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
2015 Lexus RC F review
It’s gloves off as the most potent Lexus goes for the German performance car jugular
Local F1 followers stiffed in pay TV carve-up
Free-to-air F1 coverage cut in half as Foxtel locks championship races behind paywall
2015 Hyundai Sonata review
The new Sonata wants to pick up where the i45 sedan left off, chasing down the Mazda 6 and Toyota Camry in the large-sedan segment
Chris Harris’s car collection
One of the world’s most popular motoring commentators talks us through his eclectic garage, in typically candid style
2015 Honda HR-V review
The Honda HR-V returns with a smaller, athletic approach and a new game plan as the medium SUV contest heats up
Dubai force shows off supercar fleet
Dubai police force hits the streets in the world’s fastest supercars
60 Greatest Performance Cars of all time: 60-51
The countdown begins
First Fang: BMW 228i
The 2-Series sweet spot
Mazda 3 adds kit, sheds price, backs down from brawl
Pricing, packaging tweaks to strong-selling 3 range aren’t meant to knock Toyota’s Corolla off its best-seller podium, Mazda says
Koenigsegg to debut two supercars at Geneva
New ‘Megacar’ Regera and hard-core ‘RS’ Agera joint-reveal
Europe to adopt Kia Oz suspension tune
Kia Australia’s local chassis-tuning program scores international recognition
Revealed: BMW’s 2 Series Gran Tourer
When is a front-wheel-drive compact people-mover not another dull bit of engineering? Hopefully when it wears a BMW badge on the front.
Porsche 918 Spyder ice drifting
The $1.25 million 652kW/1281Nm Porsche 918 Spyder on a frozen lake in Sweden. Six minutes of sideways awesomeness
Slow start for Honda’s Civic Type R hot hatch
More styling details emerge, but Honda’s hot hatch is shaping up for a slow entry to Aussie showrooms
Range Rover Sport SVR pricing and details
Hyper-SUV to lob in Oz from May
Holden culls build numbers, jobs
More pain as local carmaker cuts Commodore, Cruze production
Lexus NX200t review
Lexus introduces the NX200t, the turbo-petrol variant of its NX series compact SUV, which debuted in petrol/electric hybrid NX300h form late last year
Spied: Audi’s next-gen A4 sedan
Next-gen Audi small sedan to feature more coupe-like styling
Motor Sport Report – 9/2/15
Ford tops V8 Supercars test; Quinn’s bucket list plan; Victorian impresses in NZ
Jeep Renegade Sport review
Jeep in style, but European in size, this US-designed, Italian-built baby SUV has what it takes to shake up its patchy competitor set
Blood brothers
Mount Panorama was instrumental in shaping the legend behind the original R32 Godzilla. To celebrate its return as the King of the Mountain, here’s Wheels’ 2009 comparison between the old master and the new.
Video: Wildest Rally Shunts
This video will put you off ever trying rallying
First Fang: Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe
Opulent CL-successor delivers all-conquering class, but can it also deliver the performance?
Nissan snares Bathurst 12 hour win
Dash to the flag sees a Nissan GT-R back on top at Mt Panorama, this time without the controversy
