Car Opinions

What's next for Holden?

What does it mean for Holden if General Motors changes the way it exports cars into Australia?

The Insider: bumps in the autonomous road

News that police in California recently stopped a Tesla that was driving down the freeway while its drunk driver slumbered behind the wheel triggered more smiles than surprise...

How the Volvo XC40 won Wheels Car of the Year 2019

The backstory behind the XC40’s win

John Carey: The Hume enters the EV era

Carey ponders how useful the Hume highway charging network will actually be

Have no fear: EVs are only going to get better

Radical change can be deeply unnerving, but the revolution starting to sweep through the automotive industry shouldn’t be a source of trepidation, but something to be embraced

A day with a Ferrari 812 Superfast

How would you go driving an $800,000 Ferrari through Sydney traffic? Tim Robson did it… and he’s now got more grey hair to prove it

Chinese-built Lotus SUVs: is this the beginning of the end?

Geely’s massive $1.8bn factory gets go-ahead in Wuhan

What should you do before crossing the outback

Dying in the desert is an unimaginable fate but a very real possibility, here are some steps you can take to survive.

Editor's letter: Range anxiety is not dead

I genuinely thought range anxiety was dead. But, as happens from time to time, I was wrong

Driverless cars are going nowhere, fast

Even influential tech gurus agree that nothing is going to happen anytime soon.

Opinion: How to dig Bentley out of a hole

Volkswagen AG has put the clock on the ailing Brits

Why the 2020 Jeep Gladiator is one of the most hotly anticipated 4x4 of the year

Excitement builds for the Gladiator and Matt explains why it is more than your average ute

Does anybody believe in Nurburgring laptimes anymore?

Let’s face it. Things have got a bit silly at the Green Hell

Michael Stahl: Waking up in Porsche paradise

Stahl takes a trip to Laguna Seca for the Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI festival

Stephen Corby: surrender your licence? Balls to that

"Having a vasectomy must be a lot like the day you have to hand your driver's licence in."

WhichCar team 2019 new car wish list

These are the vehicles the WhichCar writers are most looking forward to in 2019

Top five 4x4 opinion columns of 2018

The beauty of an opinion is you don’t have to agree with it.

John Carey: the hot air of climate deniers

Carbon dioxide was identified before Captain James Cook made the first map of the east coast of Australia. How much the gas contributes to the Greenhouse Effect was discovered when Ned Kelly was a boy.

Interview with Ironman 4x4's Adam Craze

When your life’s passion is also your workplace, every day of toil is hugely rewarding.

Passion - The secret ingredient behind any successful 4x4

The success of the Jimny, Wrangler and G-Wagen is largely thanks to the passion of its engineers

How dual-cab utes have changed and what needs changing

Tracing the great ute revolution through the Hilux's evolution

Can an off-road vehicle achieve five-star safety?

The 2019 Jeep Wrangler’s one-star safety rating raises questions about whether vehicles like it and the new Suzuki Jimny have a place in the modern, safer world.

How electronic 4x4 driving modes work: Tech Torque

Terrain Response? Multi-Terrain Select? Terrain Management System? Electronic 4x4 systems sport different names but utilise the same principles.

The Insider: ANCAP stars don't always align

Are we too safety-focused?