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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
Uma Thurman to star in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Giulietta
Alfa Romeo uses Uma Thurman in a reworking of Shakespeare’s classics
M5: BMW reinvents the fast four door!
BMW’s famous M-division is set to redefine the fast four-door with its forthcoming M5
Mazda wants to be the ‘Japanese Alfa Romeo’
Mazda’s chief of design in Europe has confirmed this week that the Japanese carmaker will soon move away from the ‘Nagare’ design language
Mercedes to have 16 new or upgraded models by 2011
Following a global sales increase of 17 percent in May Mercedes-Benz has announced it will launch 16 new or upgraded models by 2011
Porsche’s new CEO to bring out new entry-level Porsche
Porsche’s new CEO Matthais Mueller is expected to bring out a new entry-level Porsche
ANCAP’s new, simpler website launched
Following news last month of a $5 million dollar funding boost from the Federal Government, the Australasian New Car Assessment Program has launched a new website
Judge Dredd truck gets even louder
Built in the UK, the famous movie truck has now been modified to pump out over 50,000 watts of audio power
Survey reveals women drivers make men nervous
British research company Onepoll.com surveyed over 3000 men focusing on their attitude towards women drivers
BMW Vision Concept Car
The 800Nm, 3.8L/100km future of M Power
Coles gives us price check on insurance
Supermarket giants Coles enters the car insurance market after a trial run in Tasmania
Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 officially unveiled
Its full name is the Aventador LP 700-4 and it is the official successor to the Lamborghini Murcielago
Toyota’s new sports car
Toyota’s long-awaited new sports car comes one step closer to a production reality with the unveiling of the FT-86 II Concept
Angry Lamborghini customer smashes his supercar
Angry Lamborghini customer smashes his supercar in protest
Pagani Huayra
Gullwing doors, bi-turbo V12, 370km/h Vmax. Yikes
Latest Lamborghini and Ferrari cars sold out
Ferrari and Lamborghini have confirmed that their brand-new models are all bought up for the first year’s worth of production
Maserati SUV
Gunning for Cayenne’s monster garage
India’s Tiny Tata Pixel
Indian carmaker Tata is on the scene again, following up its dimunitive Nano light car with an all-new concept: the Tata Pixel
Jaguar confirms C-X75 Hybrid Supercar
0-100 in less than 3 seconds; economy of a small hatch
VW confirms debut for plug-in hybrids
Volkswagen is on track to introduce the first of its alternative-energy vehicles to the global market by 2014, the German carmaker has confirmed
Golf GTI gets 173kW
Volkswagen is celebrating 35 years since the birth of its iconic Golf GTI with a special “Edition 35” series of Mark VI hatches
Hyundai’s ‘i45 Euro’
Hyundai has unveiled a fresh mid-sized range to fill the void between its small i35/Elantra and the upper-mid-sized i45 sedan
NRMA releases 10-step traffic congestion strategy
Motoring body NRMA has released its own 10-step strategy for tackling Sydney’s clogged roadways in a bid to help the NSW Government with congestion
Merc confirms SLC
Daimler AG Chief Executive, Dr. Dieter Zetsche has confirmed Mercedes-Benz AMG will build a smaller super sports car underneath the SLS
Citroen DS3 convertible in the works
Citroen is reportedly developing a convertible version of its premium DS3 hatch, currently dubbed the ‘DS3 Airflow’
