Reviews

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?

2024 Best Electric Luxury Sedan over $100K: BMW i7

How Bavaria mastered the most convincing implementation of the electric drivetrain

2025 Skoda Kodiaq review

The Czech firm’s seven-seat star enters its bold second generation. Don’t mess it up, guys…

2024 Kia Sportage GT-Line Hybrid review

Kia has finally introduced a petrol-electric version of its Sportage midsized SUV to compete with the all-conquering Toyota RAV4 Hybrid

Living with the New Mazda CX-60: Long-term review

It's the most hyped Mazda in years, and a landmark model for the brand's ‘Premium push’ but how does the Mazda CX-60 stack up over a long-term loan?

2024 Kia EV5 review: First look walkaround

Kia’s crucial new medium-sized EV5 electric SUV condenses the brilliant EV9’s striking appearance and benchmark interior design into a more compact, much more affordable package

2024 Lexus LBX review: First Australian drive

Diminutive luxury SUV is a confused yet delightful drive – bring on an LBX F

2024 Best Electric Car (Under $80K): MG4

Here are the podium positions in the sub-$80K class of the most exhaustive electric vehicle test in Australian history

2024 Best Small Electric Car Under $40K: MG4 Excite 51

They say EVs aren't affordable; BYD, GWM and MG say different – and one of Australia's cheapest cars is notable for more than just its price

2024 Best Small Electric Car $50-60K: Cupra Born

Stylish five-door practicality, rear-drive dynamics, and impressive range are the promise as Spain and China go head to head

2024 Best Small Electric Car $40-50K: MG4 Excite/Essence 64

It's BYD v GWM v MG round two as China continues its domination of the most affordable EVs around. And the same car comes to the fore.

2024 Best Electric Small SUV: Hyundai Kona

Hyundai's second-generation electric Kona faces up to BYD's popular Atto 3 and two French rivals.

2024 Best Electric Midsize SUV: Kia EV6

Ford, Subaru and Toyota have all joined the legacy carmakers taking on the Tesla Model Y, but it's our 2022 Wheels Car of the Year that remains unmoved as the pick of the class

Best Electric Sedan Under $80K: Hyundai Ioniq 6

Up to $80K buys you some impressive hardware in the electric sedan category.

2024 Toyota C-HR review: First Australian drive

The new-generation Toyota C-HR compact SUV range is here, with the second-gen line-up going hybrid only. That plays to Toyota’s strengths, but in a number of ways, this product is a bit of a miss for the small SUV market.

2024 BYD Yangwang U8 review

BYD sub-brand’s truly showstopping take on the luxury SUV, and it could come to Australia

2024 Mini Countryman review: Electric and JCW petrol models

With the transition to electric, Mini’s third-gen Countryman is both practical and the obvious performance pick

2024 Nissan Qashqai e-Power review: First Australian drive

Following in the footsteps of its older sibling, the X-Trail, the Qashqai has now introduced e-Power to its line-up, just a year after the launch of its new generation

2024 Ford E-Transit electric van review

In many ways, the electrification of Ford's enduring Transit van just makes sense. But does the price?