Car Opinions

You don’t need a 4x4 with low range and off-road tyres to start exploring Australia

There are myriad tracks within cooee of Australia’s capital cities ripe for soft-roaders

OPINION: Do new cars make too many noises?

These days I'm always one beep away from yelling at my car, who only knows how to respond with another beep. She's so sassy.

OPINION: There's a lot of overrated stuff out there

Can we talk about undeserved reputations?

OPINION: The car world is changing

The last decade has been one of enormous, and in some cases, disorienting disruption

Despite rising fines, the road toll is rising too

Speed limits continue to go south while the fines go north and yet the road toll continues to rise

Warranties prove new cars are not lower quality

J.D. Power’s initial quality survey has claimed that new vehicles are becoming more problematic. I don’t buy it.

Opinion: Should Australia's best-selling vehicle pay more than its fair share?

Heaven forbid we tax the dual cab

The rush of the new car buy

Interrogating the changing excitement curve of new car-buying

ENRIGHT: Just get that dream car; it might be your last chance

The shift from internal combustion engines will yield some great collectables

Opinion: Don’t blame local council for banning 4x4 vehicles

Ballina Council plans to restrict the use of 4x4 vehicles on its spectacular beaches, and it’s hard to blame them

Enright: EVs just don't suit me at the moment

I'll buy an electric car when there is one that fits the needs

Solar panels versus generators

What should you pack on your next camping trip: Solar panels, generators, or both?

Let’s leave the pick-up truck obsession for the US

Size matters, but not always in a good way.

Politics and safety policy: The deadliest piece of the road toll

The problem with putting politicians in charge of road safety is that we end up with politics, not policy

How to avoid expensive caravan parks

Give pricey caravan parks the flick

The day I properly understood the sobering reality of crash safety and my old car

How does it feel to see a 30-year-old car be crash tested, when you drive a car the same age? ANCAP reveals a startling example...

Artificial EV sounds could be a lot more fun than you might think

Would you drive an electric performance car with the best-sounding ‘V8’ you’d ever heard? I would

Carbon fibre as decoration is getting out of hand

Is the other carbon economy a busted flush?

Lamborghini remains as outrageous as always

Lamborghini is 60 but refuses to grow old gracefully. That’s cause for celebration

OPINION: They said we'd have flying cars in the future...

Personal mobility aircraft sound brilliant, but the whole thing really is a pie-in-the-sky concept, scoffs Dan

Opinion: Kia ora, SVG

Saying goodbye to one of the greatest Supercars racers of our age is hard to do

Australia’s road toll is soaring. How can we make our roads safer?

Controversial licensing changes, rewards for good behaviour, better training, more speed cameras? Something needs to be done

Opinion: Can GM achieve success in Australia with Cadillac?

The American luxury brand's local ambitions face plenty of challenges

Opinion: Are EVs already a bust?

Slowing sales, tardy infrastructure and increasingly negative public sentiment suggests the shine has come off electric vehicles – or is this just the calm before the storm?