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
Review: 2013 Honda Civic DTi-S Diesel Hatch
Journalists, by nature, are cynics. So when Honda Australia declared its first ever diesel, fitted exclusively to the Civic hatch, is as refined and as quiet as its petrol offerings, I sniggered into my morning coffee.
Review: Mazda CX-5 2.5 AWD
Among 2012’s more eventful moments were Lance Armstrong’s performance-enhanced fall and the meteoric rise of Mazda’s CX-5.
Volvo S60 Polestar Limited Edition
Here, at last, is a truly fast Volvo that isn’t rubbish.
Review: Volkswagen Golf GTI
Can Volkswagen do no wrong?
Review: Renault Zoe
The future really is another country, one from which I’ve just returned.
Review: Audi R8
The R8 supercar is the best thing that has ever happened to Audi.
Review: Mercedes-Benz CLA
Thinking of the CLA-Class as a baby brother to the CLS is right and wrong.
Review: Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
Excess, as AMG well knows, equals success.
Review: BMW 3 Series Touring
The station wagon is dead.
Review: Porsche 911 C4S
Is it a sign of the times that Porsche Australia reckons the typical 911 Carrera 4 buyer is motivated by its fatter stance and greater presence, not necessarily its extra grip?
Review: Subaru Outback
You can be certain of one thing when you show up at a Subaru launch. Japan’s most idiosyncratic car maker won’t be offering the same stuff as everybody else.
Review: Jaguar F-Type
Yes, it’s a Jaguar, folks, but almost certainly not as you know it.
Review: BMW 3 Series GT
Compared with the odious, ugly X6 or the awkward, ponderous 5 Series GT, the new 3 Series Gran Turismo is relatively inoffensive.
Review: Mercedes-Benz GL350
What’s a nice drivetrain like you doing in a place like this?
Review: Audi S3
Rapid, responsive, rorty. But where’s the passion?
Review: Volkswagen Golf 90TSI
Base model calls “fore!” as the opposition ducks for cover
Review: Ford EcoSport
I’m trying to remember the last time I was less surprised by a photo than this one of a Ford EcoSport on its roof.
Review: Kia Cerato
Kia’s naked ambition is there for the world – including Australia – to see.
Review: Holden Cruze
Difficult though it might be to believe, 2013 is not just about the VF Commodore for Holden.
Driven! Holden’s new VF Commodore
Does it matter how good the new VF Commodore is to drive?
Review: Audi S8
The people have spoken. Audi Australia has bowed to demand and given the S8 a ticket to Australia in the first quarter of 2014.
Review: HSV Range
The company that claims to make Holden vehicles special has lived up to its promise with the introduction of its latest Gen-F line-up.
Review: Mercedes-Benz E400
Will anyone lament the loss of the V8 from the engine menu in Mercedes-Benz’s standard E-Class line-up for Australia when a tasty V6 has been added? Probably not.
Review: Holden Malibu
Holden keeps its foot firmly on the gas with the launch of its all-new Malibu mid-size sedan, which arrives hard on the heels of the VF Commodore.
