Wheels magazine

Wheels magazine

"Wheels" magazine is an Australian automotive magazine published monthly by ACP Magazines. "Wheels" was founded in May 1953 by editor Athol Yeomans. [cite journal | last = Bulmer | first = Ged | month = May | year = 2008 | title = Old 55 | journal = Wheels magazine | pages = 13 | publisher = ACP Magazines] With the help of a colleague, Yeomans planned the first copy of "Wheels" in a stationery room of Hudson Publications in Sydney. "Wheels" was the first Australian car magazine to appear in local newsagents and was a best seller from the start. Before its inception, only European and American publications were available in Australia. Wheels was also the first magazine to actually road test cars. In the 1950s, road testing cars was something of a rarity as major makes did not allow it.

"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 as "Motor" concentrates on performance cars.

Since 1963, "Wheels" have annually announced their Car of the Year award, although this has been withheld in 1972, 1979 and 1986. [cite web | url = http://www.wheelsmag.com.au/News/The+road+to+COTY.html | title = The road to COTY | work = Wheels magazine | publisher = ninemsn | date = 2007-11-30 | accessdate = 2007-12-03]

Current staff

Editor: Ged Bulmer
Art Director: Robin Austin
Deputy Editor: Jesse X Taylor
Associate Editor: John Carey
Senior Editor: Ash Westerman
Senior Designer: Lee "leedog" Dean
Online Editor: Chris Gable
News and Road Test Editor: Sean Poppitt
Staff Journalist: James Whitbourn
Online Journalist: Samantha Stevens
Technical Editor: Mike McCarthy
Features Editor: John Cadogan
Contributing Editors: Peter Robinson; Michael Stahl
Editorial Co-ordinator: Daniel DeGasperi

References

External links

* [http://wheelsmag.com.au/ Official "Wheels" magazine website]


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