Reviews

2024 Volvo EX30 vs 2025 Kia EV3 - SPEC BATTLE

The small SUV class has two new electric contenders that major on style and cost around $60K. But which is superior for room, performance and range?

First overseas drive: GWM Ute Cannon Alpha

GWM looks to expand its local Ute line up with more Cannon Alpha variants under consideration

2024 Volkswagen Touareg 170TDI review

The top-end of Volkswagen's SUVs impresses with its premium feel and drive.

Living with the new Mazda CX-90: Long-term review

It’s the biggest and most expensive Mazda ever but is the CX-90 a worthy luxury flagship?

2024 Tesla Cybertruck review: first international drive

Absurd, exotic, polarising and... good? We finally drive the ute born to shock!

Living with the MG4 Excite 64

MG’s new electric hatchback has been judged our 2024 Wheels Best Electric Car Under $80K. Now we're finding out what it’s like to actually own one for a few months...

2024 Mini Cooper SE review

Slicker, faster, cleverer and more fun than any electric Mini to date. But is that enough?

2024 Chery Tiggo 8 Pro Max review: first Australian drive

Fresh from entering the medium SUV segment with its Tiggo 7, Chery now ventures into seven-seater-SUV territory. But is the Tiggo 8 good enough to turn buyers away from Korea, Japan and Europe’s strongest players?

2025 Kia Carnival review: first Australian drive

Australia’s favourite people-mover has been given a mid-life update that improves it in important, and also unexpected, ways

2024 Honda Accord E:HEV RS hybrid review: Australian first drive

The Honda Accord goes fully hybrid with a smorgasbord of new tech, though a steep price and limited options continue to limit its appeal

2024 Volvo EX30 review: First Australian drive

Honey, I shrunk the Volvo! We get our first taste on local roads of the new baby SUV to see if it deserves to become the brand's predicted best-seller

2025 Mazda MX-5 review

Tiny tweaks yield big results for updated MX-5 which continues to be an oasis of driving purity

2024 Genesis GV80 review: Coupe and wagon driven

For luxury in its most pure form, at a comparatively affordable price point, the GV80 deserves a look

2024 BMW X2 review: First Australian drive

The winding roads of Tasmania provide an ideal setting to test the capabilities of the second-generation X2

2024 BMW iX2 review: First Australian drive

The iX2 makes the case to go electric an extremely compelling one

2024 Mazda CX-90 G50e Azami review

Is Mazda's top SUV worth your hard-earned?

2024 Lexus RX350 F Sport review

The Lexus RX has long been the thinking man’s alternative to luxury German SUVs. Does the all-new, fifth-gen model continue the trend?

Living with the Volvo XC90: long-term review

The Wheels Best Large Luxury SUV joins our fleet for extended family-lifestyle interrogation

2024 Best Electric Car Over $80K: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N v Kia EV9

If naming the finest EV above $80K kinda sounds like an EV of the Year nod, you’re not wrong

2024 Best Electric Small Luxury SUV: BMW iX1 v Volvo XC40

Transplanting EV gubbins into formerly fossil-fuelled bodies is still in vogue, but does it provide a compelling alternative to dedicated EVs?

2024 Best Electric Midsize Luxury SUV: BMW iX3 v Genesis GV70 Electrified

Forget showy electric SUVs; this twin test is about making the jump to electrons as easy as possible. But one is far more luxurious than the other…

2024 Best Electric Large SUV: Audi Q8 E-Tron v BMW iX v Kia EV9

Kia impresses with its large electric SUV, punching well above its class

2024 Best Electric Performance Car: Abarth 500e v Audi E-Tron GT v Ford Mustang Mach-E v Hyundai Ioniq 5 N v Porsche Taycan

EVs have always been fast, but what about fun? These five might just win you over

2024 Best Electric Luxury Sedan under $100K: BMW i4 v Polestar 2

The Polestar 2 has ambitions of segment glory, but can the flagship variant break through a blockade formed by the most affordable BMW i4?