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Audi’s Popular Q5 SUV Goes Hybrid To Make A Powerful Difference
Compromise is an essential part of life even if the parties involved believe they’ll end up with less than they might expect. But driver concessions are not part of the deal with Audi’s transformed Q5, which brings electricity into the internal combustion mix along with...
Lamborghini blazes a trail for track-focused women with its STO
For a few pleasant days this past autumn, Madam Wheels got loud and low in the new Lamborghini Huracan STO. STO is short for “Super Trofeo Omologata” which, more meaningfully translated, means “a track weapon made road legal”. It lived up to the promise. This...
All-electric BMW i7: the car that screams ‘You’ve made it!’
Luxury cars can be powerful signifiers of their owners, conveying who they are, what they stand for, and how successful they are. Cars aren’t solely about transportation but a means to impress. So it’s little wonder they arouse in many a certain curiosity that causes...
Lamborghini Urus Performante
Lamborghini Automobili likes to win, and as it celebrates its 60th anniversary into 2023, the iconic luxury car brand has been smashing records and winning accolades in some surprising places. Famed for its fossil-fuel guzzling V10 and V12 engines, the marque perhaps incongruously recently won...
First Maserati Grecale is out of this world
Maserati is on a mission to attract buyers away from rival European luxury car brands, and this week it launched an other-worldly weapon to bolster its chances of doing so. VIP clients and select media witnessed the unveiling of Maserati’s latest salvo in its efforts...
James Bond stunt cars among 60 lots in charity auction
While Aston Martins were traditionally 007’s car of choice, other automotive brands have starred more recently, particularly in 2021’s grand finale, No Time to Die, which featured Defenders, Range Rovers and a Jaguar. Now, the notion of owning those cars can be your reality with...
Supermodel’ McLaren GT star of Leica photo exhibition
Madam Wheels spent time this week getting reacquainted with an old friend, the McLaren GT supercar. It had been three years since we last caught up, and she’d had a bit of work done on her in the meantime, including a nose job and some refinement...
Lamborghini Espada 400 GT
Environmental considerations aside, there are plenty of automotive enthusiasts like Madam Wheels who will be sad to see internal combustion engines phased out. Gone will be the rip and roar of throaty engines cycling through gears to deliver the auditory and full-body experience of downforce...
‘Overconfident’ Aussie drivers out for themselves: Road Safety Report
Has anyone noticed that drivers seem to lose their tempers more readily – and more virulently – these days? That the levels of intolerance have escalated beyond those previously seen? I experienced this firsthand in Melbourne recently when my car decided to stop dead on...
The penny dropped when the light turned green
I’m generally not very much into traffic-light drag races, but sometimes they’re necessary and this was one of those moments. It started when the EV pulled up on my left, in a lane that had parked cars on the other side of the intersection, and...
Women to lead the way at the 2022 AusGP
Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp will headline an impressive line-up of inspiring women in the return of an Australian Grand Prix event opener at this year’s Formula 1 spectacular in Melbourne. Hosted by Madam Wheels Founder and Director Jacquie Hayes and presented by the Australian...
This girl’s on fire … and now she’s sunk, too
The last time I ordered a new car from Europe my local dealer put me onto a smartphone app that allowed me to track the progress of the ship my car was coming to Australia on. For the next several weeks I veered between breathless...