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.

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DASHBOARD • The important bits you need to know

FORD THINKING • Ford’s new Bronco Basecamp leads a broader Australian product push designed to take the brand beyond Ranger and Everest

INBOX • Got something to say? wheels@wheelsmedia.com.au

MATT O'MALLEY • Wheels continues to rebuild around its readers... and protecting the relevance of Car of the Year to them

PAUL GOVER • Not enough rigour is going into making sure ADAS is a help, not a hindrance

A DRIVING PASSION • Lawyer by day, rock star by night, Danny Estrin is also mad about motors, a passion he explores in a new docu-series on SBS about the world of cars and the people who own them

FIRST DRIVES • Honda Super-One

Plugging the gap • The BMW X1 plug-in hybrid neatly bridges the divide between internal combustion and battery-electric in a stylish and engaging small SUV

New contender • GWM fires a muscly 3.0-litre turbo-diesel across the off-road bows of the Everest, Prado and MU-X triumvirate

Supersize me! • GWM is banking on diesel muscle to beat the Ford Ranger, Toyota HiLux and Isuzu D-Max

A flawed beauty • Just three years after the launch of the original, Alfa Romeo has given its small SUV a heavy makeover – but is it enough to improve the breed?

HEAVY TITLE WEIGHT FIGHT

The Trouble at Volkswagen • Volkswagen peaked in Australia in 2015. The 11 years since have been a nightmare for the once all-conquering brand

PULLING A FAST ONE

CITROËN CX TURBO 2

BEST MEDIUM SUVS 2026 • From value champions to hybrids, EVs, luxury contenders and off-roaders, these are 2026's best medium SUVs

GARAGE

A NEW WAY TO BUY AND SELL • Cars for CommBank now connects private buyers and sellers, with identity verification, vehicle checks, protected payments and transaction support through Vehicle Exchange Made Easy (VEME), aimed at helping to take some of the uncertainty out of buying a used car privately.

MARKETPLACE • All change: A year-to-date report Australian new-car sales are trending marginally upwards, but it's underneath the headline numbers where everything is changing

New Falcon: The Great Leap Forward • Ford edged ahead of rivals in the biggest possible way in 1966, launching what was then the most influential new passenger car in Australia, the XR Falcon