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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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2021 Toyota Corolla ZR review
Does Toyota’s top-spec petrol Corolla justify the nameplate’s global dominance?
Audi to stop developing new petrol and diesel powered engines
The German brand will cease research and development of ‘new’ internal combustion engines, though will continue to update its existing cache
2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S takes on the MOTOR Shootout
Can the quickest car we’ve ever timed in a straight line also make an impression on track? We strap Karl Reindler into the hot seat to find out
2022 Peugeot 308 revealed, Australian launch confirmed
Peugeot’s upmarket new 308 hatch has been unveiled, and an Australian debut is set for early in 2022
Vale Sabine Schmitz (1969-2021)
Andy Enright pays a personal tribute to the Queen of the Nürburgring
Hatch attack: Mazda 3 Skyactiv X v Ford Focus ST-Line v Hyundai i30 N-Line v Toyota Corolla ZR
The small car world’s hottest offerings this side of a GTI badge face off against the Mazda 3 Skyactiv-X tech-whizz
Toyota Aygo X Prologue concept hints at rugged crossover for 2022
Toyota will soon have a new-generation Aygo for Europe, except this time it’ll be a compact SUV
BMW i4 electric sedan revealed, Australian reservations now open
BMW’s next new electric car has been revealed, in the form of the i4. Think of the 4 Series Gran Coupe, but electric.
2022 Peugeot 308 revealed in leaked marketing images
Leaked official images of a plug-in hybrid Mk3 Peugeot 308 show its elegant sculpted lines in full
Fiat wants to pay European 500 owners cryptocurrency for driving efficiently
Trading lead feet for cold, hard KiriCoin
Jaguar Land Rover kills COVID with climate control
In-car air purification system reportedly kills up to 97 per cent of viruses and germs
Mercedes-Benz Australia increases prices of local vehicles
Most recent increase is the third time in 13 months that Mercedes has jacked up its local RRPs
New performance Bentley Continental GT Speed due next week
Bentley is set to unveil its most performance-focused model in its 101-year history next week
Porsche taking over Bugatti, collaborating with Rimac
We can only imagine what the two carmakers would create
2022 BMW iX Australian specification revealed
BMW’s next generation of electric vehicles will arrive on scene in late 2021 in a two-strong line-up
Performance Car of the Year 2021: the track test
Records are demolished in the fastest and most powerful PCOTY field ever
Performance Car of the Year 2021: the road test
The Victorian high country provides the 2021 PCOTY field with the perfect real-world test
Victoria goes ahead with contentious EV tax
Victoria has followed South Australia down the path of electric vehicle taxation with NSW likely to follow
Upcoming Land Rover Defender 130 imagined in new rendering
Very accurate renderings give strong impressions of unreleased Defender 130
Honda to close-out S660 production with Version Z special edition
Production of Honda’s cutesy S660 kei car is coming to an end, but not before a final swansong sees out the nameplate
MG Marvel R electric SUV revealed
The Marvel R, a new electric vehicle based on the HS SUV, is our next look at MG’s electric revolution
Teased again: Toyota’s X Prologue EV will be unveiled in April
Toyota will preview its first-ever electric car at the Shanghai Motor Show
Gordon Murray Automotive shows off bare carbon T.50 prototype on track
Video shows spiritual successor to the McLaren F1 taking to Top Gear’s track for maiden test
All the crazy numbers from Performance Car of the Year 2021
PCOTY returns landmark numbers, geek out on all of it here
