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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
Engine tech
Bodywork
How Romain Grosjean survived the catastrophic Bahrain GP crash
After one of F1’s most shocking crashes in years, we break down the factors that contributed to saving Grosjean’s life
F1 car breaks in half, bursts into flames after Bahrain crash
Romain Grosjean is lucky to be alive after horrific crash at Bahrain F1 race
2018-2020 Subaru Liberty review
The Subaru Liberty is a conservative but classy looking medium sedan that’s renowned for its very smooth boxer engines, all-wheel drive, and reliability. Auto-braking is standard.
Back to where it all began for Lewis Hamilton: 2002 CAR interview
As Lewis Hamilton clinches his seventh title, we look back at CAR magazine’s prescient 2002 interview with the future F1 star
Opinion: Time, not laws, will make buying an EV inevitable
Instead of legislating a ban on combustion cars, law makers just need to bide their time.
Which Ford Ranger special edition is right for me?
Ford has been filling out its already bursting 2020 Ranger line-up with a glut of new special editions. We’re here to help choose which is best for you.
McLaren Senna GTR and Ferrari 488 GTE find Lego Technic form
For those of us who enjoyed lockdown so much, here’s another two Lego Technic boredom busters
The best car merchandise, spin-offs and gadgets
Buy an Aston Martin penthouse apartment – get a free DBX thrown in
2021 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300e PHEV review
Mercedes-Benz’s excellent GLC 300 mid-sized SUV is now available with batteries included, but is it an improvement? We’ll find out during the next month.
Amateur smashes Bathurst production car record
Driving his own car, Jeff Morton has blown Bernd Schneider out of the water by more than two seconds
2022 Honda CR-V review
Lightly updated Honda CR-V gets a handsome design, more equipment and a heftier price
Toyota is trying the discount trick again with GR Yaris Rallye
Toyota will adopt the same ‘first in best dressed’ plan for full-fat GR Yaris Rallye ahead of a March 2020 rollout
2021 Toyota GR Yaris officially launched
Everything you need to know about the Toyota GR Yaris’ existence in Australia
KFC is delivering socially-distanced chicken via 5G driverless trucks
Finger-lickin’ goodness comes to you via autonomous 5G delivery trucks
Riding shotgun in the 2021 Porsche 911 GT3
Absorbing all the new 911 GT3 has to offer from the passenger seat
2020 Ford Escape v Toyota RAV4 v Honda CR-V virtual comparison
Two newcomers arrive on the mid-size SUV scene to take the fight to the best-selling Toyota RAV4
2019 Mercedes-Benz A250 4Matic long term review
The smallest hatch Mercedes-Benz offers joins the Wheels garage for a long term test
Subaru signs off Liberty nameplate with Final Edition
Subaru sends off Liberty sedan with the handsome, limited-run Final Edition
2020 Toyota HiLux Rogue review
Toyota rolls out its boutique version of the 2020 HiLux, the Rogue, but its value equation is questionable
Audi is working on a new way to recycle auto plastics
Audi is looking forward to sustainable use of recycled materials through new recycling method
Mazda CX-30 G25 Astina long-term review
Mazda’s small-ish SUV fills a gap in its lineup… and a place in the Wheels garage
The Ford Ranger Wildtrak X returns for 2021
Ford pimps out the Ranger with another Wildtrak X
Watch Volvo drop cars from 30 metres high
Volvo drops 10 cars into oblivion for safety research
“Replacing tobacco excise with nicotine patch tax” – EV tax explained
A Victorian Government fact sheet spells out how the contentious EV tax will be charged and when and how it will need to be paid
