commodore launched this week.

Wheels Magazine: Suzuki Swift Sport

There are five main corners at Broadford raceway, north of Melbourne, and the new Suzuki Swift Sport will do lift-off oversteer at every one of them.

Holden Volt

WHERE to start with the Holden Volt? I’ll assume you know this is GM’s plug-in electric car with a range-extender petrol engine. So let’s kick off with a few disparate facts…

BMW Z4 20i/28i

IT MAY be overstating the local arrival of BMW’s turbocharged, four-cylinder N20 engine as a ‘new dawn’ for the Munich brand, but its debut in the Z4 roadster took place at Mt Warning in north-eastern NSW.

2012 Citroen C4 Review

We sampled the turbo-diesel and the turbo petrol. The oiler won us over with its refinement, easy driveability and worthy fuel efficiency.

Jeep Compass review

Jeep increases its stake in the softroader game with a return of the Compass.

Wheels review: BMW M5

At 250km/h the big BMW is covering 67.5 metres every second. The 200 metre braking marker flashes by in my peripheral vision as the speed limiter finally softens the mighty twin turbo V8 at an indicated 267km/h.

BMW M5 - track review

Curiously for a drive program conducted exclusively on a race circuit, three BMW staff make asides that the M5 isn’t really a track car. But despite the veiled concern, it’s little wonder the M5 feels at home on a fast circuit.

Custom Range Rover Sport

Driving through a remote location, no one would blink at the sight of a LandCruiser or Patrol, but a Range Rover?

Land Rover Defenders

Having driven and relished the pure technology of the Defender and Defender Sport concepts...

Jeep Wrangler Rubicons review

Jeep Wrangler Rubicons take on their namesake 4X4 track in the USA.

Toyota LandCruiser 200 GX review

Toyota’s new Land Cruiser 200 Series variant is badged a GX, but the compliance plate tags it as a ‘Commercial’, the handbook a ‘Station Wagon’.

Toyota 86 drive

An all-too-brief drive in the new Toyota 86 today at Fuji speedway revealed a sweet-handling, beautifully balanced little front-engined, rear drive coupe which will no doubt be a huge success for Toyota.

Wheels: Jesse Taylor reviews Porsche's new 911

Two days ago I asked myself whether Porsche’s new 991 911 would crack my all-time top 10. After a day of hard driving in the mountains around Santa Barbara, California, the answer is yes and no.

Subaru Impreza

IT’S ALMOST an expectation that controversy will follow the tail (or nose) of a new Subaru Impreza.