ONE OF THE persistent questions around electric cars – and fairly so – has asked when they might be properly affordable. MG is one of only a few brands to answer the call, with its new MG 4 hatchback that’s priced from $39,990 RRP. It’s among a trio

PLENTY OF MILEAGE AND IMPROVED EFFICIENCY MAKING PLANS is a mug’s game – best to decide on the spur of the moment and keep some spontaneity in your life. That’s what I’ve been telling myself as plans to take a delayed Christmas holiday in February ev

CONSTRUCTING THIS issue’s suite of battery-electric road tests meant my typical testing routine was abandoned. A four-car comparison would usually see us escape Sydney by as great a distance as we could, yet when you have four cars that can realistic

BROWSING BEYOND BASE grades is what Australians do, but does increasing the budget by $10K change our choice of best small electric vehicle? Beyond the $40,000 barrier, MG, BYD, and GWM offer more range, equipment and colour choices that make each mo

IN A STRANGE twist of fate, electrification has made medium sedans cool again. Toyota Camry, Hyundai Sonata and Mazda 6 are the only notable names left in the ICE camp besides Skoda’s liftbacks. The Tesla Model 3 is the default and sells strongly mon

WE’REVERY very far along on our next-generation low-cost vehicle,” said Elon Musk in Tesla’s fourth quarter earnings call, spruiking what we’re calling the Model 2 – a vehicle he claimed would “achieve a unitsper-minute level that is unheard of in th

IF WE WERE including a general collection of our favourite sub-$80K EVs here, it would appear fair to add the Hyundai Ioniq 6, Polestar 2 and Tesla Model 3 electric sedans to the mix. But those three highly recommended mid-sized sedans are flip-of-a-

UNTIL NOW, an EV with 500km+ of range and a relatively affordable price tag has been frustratingly elusive, yet that’s exactly the promise offered by both of our circa-$60K contenders. Okay, neither the Cupra Born nor the MG 4 Long Range 77 is exactl

IN 2023, THE Tesla Model Y wasn’t merely the world’s best-selling electric car – it was the most popular car period. No Taylor Swift tickets, then, for guessing that mid-sized SUVs have the most frenetic market activity of any EV category. Audi, BYD,

BYD’S ATTO 3 is one of the best-value electric vehicles on sale today and a rare example of (near) price parity with its combustion-engined alternatives. While a little smaller outside thanks to the skateboard-style EV construction, the Chinese-made

TELL ME IT’S not just me that does this. I love looking at old copies of Wheels and wondering why, to proffer a 1968 example, more people didn’t buy Jaguar E-Types, Mercedes-Benz 280SL Pagodas or Toyota 2000GTs. All are worth a mint these days, yet w

1966 LAMBORGHINI MIURA 1974 LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH 1973 FERRARI 308 GT4 1972 FIAT X1/9 1972 BMW E12 5-SERIES 1980 RENAULT 5 TURBO

SMALL-CAR SALES might be on the decline, with small sedans an even smaller slice of that shrinking wedge, but Hyundai is maintaining its product offensive by facelifting the i30 Sedan. Just over three years since the original lobbed here – replacing

WHICH CAR BRAND made wagons cool? I’ll come back in 25 years when you’ve all finished arguing the answer because it’s a tricky one isn’t it? Like the ‘missing link’ in humankind’s anthropoid evolution, one day the world woke up and the once proportio

HOW MANY TIMES have you had a revelatory experience in a car? By that I mean a car that fundamentally alters your point of view on driving. In nearly four decades with a driving licence, it’s happened to me with just three vehicles. The first two wer

CELEBRATING THE WAGON is a stereotypical carguy trope, alongside lauding weight reduction, championing the manual gearbox, and talking about polar moments of inertia without any basic understanding of physics. With that in mind, it’s with much gnashi