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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
Engine tech
Bodywork
Podium for Webber in Red Bull 1 – 2
Aussie Mark Webber shakes off the gremlins and lands a podium in the Chinese Grand Prix behind team mate Sebastien Vettel, as the diffuser debate is finally put to bed.
2009 Volkswagen Golf VI review
Round six, and both performance and economy are above par.
Skoda Roomster Long Termer – December 2008
Of diesel sipped and armchairs swallowed.
Mercedes C200K Estate Long Termer – November 2008
Magic wand makes life cruisy.
Mercedes C200K Estate Long Termer – October 2008
Kiddie conveyance a cargo challenge.
Mercedes-Benz C200K Estate Long Termer – September 2008
Fully loaded in more ways than one.
The fuel economy of the new Toyota Prius is bloody good …
… though not quite as good as the Japanese figures initially suggest.
Marcos Ambrose bags a Top 15 at Phoenix
No engine problems for Aussie Ambrose as he snaffles a boot-full of points.
Brabham robbed of Long Beach victory
Bizarre penalty costs Aussie a blue-ribbon American Le Mans sports car triumph.
Gold Star champ dies
Respected race engineer and team boss Graham Watson succumbs to cancer.
Ambrose waves the Aussie flag at Daytona
Marcos Ambrose will be the first Aussie to grid up at the Daytona 500 in Florida this weekend.
Q & A with Marcos Ambrose on Daytona
Ambrose on his historic appearance at NASCAR’s opening round in Florida.
Motoring TV pioneer Peter Wherrett dies
Well before Top Gear there was Torque, and under that famous cap, Wherrett was the opinionated host who told it like it was.
New York Auto Show 2009
US correspondent John Lamm sniffs out what’s on show in the Big Apple.
GT-R takes off with a 7:27
Nissan has done it again, this time clocking a 7:27:56 around the Nurburgring Nordschleife …
Live from New York: Mitsubishi Outlander GT Prototype
Sneak peek at the ‘Evo SUV’.
Nissan GT1-spec R35 breaks cover
… and its beautiful.
Karmann gone
Long-time coachbuilder Karmann files for insolvency.
Spiders in downtown Tokyo
Alfa Romeo’s gorgeous 8C Spider has landed in Tokyo and already the order book is starting to fill up.
Adventurous antidote for tough economic times
Mercedes-Benz Oz takes to the track for an expensive but priceless week of excitement in Melbourne. Peter McKay takes a spin around Albert Park.
BUZZ: GM in ‘intense’ preparations for bankruptcy
A source close to GM says the carmaker is preparing to file for the big B.
Prius vs Insight in greenback war
Toyota has fired the latest shots in Japan’s new and increasingly contentious green car wars, claiming that the next gen Prius boasts nothing less than ‘the world’s best fuel efficiency’.
Mazda’s designs on the future
Its first Australian design forum gave an up-close-and-personal look at Mazda’s next-gen cars via head designer, Laurens van den Acker.
More good news from Ford: debt down by US$9.9 Billion
There’s still a long way to go for the Blue Oval, but restructuring initiatives will reduce its overall debt by 28 percent.
