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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
Fuel laws to keep Chevy SS sales low
Maintaining higher brand average fuel economy figures will limit Holden’s US VF exports to just 3000 units annually
Mazda finally adds capped price servicing
Mazda has upped the ante on the customer service front and finally added capped priced servicing to its arsenal.
Bland Aussies: Car colour preferences revealed
Car buying service Autogenie has released data that shows Australian new car buyers are conservative when it comes to colour choice.
Honda Vezel still 12 months away from Oz
Honda’s baby SUV will be offered in diesel as well as petrol variants but no hybrid
VW GOLF R Evo for Beijing?
The Volkswagen Golf R has just arrived, but already the rumour mill is in full swing – will we see a Golf R Evo in Beijing?
Police develop car ‘kill-switch’
Big brother is here. And he’s in your car.
Renault Clio GT bound for Oz
Want a sporty look without the usual sports car drawbacks? Renault has the answer.
Gotcha! Volvo XC90 spy shots
This could be the safest car ever to hit the road. It’s the new Volvo XC90, caught by our spy photographers testing on a frozen lake in Sweden.
Holden’s model plan
Holden is understood to be studying a plan to sell both Korean and European models side-by-side in the same showrooms in the run-up to the end of local manufacture of the Commodore and Cruze in 2017.
World’s fastest Beetle?
This might just be the world’s fastest Volkswagen Beetle.
Faster than F1 – Sweden’s new hypercar
Koenigsegg One:1. Meet the 1000kW hypercar that’s faster than a Formula 1 car and more than twice as quick as the current king of speed, the Bugatti Veyron.
Bentley asks, ‘when is enough, enough?’
It’s hard to imagine Toyota, Volkswagen or GM ever placing a ceiling on the number of cars they’d like to sell in a year.
Angry Audi S1 is Oz bound
Audi’s feisty little turbocharged S1 confirmed for local release
Honda guns for Megane hot-hatch crown
Sneak-peek at Honda’s 2015 turbo Civic Type R design concept ahead of Geneva Show
S-Class Coupé magic carpet ride
Mercedes-Benz S-Class can see where it’s going
Toyota’s Total Recall
Three days after announcing it’s quitting local production, Toyota has recalled two million Prius Hybrids
Oz bound: Mercedes-Benz GLA priced from $47,900
Mercedes-Benz has revealed pricing of its new pint-sized GLA crossover, which will arrive Down Under in April
Mercedes C-Class to debut vital new platform
New rear-drive and AWD platform will underpin at least 10 models, including next E-Class
Audi plans RS-titution
Look out M and AMG, Audi is planning an assault to grow its RS tuning arm
F1-inspired superbike
Lotus C-01 is the motorcycle that F1 built
Venom GT breaks speed record
At 435km/h, Hennessey’s Venom GT is the fastest production car in the world. Sort of
James Bond’s car collection could be yours
A selection of 59 James Bond vehicles is up for grabs – yours for just $37 million
Budget hits motorists
Motoring groups hit out at higher petrol tax
Mick Gatto road tests for Wheels
Mick Gatto draws media attention whatever he does, as Wheels has discovered
