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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
Enright: EVs just don’t suit me at the moment
I’ll buy an electric car when there is one that fits the needs
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
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?
Opinion: Emojis as positive reinforcement for speed limit enforcement
Rather than defaulting to a ticket in the mail, Andorra’s speed limit enforcement will whip you into shape by holding you up at the lights – but get it right and they’ll blow you a kiss.
The perils of holding contrary opinions
Surprisingly few motoring journalists are willing to put their heads above the parapet
Opinion: When should we call time on our driver’s licence?
Age wearies us all, and driving is no exception. But one driver’s freedom and autonomy can be another’s death sentence.
Opinion: Supercars at a crossroads – UPDATE: Ford speaks
It’s lawyers at ten paces just a day out from the Bathurst 1000 as Ford and GM squabble over parity, and the fans are sick of it
Do you really need a ute?
Are you really going off-roading this weekend? I didn’t think so.
Embracing our mistakes makes for great reading
On the colourful journey to racking up seven decades, what’s the occasional bent supercar between friends?
Lingotto: Not all car factories are sterile and dull
If you get to cut a few cheeky laps on the top of fiat’s Lingotto building, shout it from the rooftops
Speed cameras: California does the opposite to us, and gets better results
Can you imagine if your state or territory got rid of every single speed camera overnight?
Opinion: Goodwood prangs aren’t unexpected
Before you scoff at the crashes at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, pump the brakes for a second…
