Wheels Magazine is an Australian automotive magazine. Car redirects here. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ...

Wheels was founded in May 1953 by a young writer called Athol Yeomans. With the help of a colleague, Yeomans planned the first copy of Wheels in a stationery room of Hudson Publications in Sydney. 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ...

Wheels was the first Australian car magazine to appear in local newsagents and was a best seller from the start. Before Wheels' inception, only European and American publications were available in Australia. Wheels was also the first magazine that dared to actually road test cars. In the 1950s, road testing cars was something of a rarity as major makes did not allow it. Since 1953, Wheels has built a strong reputation of being honest and informing the motoring enthusiasts and potential car buyers of Australia. World map showing Europe Political map (neighboring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ...

Wheels Magazine is well renowned by Australian car enthusiasts. Its main "competitor" within the Australian market is Motor magazine, though Wheels and Motor are stablemates in the ACP Magazines catalogue and are aimed at slighly different readers. Motor is an Australian motoring magazine published monthly by ACP Magazines. ...

The magazine's Car of the Year award is highly respected and eagerly awaited each year.

Sweden

There is also a Wheels magazine in Sweden. The Swedish magazine mostly deals with hot rods and custom cars. [1] T-Bucket hot rod Hot rods are older, often historical, cars. ...

Canada

There is a magazine called World of Wheels, which sometimes might be referred to as Wheels.

External links

• Wheels Magazine's web site