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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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Aussies crippled by $8b car debt: report
Impulsive Australian car buyers will shell out more than $500m in car loan interest this year

Lotus supercar in development with Williams
Partnership announcement from Hethel carmaker all but confirms rumour

Meet the COTY finalists: Alpine A110
You know that thing about working smarter rather than harder? Yep, that.

Meet the COTY finalists: Jaguar I-Pace
British electric SUV wows the judges by upending almost a century of Jaguar tradition in effortless style

WhichCar TV Episode 4 | Winners, losers and stingers
Coming to WhichCar.com.au soon: The judges decide the car of the year, while Kia’s sports hero breaks out

All Aussie Showdown 2005: HSV GTO Coupe vs HSV Coupe4
Rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive? HSV’s Coupes argue which is the hotter dish

2019 Renault Clio breaks cover
Interior pics released of 2019 Renault Clio ahead of Geneva launch

Opinion: Drag racing is an art
Keen takes a walk on the wild side. And it is glorious

Holden Commodore VXR vs Volkswagen Arteon 206TSI comparison review
The Holden Commodore and Volkswagen Arteon battle-it-out in this fast ‘n’ furious face-off

John Carey: The Hume enters the EV era
Carey ponders how useful the Hume highway charging network will actually be

All Aussie Showdown 2005: Holden Commodore SS vs Monaro CV8 vs Commodore SV8 vs Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo vs Falcon XR8
Four sports V8s, a defending champ turbo and one very big surprise

Apple slices autonomous program
Apple fires a third of its Project Titan autonomous team. Is this the end of the Apple Car?

Cool car things we want: January 2019
No horsepower here, but there’s plenty of badge power

2019 Mazda 3 first drive
All-new fourth generation Mazda 3 hatch delivers new-found levels of polish to go with the driver appeal

2019 Mazda 3 review
All-new fourth generation delivers newfound levels of polish to go with the driver appeal

All Aussie Showdown 2005: Holden Commodore SV6 vs Ford Falcon XR6 comparison
Not all Aussie sports sedans run V8s. We temperature-test the sporty six-packs

Have no fear: EVs are only going to get better
Radical change can be deeply unnerving, but the revolution starting to sweep through the automotive industry shouldn’t be a source of trepidation, but something to be embraced

A day with a Ferrari 812 Superfast
How would you go driving an $800,000 Ferrari through Sydney traffic? Tim Robson did it… and he’s now got more grey hair to prove it

Opinion: The Aston Martin Valkyrie promises to be a masterpiece
If you want to capture the imagination of enthusiasts, build cars with some imagination

Ford Ranger tows 15 caravans. At once
Crazy Ford UK ad shows off towing ability of two-litre turbo Ford Ranger diesel engine

The best Wheels covers from history
With a new era of design coming to Wheels’ pages, we tasked our Art Director with choosing his favourite covers from the archive

All Aussie Muscle Car Showdown 2005: Introduction
Australia’s latest performance cars visit the dyno, dragstrip and racetrack, and then the back of Bourke, to crown a new king of Aussie muscle cars

Carlos Ghosn’s dark web
Going gets good for world’s largest carmaker; authorities get Ghosn

Six cool 2019 Lamborghini Huracan Evo features
A 470kW V10 engine and all-wheel drive is a start but here are a handful of other clever touches
