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
Super Kluger!
Toyota takes the covers off its larger, next-generation, seven-seater, midsized SUV weapon.
Camaro Z/28 is back and it is a monster!
The legendary Camaro Z/28 badge has been relaunched by Chevrolet, and the new model’s specs will make muscle car fans drool!
Turbo Kias coming
KIA is set to jump-start its long-promised but still-dormant performance image with turbo versions of the all-new Koup, as well as the facelifted Optima and Sportage models.
Jaguar’s biggest, baddest cat unleashed
The hunt for Editor Corby’s next long term test car is over.
Range Rover Sport drops weight, sharpens focus
Range Rover says the new Sport released at the New York Auto Show this week has been refocused to emphasise on-road agility, but not at the expense of Range Rover’s trademark offroad ability.
Range Rover is the new green
Not content with knocking a hefty 400kg from the latest generations Range Rover Vogue and Sport, now Range Rover wants to be known as a green car company.
Jaguar XKR-S GT rewrites performance history
Jaguar claims the XKR-S GT, revealed at the New York Auto Show this week, is the fastest production car the company has ever built.
2015 Subaru WRX Concept leaked!
This image of the 2015 Subaru WRX Concept has been leaked to rave reviews.
World’s wildest golf kart costs 83K!
GERMAN high-performance tuning specialist Mansory has collaborated with luxury golf kart maker Garia to create one of the world’s most exotic golf machines.
Merc’s mental 6×6 off-roader
Four-wheel-drive not mental enough for you?
Modern E-Type to be built
Love the romance and style of the iconic E-Type, but hate its age and unreliability?
Audi’s Ferrari killer
Details of Audi’s LeMans racer for the road are beginning to emerge.
Police to charge over $4 million crash
Japanese police are set to lay charges for the infamous supercar pile-up that totalled eight exotic Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzs and a Lamborghini.
Lost F1 car to fetch $7 million
The automotive equivalent of a lost Picasso – a 1954 Formula 1 car driven to victory by Juan Manuel Fangio – has been found buried at the back of a shed.
Audi R8’s video screamer!
Audi has pumped up the volume and performance of its flagship R8 supercar, with a new ‘Plus’ version of the top-spec V10 variant, and Audi UK has produced a sensational video of the new car wailing its way to maximum rpm on the dynamometer.
Pulsar lights up small car market
OCCASIONALLY the backstory is more intriguing than the subject itself. Welcome, then, to the fall and rise of the Pulsar, dormant after seven long years of the spectacularly unsuccessful C11-series Tiida.
Forget the Ferrari, second-hand Holden on sale for $1m
Billionaires with big bucks to spend on a car are usually looking at brands like Bugatti, Ferrari and Rolls-Royce, but they can now add a new name – Holden.
Audi spark for Tony Stark in Iron Man 3
After a brief liaison with Honda’s next generation NSX sports car in Marvel’s 2012 superhero film ‘The Avengers’, ultra-geek Tony stark is back in the Audi saddle, steering an Audi R8 e-tron electric sports prototype in ‘Iron Man 3.’
New, cheaper AMGs for Oz
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed pricing and specifications of the three high performance AMG models set to hit Australia later this year.
World record: daredevil hits 335km/h on ice
Think breaking the land speed record isn’t crazy enough?
Lamborghini makes $32K bike
For the ultimate Lamborghini enthusiast comes this – the $32,000 BMC bicycle.
Kia to build 290kW RWD coupe
What’s got into Kia?
US dealer swaps cars for pigs & maple syrup
Want to buy a car with maple syrup? Or a piano? Or even a dog?
Mazda teaches celebrities
Ah the celebrity race at the Australian Grand Prix. How we love it.
