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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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Falcon’s future
‘Ford Australia will never again go it alone.’ And so Ford Australia president Marin Burela confirmed that the FG will be the last Falcon designed, engineered and built exclusively for Australia.

Awkward Segway
In 2001, Segway inventor Dean Kamen said: ‘I would stake my reputation, my money and my time on the fact that 10 years from now, this will be the way many people in many places get around.’

How to score your dream ride
Cherie Mildwater shows you the best way to nab that car of your dreams any time you want.

Image gallery: Greatest race cars of all time
We grid up the greats for a feast of motorsport goodness in this ultimate racing car gallery

Ron Dennis
60 minutes with the executive chairman of McLaren Automotive isn’t going to be cheap.

Product Test: RJAYS SP2 Revolution
There’s nothing as important as looking after your noggin when riding your bike, but that doesn’t mean you have to fork out more than a grand for a quality lid.

The big end of town
With a combined output of 1100kW, these three Euro heavyweights combine luxury with sledgehammer performance. Let’s get down to business…

Rough Terrain Ahead
The depth of their off-road excellence is unquestioned. But are the powerful, heavy new-gen Range Rovers out of step with a world that’s becoming eco-obsessed?

Ferrari 599 hybrid
High-voltage supercar

What you should never do after a car accident
Picture this; you’re driving to work on a regular weekday. You weave your way around your neighbourhood then – Bang!

Enzo’s epitaph
The last car produced under Ferrari’s founder captured the essence of the company

The strange things we do in traffic
When freeways are clogged, and the back streets are worse, strange things happen can happen.

Smaller cars save more than you think
Ok, so small cars save on fuel. But did you know that your registration fees can be almost half that of a larger car?

Get up close with Jeremy Clarkson
Get up close and a little too personal with Jeremy Clarkson in this month’s special 3D edition of TopGear.

The ugliest cars ever built!
The ugliest cars ever built!

Citroen’s new concept
Citroen has revealed the spectacular new Metropolis – a sleek and muscular concept car that pays homage to China’s extraordinary development.

Eight great V8s
Eight great V8s

Car lovers clamour over new Porsche concept
Porsche buyers clamouring for production version of 918 Spyder Concept

Most expensive cars to insure
Most expensive cars to insure

How safe is your car?
Have you ever stopped to think about how safe your car is if you were involved in a collision?

Aging gracefully: Get more years out of your car
How to keep your most loved possession on four wheels for years to come

Merc SLS GT3
MERCEDES-BENZ has taken the wraps off a wild new race version of the SLS AMG

Would you buy a used car from this man?
His 1935 Mercedes-Benz 770K will cost you $10 million to own

Soccer stars and their supercars
Soccer stars and their supercars
