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.

Wheels

Upfront • IS AUSTRALIA REALLY ABOUT TO SCUTTLE THE PLUG-IN HYBRID?

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

Honda and Nissan: round peg, square hole? • THE CAR INDUSTRY HAS SEEN SOME BIZARRE BEDFELLOWS IN RECENT YEARS, BUT THIS COULD BE THE STRANGEST YET

Could it work? • IT’D BE GREAT FOR THE INDUSTRY IF IT DID

Inbox • GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU

Flat Chat • ARE NEW, SEMI-AUTONOMOUS DRIVER AIDS CONTRIBUTING TO A CRISIS OF INATTENTION ON OUR ROADS?

Testing Times • ON THE DRIVING SCHOOL OF DAD

Insight • WHY THE CAR INDUSTRY IS GETTING USED TO UNKNOWNS

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SAY GOODBYE TO THE CERATO AND HELLO TO THE K4

BETTER BUT PRICIER – AND SLOWER?

AT LAST! A NEW FRENCH HOT HATCH?

35 YEARS OF LEXUS • LEXUS APPEARED AS A BOLT FROM THE BLUE. WE LOOK AT HOW THE LUXURY CAR MAKER HAS NEVER LOST ITS CAPACITY TO SURPRISE

The origins of takumi • WHY WE SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN SO SURPRISED

Where to from here? • LEXUS LF-ZC POINTS THE WAY

LFA LITE • CAN’T RUN TO LEXUS’ EXALTED V10 SUPERCAR? THE LC 500 OFFERS THAT MOTOMACHI BUILD QUALITY AND YAMAHA ENGINE EXPERTISE AT A TENTH OF THE PRICE. WE DRIVE IT

Rallying to the cause • GRAEME GAMBOLD HAS ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION AS THE GO-TO MAN WHEN MANUFACTURERS WANT A CAR THAT’LL HANDLE AUSTRALIAN CONDITIONS. WE FIND OUT WHY

12 Greatest technical innovations • WE TIP THE HAT TO A DOZEN TECHNICAL ADVANCES THAT, OVER THE YEARS, SERVED TO REDEFINE THE STATE OF THE ART

Rapid response • WE CATCH UP WITH CARL GOTHAM, ON ALL THINGS MG DESIGN

Charge on • MANY EV DRIVERS ARE RUNNING OUT OF JUICE HAUNTS BUT A PAIR OF ENTERPRISING YOUNG AUSSIES MIGHT JUST BE ABLE TO COME TO YOUR RESCUE

LOTUS Exige S1 • NOBODY WAS QUITE READY FOR HOW LOTUS TURNED THE FRIENDLY ELISE INTO THE FAR FIERCER EXIGE S1

Garage • WE DRIVE ’EM LIKE WE OWN ’EM

PUZZLING TIMES • FELIPE DISCOVERS THE JOY OF INTRICATE TESSELATION

SCORES ON THE DOORS • WHY OPENING THE TAILGATE IS MORE WORK THAN REQUIRED

TRITON TIME • OUR RESIDENT SNAPPER HAS THE KEYS TO A TRITON GLS FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS

NEVER TOO MUCH? • ENRIGHT COMES TO A SHOCKING CONCLUSION. PERHAPS HE SHOULD HAVE GONE SMALL

Databank • OVER 1900 VEHICLE PRICES, SPECS & REVIEWS EVERY MONTH

Ghibli • BIG THINGS WERE EXPECTED BUT THEY DIDN’T LAST