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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
Engine tech
Bodywork
STI – a work of art?
Subaru has launched an STI gallery in Tokyo to honour its 20 year history.
Toyota tops Power Quality Study
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before …
Midlife makeover for Citroen C3
… And it’s going bald!
Traditional cabs on the way out in New York City
New York aint Hollywood … Pete McKay sends a postcard from the steamy Big Apple.
Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster
The stunning street-legal version of the race-only Zonda R has gone topless.
Viper escapes extinction
Iconic Dodge gets a reprieve from the chopping block, says our roving reporter from the United States …
HOT STUFF: The great driving range
The magical place where punters can drive in the cars dreams are made of.
Ferrari hopes 458 Italia will get customers reaching for the platinum Amex card
Some good news in a sad week for Ferrari, as Maranello baits the hooks
US MAIL: Cash for Clunkers
Old cars destroyed, old car companies resurrected, and the same old faces re-appearing to run them. Wheelsmag’s US correspondent John Lamm reports on the latest from Detroit.
Mitsubishi stacks its hopes in the trayback and hatchback
Lancer and Triton help one-time punching bag to notch a profit.
Heck of a deal on Triple Eight trade ins
Cheap FPR titfers as Frosty and Richo lock in a glory or bust approach.
1934 Rolls-Royce poised to become most expensive car
A one-off Phantom built for Maharaja is set to eclipse Testa Rossa price.
FPV brings back the GS
… But hands up anyone under the age of 50 who remembers the badge?
Designs on Geneva
As we warm up to our next Young Designer of the Year award, we take a leaf out of 2008 YDOTY winner Johannes Callopy’s journal as he explored the 09 Geneva Autosalon.
Ford pushes a richer mix with Falcon
Ford trump Marin Burela says younger Falcon customers demand more up-spec Falcons.
Dutch truck cops 45 automated speeding tickets and it was parked
But the various State governments still tell us that the greed cameras are fool proof.
Double blow
Official (and unofficial) confirmation of Audi’s new twin-turbo V8.
SPECIAL: Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Mercedes-Benz launches its eighth-generation E-Class with technology for tomorrow wrapped in styling that references the past. It’s a fine drive, but the model’s significance means it can’t shake that conservative lineage.
Australia loses a legendary engineer
Peter Holinger was a tough competitor and a brilliant creative engineer whose gearboxes went international.
Roger Rogerson book signing
‘Ere, ‘ere, ‘ere… what’s the former detective doing making a personal appearance to push his new book at a motoring book shop? Because he’s a car guy, that’s why.
Gordini name is racing back
The little French blue road rockets with two white stripes are making a return to the Renault catalogue.
BMW aiming to stay on top
Onwards and upwards. No slacking off; no backing off at BMW.
Pony Car Rides Again
The on again off again proposal to bring US muscle car icon the Camaro to Australia appears to be on again, after GM vice chairman Bob Lutz told journalists in Detroit today (Tuesday) that a right hand drive program for the performance coupe was underway.
HSV set to revive GTS-R nameplate
Lightweight yellow trick road-racer returns
