Technical
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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FIRST DRIVE: BMW 760Li
Wheelsmag’s US correspondent John Lamm plays chauffer for the day in the biggest Beemer sedan.
Sales incentive makes a target of wheeling dealer
Not everyone is thrilled with the idea of a free assault weapon to clinch the deal.
Bob Lutz returns, Commodore does not
Rumours that the New GM will resurrect the Pontiac G8-Holden Commodore in the States are unfortunately untrue, with Vice Chairman Lutz admitting the RWD sedan is ‘not viable’.
US Mail – Trainer wheels
Wheels US correspondent John Lamm updates us on the latest mishaps and money problems in Motown.
LAUNCHED: Porsche 911 GT3
Bigger engine, even more brilliance.
Cops seize Ferrari California for doing what it does best
And the driver was an experienced motoring journalist.? But we won’t name him because there for the grace of God go many of us critters …
LAUNCHED: BMW Z4
Roof now hard, but character is softer.
Hybrid wars
Toyota has hit back on home soil with its new Prius as the gloss comes off Honda’s Insight.
Centre punch
Mazda 3’s chief designer explains to John Carey why the essence of the new car, both inside and out, is firmly focused dead centre.
Five star Zonda R
Five lucky squillionaires will get the chance to own the ultimate Pagani: the Zonda Cinque.
Broken dreams
Part junkyard, part art gallery, part homage to Aussie ingenuity, Flynn’s wreckers in Cooma, NSW, is a place where classic metal now rusts in peace.
Rear wheel Lambo is Balboni special
LEAKED! Pictures of a Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 have made their way onto the ‘net, and it turns out to be a tribute edition to Lambo’s long time test driver.
2009 Detroit Motor Show
This year’s North American International Auto Show promised more surprises and melodrama than a midday US soap opera.
Cruze control
The small-car segment is now Australia’s largest, and Mazda and Toyota are hogging the sales fast lane. Can Holden’s new globally developed Cruze redirect the traffic flow?
Heir to a shaky throne
Toyota CEO takes massive 30 percent paycut, predicts another two-years of financial loss.
LAUNCHED: Skoda Superb
Despite the self-indulgent name, Skoda’s new luxo limo flagship has finally arrived offering a tonne of metal of the money.
Strip show – 370Z v HSV R8
Game Zed brings V6 knife to heavyweight V8 gunfight.
Nissan 370Z v HSV R8, Evo X, Cayman S
Not content to have stung Porsche with its upstart GT-R, Nissan widens the front with a Zed-led assault.
Porsche’s provocative Panamera
Ed Ged Bulmer travels to Bimmer country for the launch of the four-seat technical wunderkind.
When Hitler ran the Silver Arrows
Adolf didn’t know much about understeer and oversteer but he knew how success by German companies in motor sport could be used to promote the idea of Nazi superiority.
The Ultimate Motorsport Coffee Table Book
Awesome quality is a claim that’s easy to justify.
BOOK REVIEW: In Control by Bob Watson
Wato has done it all. Now he’s writing about it.
Speedway’s deadly decade
Speedway racing in Australia exacted a tragic toll on drivers and riders in the 1960s. A just-launched book captures some of the high-flying drama.
LAUNCHED: Honda Odyssey
Almost-sexy seven-seater with substance.
