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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
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Hot Tuner’s fastest lap time in 2015
V-Sport’s ROH 86 produced the fastest time in this year’s Hot Tuner Challenge.
Bathurst blast: Mercedes-AMG GT S takes on The Mountain
How quick can you lap Mount Panorama in a near-stock example of the latest Mercedes hot-rod? Take a ride with racing great Bernd Schneider
Quickshift: What people were reading this week
Viewer numbers for V8 Supercars garnered lots of attention from Wheels visitors – but then so did a cutting assessment from Mazda of prospects for the Fiat 124 Spider
Fiat Chrysler adds another former boss to funds claims
Former chief Veronica Johns joined as a respondent in Fiat Chrysler’s chase for alleged missing millions
HO down the Hume
Wheels’ 1971 review of the Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III was written straight, withholding details of the author’s high-speed research. Here is the story of the Hume Highway drive behind it, originally published in sister magazine Sports Car World four years later.
Mercedes-AMG C63 review
Former nat-atmo super sedan turns turbo. So what’s the verdict?
Tianjin explosion destroys 1000s of cars
Incredible photos show the terrifying power of the China disaster
Snackable Review: BMW M135i
It’s a unique hot-hatch that’s big on performance, but less so on standard equipment.
Harrop HSV GTS 580 review
Can HSV’s finest handle almost 800hp?
Cars and Coffee Los Angeles
Visiting the world’s coolest early-morning car meet
Design House: Giugiaro Design
Sally Dominguez etches her way into automotive design houses to find out what goes on behind the scenes. First up, we check out Italy’s Giugiaro Design.
McLaren broadens its horizons
Wheels sees the sheets come off Australia’s first McLaren 675LT and talks plans with the company’s regional director
Audi could test autonomous cars in Australia
Audi could become the second manufacturer to test self-driving cars on Australian roads
BMW CSL Hommage R revealed
New warpaint for Munich’s outrageous concept
BMW M4 GTS Concept revealed
Powered-up, production ready concept debuts water injection
Audi RS3 Australian pricing revealed
Australia’s most powerful hatch is also its most expensive
Aussie conquers Nissan GT Academy championship
Aussies wins global rags-to-racer series
Hyundai Vision G Concept revealed
Large V8 coupe previews Korea’s premium push
Guy Martin drives Ferrari FXX
Motorcycle legend blown away by Ferrari hypercar
Bentley Bentayga accidentally revealed
Chinese toy maker reveals new Bentley SUV
Jaguar promises more supercharged V8s
Jaguar says it is committed to offering big V8 engines in models under development, believing some customers will buck the trend to downsize and will demand V8 grunt
Alfa Romeo is back
Stunning Giulia to spearhead Fiat-Chrysler’s $7.3 billion plan to revive Alfa Romeo
Tesla predicts its Model X will double sales, expecting Aussies to rush world’s fastest SUV
Electric vehicle pioneer Tesla says it has been surprised by the appetite for performance models, as it launches its first Insane-mode car in Australia
Inside the Citroen cache of classics
Peter Robinson prises open the door to the Citroen Conservatoire, which protects nearly a century worth of French innovation
