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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
Best-selling cars of 2021 so far
We all know who the usual faces are in the top 10 new car sales charts each month, but what do the numbers really show us?
Jeep unveils plans for hybrid Grand Cherokee 4xe
Grand Cherokee joins the line-up of hybrid-assisted Jeep vehicles
Brand by brand – What Stellantis’s electric plans are
Stellantis last night launched its EV strategy – but what is each brand doing to transform itself for the new age?
Mini to offer multi-tone roof for Hatch and Clubman range
Retro influence for new age option
Genesis G70 makes its first public runs up Goodwood hill-climb
Long-roof G70 given Goodwood debut running up Lord March’s driveway
Sport/Utility: Audi RS6 Avant v Mercedes-AMG E63 S drag race
Supercar performance for you and four mates – but which is faster?
2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupe review
Sampling Porsche’s niche-filling coupe-SUV in its most focused guise
Dodge teases first fully-electric muscle car
EV set for 2024 release
Hybrid assistance coming for new Bentley Flying Spur
Second hybrid model from Crewe set to be released
Kia beats Hyundai again in 2021 race to be Korea’s number one
Will Kia replace Hyundai as Australia’s favourite Korean brand?
Stellantis launches big plans for electric sales in Europe and US by 2030
Fourteen brands under group’s control all have individual paths towards electrification
Australian first drive: Mazda MX-30 E35 electric SUV
Mazda charges a premium to charge with its first pure-electric production model
Australian first drive: Mercedes-Benz EQA 250
Mercedes-Benz’s cheapest EV to date costs just $10,000 more than its Korean counterparts, so how much better can it be?
2020-2021 Toyota Prius recalled with pre-collision system fault
41 local vehicles affected by the recall
Mercedes-Benz is getting sued in Stuttgart over alleged emissions cheating software
Consumer advocacy group claims 250,000 Daimler products were cheating emission regulations
Ford shows off full EV line-up at Goodwood FOS
Blue Oval enters famed festival without a single internal combustion engine
Opinion: Hidden private speed cameras don’t help
Privately operated speed cameras are picking up thousands more motorists for low-level offences and it’s not a coincidence
Subaru passes 20 million all-wheel-drive vehicles produced
Japan’s first mass producers of all-paw drivetrains has rolled its 20 millionth car off the production line
BMW 2 Series design sketches tease new M2’s aggressive look
Initial drawings from BMW’s designers reveal 2 Series’s visual potential
2022 Kia Cerato GT Hatch review
In the midst of new Kia models and a slew of fresh small-car competition, can a lightly updated Cerato GT sustain its share of attention?
Sweet Dream: Ford Fiesta RS
Cars that don’t exist, but should. We imagine what a Blue Oval homologation special might look like
The three-way car test of your dreams: McLaren F1 v 911 GT1 v CLK GTR
The original supercar Holy Trinity, gathered together and driven, in the latest edition of MOTOR
2021 Nissan Juke Ti review
The top-spec Nissan Juke brings plenty of features for under $40k, but has it retained the original model’s fun-driving quirkiness?
These are some of the new cars headed to the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Britain’s favourite hill climb has a stacked deck of hot new metal
