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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
BAC Mono R revealed at Goodwood
More than 450kW-per-tonne for this extremely focused supercar
Stability control of the future will be able to predict wet roads
Continental reveals its next-generation stability control tech will use data to make slippery roads feel like dry ones
Rolling art: Goodwood Festival of Speed in pictures
Wheels Editor Alex Inwood goes to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, camera in hand
Physicist 3D-prints a Lamborghini Aventador in his own garage
‘Dad of the year’ contender applies his smarts to build the car of his son’s dreams
2019 Genesis G80 Review
The Genesis that won’t die is back, this time bearing a G80 badge. It’s an oldie but a goodie
Headlight technology explained
LED, Laser, HID and Halogen, let’s illuminate the differences between lighting technologies
2020 Renault Megane RS Trophy-R on sale in Australia
Renault Australia announces Nürburgring FWD record-holder on-sale for general public
BMW’s new brute ute is no X-Class killer
German maker builds its third load lugger, but this one is more luxurious than ever before
2019 Lotus Evora GT410 Sport performance review
Quality niggles mar otherwise brilliant handler
Holden picks Commodore over Camaro for Supercars
Low-key announcement from Holden at Townsville race locks Camaro out of Supercar racing until at least 2021
John Carey on the Bosch Automotive Handbook
“In one very surprising way, the Bosch Automotive Handbook has failed to keep pace with the march of technology”
Who builds the better $100k sports coupe?
Does the greatest $100k sports coupe now hail from Dieppe or Can Munich’s revitalised M2 Comp take the top step?
Opinion: How to write a good car classifieds ad
Here are a list of dos and don’ts for car classified ad writing from our resident classified lurker
2001 Porsche 996 911 GT2 review: classic MOTOR
The 911 Turbo was a jet, but Porsche’s blindingly quick GT2 wiped the floor with it
Close up with VW’s Innovision multimedia system
VIDEO: checking out the new Volkswagen Touareg’s massive multimedia screen system up close
Drool all over the new Porsche 911 RSR
Side exit exhausts and the largest engine ever fitted to a factory 911. Bring on Le Mans
De Tomaso P72 unveiled on brand’s 60th anniversary
Italian marque calls its comeback car a “modern-day time machine”
Modern Classic: 2000 Mitsubishi EVO VI Tommi Makinen Edition
The ‘Tommi Makinen Edition’ marks the bobble-hatted zenith of rally replicas
Councils set to swap speeding fine revenue for funding
US state passes new laws set to test once and for all whether cameras prevent crashes or simply boost council coffers
2019 Hennessey Heritage Edition Mustang performance review
A Ford Mustang with NASCAR-worthy power
Toyota Yaris GRMN 2019 review
It’s the hot hatch Australians cannot buy with big plans for our future
2019 BMW M850i performance review
Another sign Munich’s got its mojo back
2019 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed review
The Eclipse Cross slots into the tiniest gap in Mitsubishi’s SUV line-up, but is it an SUV too far?
Archive: Chevrolet Camaro vs Holden Coupe 60 vs Holden Monaro
We muster Holden’s Oz-developed muscle-car royalty to find the coupe worthy of the pony car crown
