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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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These are the 10 most important Ford Falcons, ranked
Not necessarily the greatest, nor the most successful. No, these are the Falcons that had the most significance in the evolution of the species, ranked in order of importance.

Victoria to let learner drivers earn their permits online
Victorian government to ease massive backlog of VicRoads appointments through online learner permit testing

The most influential men in the Ford Falcon’s history
From a seemingly endless list, these are the individuals we rank as having had the greatest influence on Ford Australia’s most important car.

BREAKING Bathurst International cancelled
Disappointment for fans of big Bathurst race, which has been pushed over into 2021

These are Australia’s ten best selling cars this month
The top-selling cars in Australia, updated every month based on sales data by WhichCar

2018-2020 Kia Optima review
The Kia Optima is a handsome and very well equipped family sedan, with a sophisticated cabin and the option of a powerful turbocharged engine. Automatic braking is standard.

2020 Mercedes-Benz C-Class review
The Mercedes C-Class is a handsome and comfortable luxury medium car with great road manners. The C-Class is also efficient, potent, and safe. Auto braking is standard.

Lights out: Inside the final days of Ford’s Aussie manufacturing
Four years ago today Ford completed the shutdown of its local manufacturing. Bruce Newton visited the employees at Broadmeadows in the factory’s final days

Video: Celebrating the Ford Falcon with a family portrait
Falcon’s 56-year bloodline may have come to an end, but this is no wake. We brought the family together for one last reunion, homecoming and final celebration all rolled into one.

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is back in 2020
EA Games reheats an old classic with NFS Hot Pursuit coming to current-gen consoles

WhichCar Weekly podcast episode 72 now live
Making a mesh of car names and the antidote to mundane motors

Driving the prototype Hyundai i30N DCT
Hyundai’s rowdy hot hatch finally grows up – but is that a good thing?

Can Audi’s e-tron EV SUV dethrone the EQC?
A German electric SUV war is about to begin. Open fire, Audi…

2021 Mazda MX-30 review
The Mazda MX-30 is a very different take on EVs…

How does a speed trap work?
How mobile speed detection technology catches law-flouting motorists

The ultimate house for Australian car enthusiasts is for sale again
If petrol runs through your veins, now is your chance to own one of the coolest properties in Australia.

2020 Mitsubishi ASX Exceed v Kia Seltos Sport+ comparison
Mitsubishi’s big selling small-SUV mainstay goes head to head on-paper with Kia’s new kid on the block

Tesla’s Autopilot criticised in Euro NCAP assessment
Mercedes, BMW, Audi score high, while Tesla cops ‘half marks’

Driving the 560kW Roush RS3 Mustang
Attempting to tame a 560kW/908Nm Mustang

The FPV GT-HO Ford refused to build: Classic MOTOR
The desire and engineering talent was there, but Ford wouldn’t press the ‘go’ button

AFL’s amazing automotive moments
Here are five good and bad ways cars have been entwined with our national game.

Mercedes GLB 250 review
Smallish GLB 250 slots into Mercedes SUV family with biggish features and price

Which dual cab ute is best for me?
In the market for a new dual-cab ute but don’t know where to start? WhichCar is here to help!

Australia’s five cheapest new cars
Here are five solid new car options when budget is the main priority