Car Opinions

Opinion: The SUV craze is improving the performance car landscape

SUVs are often seen as the antichrist for dynamic driving, but Dan reckons the performance car world is all the better for it

Opinion: The future of the car lover

Dan can vividly remember the exact moment he became a car lover, but are the kids of today robbed of the same evocative experiences?

Preparing for your first desert trip? Here’s some advice

What you need to know before embarking on your first 4x4 desert trip

Opinion: Hidden private speed cameras don’t help

Privately operated speed cameras are picking up thousands more motorists for low-level offences and it’s not a coincidence

Opinion: The most overrated race tracks in the world

A recent chat at MOTOR HQ has Kirby pondering the world's most overrated circuits

Opinion: E-fuels are a fool's gold for drivers

Creating synthetic fuels out of thin air is no longer a dream, but don't expect it to save the ICE.

Opinion: Older manufacturers will overtake Tesla in the EV space

Volvo believes that the favoured technique of sharing an EV "skateboard platform" is the wrong way to develop good EVs

Opinion: EV take-up will be fraught with problems

While inevitable, EV take-up in Australia will be riddled with problems

Here's what you said about the LC300 GR Sport's front end

We asked for your thoughts on the front end of the new Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series GR Sport. Here's what you said

Opinion: Would cars be as good if the drivetrain was flipped?

Newman wonders: does swapping the driven wheels alter a car's excellence?

Opinion: Why you shouldn't keep your first car

An old car may make zero economic sense but, to Dan, it makes perfect emotional sense

Opinion: Huge torque numbers count for nothing

Is torque nothing but all talk?

Opinion: Digital instruments are a backwards step

Newman is at wits end after he found one European car maker which had deleted the fuel gauge!

Are you covered if your 4x4 breaks down in the bush?

Remote recovery insurance is worth it, but always check what it covers before it is too late.

Waiting game continues for the 200 Series’ replacement

The venerable LandCruiser 200 Series is out of production, so what will drive the new replacement?

New to 4x4 travel? Right, read this!

We can’t go overseas, so more people than ever are getting stuck in the bush.

EV take-up to be very slow in Australia

What we learned from the Federal Government’s Future Fuels Strategy discussion paper

Don’t believe everything you read in car brochures

Facts or white lies? Not everything you read in sales brochures is black and white.

From the Editor: How Car of the Year 2021 forged ahead

COTY 2021 will forever go down as the One That Almost Didn’t Happen

What's the deal with vehicle valuations?

Club 4x4's Kalen Ziflian looks at when the COVID-19 price bubble for used cars will burst.

Here’s why it’s essential to completely extinguish a campfire

Lessons to learn from Fraser Island bushfires

One of Australia’s most historical tourers: 1952 'Overland'

Ron Moon regales us with tales of some of Australia’s most historical tourers

Opinion: Where have all the beautiful cars gone?

It’s a question Inwood has found himself asking with worrying frequency

Is Toyota’s 4.5-litre V8 diesel on the chopping block?

Is Toyota going to invest in a new-generation diesel for the 300?