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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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Supercars stuck in snow
A pair of supercar owners from Seattle decided to go for a sneaky spin in the city’s recent ‘snowpocalypse’. While the owner of the Audi R8 seemed to cope with the wild weather, the GT-R’s tires wouldn’t allow it to have the same sort of traction.
Pool table car
Discovery channel’s Kustomizer has built the first ever car/pool table hybrid. The portable pub game is based on a V6 Chevrolet Monte Carlo…
MOTOR MAGAZINE: Hottest 100 cars of all time
It’s all well and good for us to preach what the best car ever made was, but what we think and the rest of the world thinks may be completely different.
WHEELS MAGAZINE: Detroit 2012 Motor Show wrap-up
The America Car is back, more globally relevant than at any time since, well, since the Ford Model A of the early 1930s.
Performance Car Cup 2011 Winner! Nissan GT-R
And so it all comes down to this; Nissan’s jaw-dropping, physics-bending GT-R claims its second MOTOR Performance Car Cup crown.
Wheels Magazine: Tokyo show report
A quiet, reflective Tokyo Motor Show this year, in a country that’s very far from recovered from the disasters that struck in March.
Toyota 86 drive
An all-too-brief drive in the new Toyota 86 today at Fuji speedway revealed a sweet-handling, beautifully balanced little front-engined, rear drive coupe which will no doubt be a huge success for Toyota.
Wheels: Jesse Taylor reviews Porsche’s new 911
Two days ago I asked myself whether Porsche’s new 991 911 would crack my all-time top 10. After a day of hard driving in the mountains around Santa Barbara, California, the answer is yes and no.
LA Motor Show: Big Merc to tackle the bends
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the AMG-tweaked version of its ML-Class SUV to the public for the first time at the Los Angeles Motor Show.
Motor Magazine: LA Motor Show’s Best Cars Pt. 1
Motor Magazine’s Editor Andrew MacLean highlighted the best of the best on display at the 2011 LA Motor Show.
Motor Magazine: LA Motor Show’s Best Cars Pt. 2
Motor Magazine’s Editor Andrew MacLean highlighted the best of the best on display at the 2011 LA Motor Show.
Motor Magazine: the Best Modified Cars at the LA Motor Show
Here’s a selection of some of the best modified cars on display exclusively brought to you by Motor Magazine Editor Andrew MacLean.
LA Auto Show: Porsche Panamera GTS
When Porsche’s head of research and development uses the words, “uncompromising sportscar” and “race track experience” you expect him to unveil a 911 GT3, but these words introduced the new Panamera GTS.
Subaru Impreza
IT’S ALMOST an expectation that controversy will follow the tail (or nose) of a new Subaru Impreza.
Audi A6 TDI/TFSI
It’s never been a big seller in Australia, outdone by rivals from Mercedes-Benz and BMW, but that’s likely to change with the introduction of the fourth-generation C7 A6 – especially in four-cylinder, front-wheel-drive form tested here.
2011 Volkswagen Jetta Review
THE Chum Creek Road is one of Victoria’s driving delights, curling its way upward from Healesville into the Toolangi State Forest. The corners can be rough or smooth, changes of direction rapid-fire or constant.
Funny road signs from around the world
Have you ever wondered what sort of work goes into making a road sign? It’s actually an intensive, ongoing process – one involving more than posting giant white lettering on a big reflective sign.
Top ten most basic cars ever made
Top ten most basic cars ever made
The Worlds Most Stolen Cars
The Worlds Most Stolen Cars
Opel Zafira Tourer
Though it doesn’t quite feel like it’s running on rails, the Zafira Tourer is smooth and stable at a 180km/h cruise on the unrestricted autobahn outside Munich.
Bizarre concept cars of the 1990s
Bizarre concept cars of the 1990s
Live Blog – Day 4
Stinking hot Heathcote’s drag strip is where the final part of PCC 2011 takes place, with the first off the rank the smurf blue feral-sounding Jaguar XJR-S.
Live Blog – Day 3: morning
The day began with car allocation for the road loop north, where the 18-man crew hope that the car they’re given to start off in is one on their bucket list.
Live Blog – Day 3: afternoon
This is what it’s all about: brilliant, challenging roads and equally matched performance cars.
