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.

Campbell • ELECTRIC CARS ARE BETTER THAN PETROL-POWERED ONES FOR THE EVERYDAY GRIND. BUT UNLESS WE GIVE THE EV A HELPING HAND, AUSTRALIA RISKS BEING A ‘LAST ADOPTER’

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Aussie Corvette names its price • FOR NOT MUCH MORE THAN CAYMAN S MONEY, AMERICA’S MID-ENGINED V8 HERO IS ON ITS WAY. AND IT’S JUST THE START, WITH MORE US METAL SET TO HEAD DOWN UNDER IN 2021

4 American Invaders

Next GT3 a supercar in 911 clothing • RADICAL CHASSIS CHANGES AND A FOCUS ON AERO ARE THE KEYS TO EVEN WILDER PERFORMANCE

Australia lacking EV leadership, says car industry • FCAI AND CAR COMPANIES CHALLENGE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT DELIVERING COHESIVE NATIONAL POLICY SUPPORTING ELECTRIC VEHICLES

EV wasteland • WHAT’S NOT COMING HERE IN A HURRY

EV tech gives old classics new lease on life • PREPARE FOR THE RISE OF THE ‘eCRATE’ CONVERSION, WHERE AN OLD CLUNKER CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO A ZERO-EMISSIONS, NEAR-SILENT 800NM WEAPON

EVs favour rear-drive

Incoming • THE NEW METAL HEADING OUR WAY

TheMarket • THE ROAD TO NEW-CAR RECOVERY

Inbox • GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU REALLY THINK

The question • HAS THE TOYOTA GR YARIS CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION?

Robbo • “I DID NOT WANT MY CHILDREN TO GROW UP FATHERLESS. THERE SEEMED ONLY TWO CHOICES: ONE TO DIE, THE OTHER TO LOSE. I DECIDED ON A THIRD – TO STAY ALIVE”

MacKenzie • “THE ONCE-RARIFIED SUPERCAR SEGMENT IS GETTING MIGHTY CROWDED, AND THE EDGES OF THE POWER AND PERFORMANCE ENVELOPE ARE LOOKING PRETTY FRAYED”

Inwood • “THE IRONY IS THAT WE DIDN’T NEED SPRINKLERS, COMMITTEES OR RULE CHANGES TO FIX FORMULA 1. ALL WE NEEDED WAS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC”

HOLDEN VE Commodore SS/SS-V • THE WORLD WAS ITS OYSTER UNTIL THE GFC FOULED GM’S PLANS, BUT YOU CAN STILL OWN A BILLION-DOLLAR CLASSIC

HOLDEN COMMODORE ss/ss-v

ON ANOTHER PLANE • FLAT-PLANE CRANK V8s ARE RARE BEASTS IN THE SPORTS CAR WORLD. HERE’S WHY ONLY THE BOLD DARE GO WHERE THE TRADITIONAL BENT-EIGHT CAN’T

POWER PLANERS • McLaren, Ferrari and most recently AMG are known for their iterations of the flat-plane-crank V8, but there have been some lesser-known road-going heroes throughout the years that have favoured the layout

FIRST Drives • THE NEW METAL THAT MATTERS, TRIALLED AND TESTED

HYDROGEN TAKES ON THE HARD CELL

GOODBYE ELANTRA, HELLO BOOTED i30

IS A DUSTING OF NEWNESS ENOUGH?

SPORTS STAR WITH A BUSTED NOSE

ITALIANS BRING THE STYE INSIDE

STYLISH TWO-DOOR PROVES FOUR IS STILL ENOUGH

Send in a hero • AS WE CLOSE THE DOOR ON SURELY THE WORST YEAR IN MEMORY, WE NEEDED A FAST, FOCUSED AND AFFORDABLE PERFORMANCE CAR TO HELP SAVE THE WORLD. TOYOTA HAS DELIVERED

Tell ’em the price, son!

Rallye to the cause

“ALL OF A SUDDEN, AS I BRAKE HEAVILY INTO TURN ONE, MY VISION IS WHIPPED THROUGH 360 DEGREES LIKE A FAIRGROUND RIDE, FIRST TOWARDS THE INSIDE WALL, THEN INTO A CLOUD OF TYRE SMOKE” • OSCAR PIASTRI, THE NEXT AUSSIE WITH A SHOT AT F1, TELLS WHEELS JUST WHAT IT’S LIKE TO GO MAX ATTACK IN AN F1 CAR WHILE THE ENTIRE RENAULT TEAM WATCHES ON

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