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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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Porsche 918 flat-out at Phillip Island
MOTOR goes max attack at Phillip Island in Porsche’s 652kW hypercar
Porsche 918 hits 293km/h at Phillip Island
Watch Porsche’s 652kW hybrid hypercar blast one of Australia’s fastest tracks
McLaren reveals ‘affordable’ 570S sports car
Woking’s first Sports Series range model bows at New York motor show
2015 Formula 4 racing car review
We hit the track in the latest junior formula racing car designed to unearth our next F1 champion
Car of the Year burn fires Fiat Chrysler
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is considering the introduction of an Australian chassis development program
McLaren 570S revealed
Supercar brand takes the wraps off its new entry-level model
Honda S660 launched
All-new, turbocharged mid-engined, pint-sized sports roadster debuts
2016 Range Rover Evoque Convertible spy pics
Life might be a Cabrio for the Range Rover Evoque, old chum, ‘teased’ like a root perm as part of a series of controlled leaks from Land Rover
Motor Sport Wrap – 30/3/15
Vettel proves his worth; Renault says it can’t win in 2015; Whincup bounces back; Verbal stoush in Tassie; Pye struggles in ‘Ambrose car’; Montoya beats Power; What’s Fong with Formula One; Molly Taylor makes ARC history; Rossi’s stunning MotoGP win; Brabham fast but futile
Q&A: Lexus chases new breed
Wheels talks to Lexus Oz CEO Sean Hanley about exploring new frontiers and entering V8 supercars
Audi S1 at the Nurburgring
What’s faster around the Nurburgring, a supercar or a superdriver in a humble hot hatch? We sent John Carey and some bloke named Winkelhock to find out
Google and Apple a ‘wake-up call’ says Ford
Tech giants have helped Ford lift its technical development and validated the car maker’s decision to root itself in Silicon Valley
Van-tastic Sandman: The MG TC of the ’70s
The closest thing to a “real” sports car in 1976 is a panel van … and the sportiest of the panel vans is surely the General’s Sandman. And after driving both we still believe that’s true … in a funny, roundabout kind of way
Toyota Aurion swansong
Toyota’s Aussie gamble will end with Altona shutdown in 2017
Holden Sandman returns
Break out the surfboard, the cassette player and the shagpile rug: Holden has resurrected an icon. Welcome everyone to the 2015 Sandman Special Edition
Ambrose: Why I stood down
V8 Supercars star explains his controversial decision to stand down after only three comeback events
Holden VF Sandman
Bell-bottomed nameplate returns…without a panel van in sight
Mercedes-Benz C350e plug-in hybrid review
More than just a fuel miser, Mercedes-Benz’s rechargeable C-Class throws extra performance into the hybrid mix
Mercedes-Benz electric cars
Global luxury-car leader set to expand EV line-up with plug-in options
Porsche forces Aston Martin to drop GT3 name
Stuttgart cries fowl over AM’s track-bred road-going Vantage
Ambrose will be back, says Johnson
The Australian V8 Supercars Series circus moves to Tasmania’s Symmons Plains Raceway this weekend with heightened interest in the performance of Scott Pye, the very able substitute for local hero Marcos Ambrose
2015 Ford Everest details revealed
More details of the Holden Colorado 7-fighting, Aussie-bound Ford Everest SUV emerge, including upcoming engine and technology spec
Graziano’s legacy ‘to be respected’: Whickman
New Ford Australia president Graeme Whickman says closing plants and killing Falcon was the right thing to do, and outgoing boss Bob Graziano’s early departure won’t close the factories early
2015 Suzuki Celerio review
Suzuki is attempting to crack the Micro segment with a new-generation sub-B hatch called Celerio. Dreary design and daft badge aside, the five-door runabout represents a real leap forward from the patchy Alto it replaces, and is cheap to boot.
