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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
2018 Subaru WRX STI track review
Once-great athlete feels close to retirement age
2018 Subaru BRZ tS track review
BFYB calculator isn’t kind to the gripped-up boxer, but the numbers add up for judges
2015-2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Range Review
The Hyundai Santa Fe is a seven-seat SUV with sharp handling and strong petrol and diesel engines. It is great with your phone, and auto braking is standard.
2018 Skoda Octavia RS track review
Family wagon finds its purpose on the road, not at a racetrack
BMW X3 M gets set to challenge Mercedes-AMG GLC 63
A car looking suspiciously like a BMW X3 M has been spotted rocketing around the Nurburgring – should Benz’s GLC63 start getting worried?
2018 Toyota 86 GTS Performance Pack track review
Predictably greater than the numbers suggest
How to use your car to earn extra cash
Becoming part of with these web-based service providers could help your new car pay for itself
Winging it: Mini’s fuel-efficient future design tricks
Making the Mini’s iconic shape more aerodynamic is likely to call for race-inspired elements, designer reveals
Australasian crash test ratings about to become even tougher
The first set of star ratings under a crash test regime that analyses driver assistance technology will be released tomorrow
Mini to hand design over to its customers
Iconic British hatch brand believes technology will one day allow customers to build the cars they, and not designers, want
2018 Mustang Motorsport Roush RS3 automatic performance review
Self-shifter Roush still delivers on the excess
Lazante reveals McLaren P1 GT Longtail
Special one-off tribute P1 gets the longtail treatment
Nissan’s next GT-R will be “fastest super sports car in the world”
Design chief makes bold claim, but details are still yet to be locked in for next-gen Godzilla
2003 Audi TT Tiptronic review: classic MOTOR
Six-speed self-help auto was made to win the market, but didn’t warm our hearts
2018 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport track review
Drag-strip hero fails to turn a performance corner – quite literally
2018 Mini Cooper S Cabrio review
Mini’s open-air Cooper S gains a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox in the chase for even better fuel efficiency
Polestar 2 to have 300kW of pure EV power, 560km range, on sale in Oz next year
Second model from Polestar promises more mainstream appeal and a remedy to range anxiety
Burnouts to burn-downs – Goodwood 2018 was vehicular carnage
Crashes aplenty and tumbling records made this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed a proper spectacle
Coolest manual sportscars
They’re not the natural go-to manuals, but the offbeat oddities to love
MOTOR Best Value Performance Cars: Bang For Your Bucks 2018
15 of the hottest new fast cars under $100K roll up to take on our famous formula. Which will be number 1?
2019 McLaren 600LT pricing announced
There’s a new option in the ultra-exclusive, razor-sharp supercar showdown with a pricetag to match
2018 Kia Stinger GT optional exhaust quick performance review
Stinger’s optional pipes not music to our ears
2003 Porsche 911 GT3 review: classic MOTOR
The first 996 GT3 was a shock to the system, but Porsche delivered more with their updated 284kW 996.2 GT3
Rolls-Royce Cullinan: 11 coolest features
So you’ve already forked out $685,000 for your Cullinan, now let’s get stuck into the incredible options
