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
Blood brothers – GT-R R32 v GT-R R35
Mark Skaife was instrumental in creating the legend of the original R32 Godzilla. Who better, then, to compare it with the current R35 beast-master?
LAUNCHED: Audi A6
Blown V6 leads facelifted charge.
The Creek becomes a Blue Oval
Ford and FPV fans to descend on Eastern Creek this weekend.
Chevy Camaro is out of time
Holden helped develop it, but now GM looks set to deprive us of Detroit’s best 21st century pony car.
Paving the way in NY
The lights stay, but the cars stay away as an iconic street of lights reportedly goes carless.
Honda Aussie Racing Car
No V8 supercars for Honda, but it may dive into Aussie Racing Cars.
Gran Turismo is go
BMW has confirmed what we already knew – that the 5 Series Gran Turismo is no longer a concept.
Two recalls for Pontiac G8
More bad news for Holden fans, with the now-defunct Commodore collaboration suffering a recall.
SsangYong finds a lifeline
The Korean carmaker has kept liquidators at bay with promisees of a full company restructure and new eco-friendly models.
V8 Supercar fast facts – Symmons Plains
All you ever needed to know about Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston, Tasmania, before this weekend’s Supercar round.
Ssangyong Actyon
Cheap, but with the dynamics of a truck.
Fast, fun, frugal – Nine car comparo
Want performance but don’t want to bleed big bucks at the bowser? We rounded up nine hotties that sprint but don’t slurp, then pointed them atboth track and servo forecourt…
Shrink wrap
Nissan recalls over 360,000 first-gen Murano SUVs in the USA due to shrinking intake ducts.
Seeing yellow
UPDATED: Less is definitely more in the new 370Z, but an acceleration, braking and slalom exercise at the Zed launch revealed an unexpected problem …
He’s no kidder …
Chrysler has appointed C. Robert Kidder as the new chair of Chrysler Group.
LAUNCHED: Nissan Murano
Silky soft-roader has its priorities right.
Camaro Bumblebee edition. Seriously.
Chevy announces a limited edition movie star car.
Bidding war smashes auction record
Another record reset for this vintage Ferrari racer.
LAUNCHED: Mazda MX-5
Revvier, rortier, more refined. It even looks happier…
1999 Subaru 22B STi: Greatest Impreza ever
Built to satisfy new world rally championship rules, the 1999 subaru STI 22B is the greatest impreza road car ever
Go cheap
Is this the way to go? India’s new budget Tata Nano has been an instant success and now Proton gearing up to offer Australia’s lowest-priced sedan.
Benz B180 CDI Short Stay – May 2009
Roomy, boomy and not real zoomy.
Hyundai i30 CRDi Long Termer – May 2009
Cruise gremlins miss deadline.
NISSAN GT-R evolves … again.
Nissan might have stunned the supercar establishment with the R35 GT-R but that doesn’t mean the Japanese maker’s content to rest on its laurels. Far from it …
