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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
Liberty Walk’s two new GT-R builds are wild
A Nissan R34 and R35 GT-R are LW’s newest projects, and they’ve both got people talking
2020 Gran Turismo Championship to open in Sydney next month
Want to see what top-tier e-motorsport looks like? You can – and it’s free!
Meet the Wheels COTY 2020 finalists: Mazda 3
Japanese hatch smartens up and trounces the competition
The 10 quickest cars of Wheels Car of the Year 2020
Of every COTY 2020 contender, these are the quickest out of the blocks
2020 Toyota Yaris to be Australia’s cheapest hybrid
As well its low price tag, Toyota says its all-new Yaris will be the most fuel efficient hybrid car in Australia
Toyota CEO drifts a Yaris WRC car
Akio Toyoda might be the coolest car company CEO on the planet
C8 chief engineer says right-hook Corvette is a “bit of a bet”
The first-ever right-hand-drive Chevrolet Corvette is a suck-it-and-see project for GM, says the car’s lead engineer
Is this the world’s fastest Porsche 911 Turbo S?
EKanoo Racing seems to be rather good at making record-beating machines. This 991 Turbo S is one of them.
Here are the Wheels Car of the Year finalists for 2020
There can only be one winner – and it’ll come from one of these five finalists
Companies offering to buy back 60,000 cars as Takata crisis grows
Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi and Suzuki join BMW in offering to buy back affected Takata cars as recall slows
Team Johnson’s ‘Tru-Blu’ XD Falcon to race TCM in 2020
A recreation of Dick Johnson’s famous Ford Falcon is almost ready to race
You shouldn’t be driving if you can’t stay clear of cyclists
If your reaction to maintaining a safe distance from cyclists is to demonise riders, you probably shouldn’t be on the road
Watch Wheels Car of the Year on the big screen
2020 Wheels COTY comes to life via WhichCar TV – here’s how to view it!
2020 WhichCar Style Award: the contenders
Judging Australia’s cleverest, coolest and most stylish car won’t be easy. Here are the final eight
Ford Mustang R-Spec not sold out yet as first build is completed
Customers can still pick up one of the last available supercharged R-Specs
Here’s how to avoid Wheels Car of the Year 2020 spoilers
Don’t want to have this year’s COTY winner revealed before reading the magazine? Here’s how to avoid spoilers
2020 Renault Koleos Review
The Renault Koleos is more attractively and available with petrol or turbo diesel engines and auto braking is standard across the range.
Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe put on ice for Australia
Large American SUVs won’t be following their ute siblings down under just yet
BMW M Pure range gets four new models
Cut-price performance range broadens to include new models for BMW Australia
What’s your Wheels Car of the Year?
Now is your chance to tell us which contender you’d pick as your 2020 COTY
Holden Commodore owner refunded because of ‘loud’ V8 engine
A Holden Commodore SS-V owner wins long battle to secure a refund after complaining that the car’s V8 engine is too loud
Meet the judges of Wheels Car of the Year 2020
This is the crew tasked with finding the finest car of 2020
Fully electric Toyota 86 looks rather quick
Powered by a Nissan Leaf motor, this EV conversion is impressive
Meet the WhichCar Style Award judges for 2020
WhichCar rounds up a potent posse of style-savvy sages who have their collective fingers on the pulse of modern consumerist design must-haves
