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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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Bodywork
Bueller? Bueller? Iconic home up for sale
The Illinois home made famous in the 1980s blockbuster Ferris Buller’s Day Off is up for sale for $1.5 million USD.
Schumacher’s F1 car sells for $330K
A rare piece of motorsport history – Michael Schumacher’s 1991 Benetton B191 F1 car – has sold for an eye watering $330,500.
Infiniti unveils Q30 concept
It might be five weeks away, but car companies are already starting to tease their concepts for the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Rent a Bugatti Veyron for $28K!
Got 30 grand to blow? Feeling impulsive and have a need for speed? How about hiring a Bugatti Veyron for a day?
Peugeot 208 GTi pricing revealed
Peugeot’s most important hot-hatch in years, the 208 GTi, will start from $29,990 plus on roads.
World’s most expensive traffic jam
Now this is a traffic jam you’d almost want to be caught in.
Subaru BRZ STi not ‘real’
It seems we might have been duped.
Man builds Aston Martin with 3D printer
Say what you want about New Zealanders, but they’re a resourceful bunch.
Subaru BRZ STi teased
A hotter, faster, more powerful Subaru BRZ is on its way!
Toyota 86 Convertible axed
Toyota has shelved plans to build a convertible version of the Toyota 86, according to a new report.
Report: Entry level Porsche 911 coming
The rendering is fuzzy, but the car you see here is reportedly a new entry-level, cut-price Porsche 911.
Hardest, fastest baby bull yet
Meet the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse – the hardest, fastest version of the Gallardo yet.
Bugatti’s special 408km/h ‘legend’
What you’re looking at here is officially the fastest roadster…in the world.
Audi’s cut-price STI rival
Hot hatch fans rejoice – from December you’ll be able to buy Audi’s new all-paw, turbo-charged S3 screamer for less than a Subaru WRX STI.
Mercedes-Benz builds a…golf cart?
Sick of building high-performance track cars and luxo limos, Mercedes-Benz has designed a…golf cart.
All Alfas to go RWD
In a move sure to quicken the pulse of any car fan, Alfa Romeo is planning to switch its entire range to rear-wheel-drive.
Formula 1’s first female driver?
It hasn’t been seen for more than 20 years, but for the first time in decades a female has conducted some meaningful racing laps in a Formula 1 car.
Mini reveals new camper range
Imagine this. You’re on a road trip in your Mini and can’t find a hotel anywhere. Mini has the solution.
BMW previews new M3
It won’t be unveiled until 2014, but BMW has previewed the look of its new M3 coupe successor with this – the 4 Series coupe M Performance line.
First drive: Range Rover Sport
Forget hyperbole. The temptation after just driving the flagship supercharged petrol V8 version of Land Rover’s new Range Rover Sport is to switch straight to hyper-hyperbole. It’s that good.
Meet the world’s fastest lawnmower: the 210km/h Mean Mower
Sick of spending hours moving the lawn? Honda has the answer.
Nissan launches Bathurst attack!
A factory Nissan GT-R will return to Bathurst for the first time in 21 years next January, with the Japanese brand launching an outright attack on the Bathurst 12 Hour.
Dictator’s million dollar supercars seized, sold.
You’ve got to love dictators. Particularly African ones. While their populations starve, corruption lines their pockets with gold and rubies. Well, in an epic dose of karma, the universe has handed out some payback.
Another Mexican supercar
This looks like the lovechild of a Stormtrooper and an Ariel Atom.
