Technical
Browse our extensive collection of tech articles for DIY tips on everything you need to know to work on your project car. We’ve got you covered from setting up your first workshop, to mechanical upgrades, car care and much more!
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AdviceCar Airbags: how they work and why they’re important
While airbags are proven to prevent serious injuries and save lives, they can also be pretty dangerous, so it’s important to know how they operate
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AdviceDo I pay rego during lockdown? Answering your COVID car questions
Advice to keep your car in good shape during lockdown and to save money if you can’t drive
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AdviceDriving on snow and ice safely
Here’s how to stay safe off-road when winter adds snow and ice to the mud and grit
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AdviceHow to react around emergency vehicles
What should you do when you hear a siren or see flashing lights in your rear view mirror?
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AdviceCar maintenance tasks you can do yourself
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AdviceHow often should you service your car?
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Advice12 must-haves for peaceful family road trips
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AdviceElectric power steering: the pros and cons
Engine tech
Bodywork
Big price increase for Jeep and Chrysler SRT models
Aussie dollar hurts Jeep and Chrysler SRT models
Holden Spark entering the Australian market in 2016
Gone are the days when small cars came at the sacrifice of technology
Motorclassica Exhibition: Just for fun
I do plenty of stuff around cars, whether it’s driving interesting ones, meeting people who work with them or watching people race them. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Inside TRD’s Secret Warehouse
Lurking inside a shed in Japan is an armoury of Toyota’s retired race weapons.
Audi R8 V10 pricing revealed
Spec and pricing released for Audi’s latest supercar
Ogier masters Rally Sweden, Whincup rated world’s best
Motorsport wrap: Ogier victory follows boycott threat; V8s star Whincup lauded; Record season for louder F1
2016 Mazda CX-3 sTouring AWD Long Term Review
CX-3 starts in the deep end to prove there’s nothing shallow about it
Nine celebrity petrolheads
Just because you’re famous doesn’t mean you can’t be car obsessed.
Audi TT review
Igolstadt’s latest coupe adds evolutionary panache
Opinion: Meeting an Audi legend
Would meeting a childhood crush face-to-face bring blush or blunder?
Top 10 New Private Imports
As the government permits private import of new cars from 2018, we rush to name the top performance models to bring to Oz
Porsche 911 GT3 video review
So just why is the 911 GT3 our 2016 Performance Car of the Year?
How old is too old for a driver licence?
We let the numbers tell us when elderly road users should consider hanging up their driving gloves.
Goodbye Bugatti Veyron
We look back on the Veyron, the machine that redefined what was possible from a car
2016 Mazda MX-5 GT 2.0 v Toyota 86 GTS comparison review
Our Car of the Year, the MX-5, is great fun to drive. But can it match the much-praised 86 coupe – COTY in 2012 – for speed and precision?
Vote: Which car would you drive on a first date?
It’s Valentine’s Day and Cupid is stringing his bow. Of course, you want to make a good first impression. So we ask: which of these valiant steeds would impress your new love?
Bentley Continental GT Speed: 330km/h on a public road
Pommie Ben Oliver reckoned our 297km/h on unrestricted Northern Territory roads in an FPV last year was a bit soft, and figured a Bentley Speed could give it a handy touch-up
The Jerry Seinfeld Collection cars revealed
Seinfeld’s prolific Porsche auction lot revealed
The world’s most incredible suspension
Bose’s Project Sound will blow your mind
Car makers criticise new-car private import changes
All is not clear (or well) on the manufacturer side of the equation
Shane Van Gisbergen Bathurst record lap
SVG’s record-setting qualifying lap in the McLaren 650S GT3
Toyota Fortuner GXL Quick Review
Think Toyota Hilux but with refinements befitting of a seven-seat wagon. New to Australia, the Toyota Fortuner is a wagon version of the Hilux but retains the ute’s rugged go-anywhere attitude.
2017 BMW X2 spy pics
The X2 will be a fresh SUV coupe (or Sport Activity Vehicle in Bavarian-speak) from BMW, and the first with a sideways engine
Porsche 991.2 911 Carrera review
First local taste of Porsche’s first turbocharged 911 Carrera
