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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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Flame-spitting ‘Batventador’
No that’s not a typo in the headline. This matte black Lamborghini Aventador really is called the Batventador.
10 cars we wish they sold in Australia
On the whole, we’re pretty lucky here in Australia. But still, there’s a handful of cars we’d like to see Down Under.
Angry Alfa 4C gets 309kW tune
It’s not even on sale yet, but Alfa’s sexy new 4C is already in the crosshairs of the world’s best tuners.
Aussie soccer stars and their cars
Soccer fever has gripped the nation once again, with Australia hoping to secure a place at the 2014 world Cup with a win over Iraq in Sydney tonight. But what do Australia’s soccer stars drive on the road?
Driving economically. The VW way
What’s the most stressful way of driving a car? Weirdly, it’s driving economically.
In pics: Clive Palmer’s $20m car collection
He’s one of Australia’s richest men, wants to be our new PM and is building an exact replica of the Titanic and a modern day Jurassic Park, but not many people know Clive Palmer is also a massive petrol head.
Team America
While Italy and Germany make the world’s most beautiful fast cars, the US is where the baddest beasts are built.
Going for gold
Is your Bugatti Veyron just not turning enough heads anymore? Well US rapper Flo Rida seems to have exactly the same dilemma.
Australia’s cheapest car to run and own
Australia’s cheapest cars to own and run have been named in a recent survey.
Monaco’s 370kW supercar
Meet Monaco’s newest supercar – the Monte Carlo Automobile Rascasse.
In pics: Mark Webber’s F1 career
If you’re a motorsport fan, you’ll know Aussie F1 ace Mark Webber has just called time on his Formula 1 career. So what better time to pay tribute to his time at motorsport’s highest level.
Revealed! Pagani Zonda Revolucion
The hardest, fastest and most extreme Pagani Zonda ever has been unveiled overnight.
Fresh pics! Koenigsegg One
Official renderings of the upcoming Koenigsegg One – the Swedish supercar rumoured to have 1bhp for every kilogram of weight – have leaked online.
Revealed! BMW 4 Series
After months of spy photos and engineering rumours, BMW has officially unveiled its all-new 4 Series.
Cat’s out of the bag
What you can see here is a camouflaged Jaguar F-Type Coupe testing at the Nurburgring recently.
Caught! Merc’s Porsche killer
Here’s you first look at Mercedes-Benz’s new Porsche killer – the SLC.
All-new Mazda 3 zooms into view
Mazda’s next-generation 3 has finally materialised, boasting a longer, lower, and wider body, a complete interior overhaul, and the company’s latest SkyActiv chassis and drivetrain technologies.
Spied! Porsche’s new turbo weapon
Porsche’s new turbo-charged, rear-wheel-drive monster – the 991 GT2 – has been caught testing at the Nurburgring.
The cars of Transformers 4
It’s a film franchise almost as famous for its cars as its earth-defending robots and it looks like Transformers 4 will be no exception.
World’s fastest amphibious car
It looks more James Bond than real life transport, but for $135,000 you could own the world’s fastest amphibious car.
President does donuts to prove he’s alive: here are other notorious dictators’ cars
Turkmenistan president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov isn’t the only one to use a car as a public statement… Here are the cars fit for a dictator
The most sexist car ads
While sexism in advertising should have been stamped out decades ago, half of these car commercials weren’t created in the Mad Men era.
Australia’s Bugatti beater
A new 16-cylinder, 900kW supercar is brewing, one with performance that could challenge the mighty Bugatti Veyron.
Rare Mercedes sells for $32 million
What you’re looking at here is the most expensive car ever sold at auction. And it’s a dusty old Mercedes-Benz.
