Technical
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
Wheels magazine is changing – for the better!
You spoke, we listened. Here’s how Wheels has reinvented itself
2019 Lamborghini Huracan Evo gallery
We’ve collated all the best photos of the new Lamborghini Huracan Evo and give you some juicy details ahead of our first drive review
Volvo XC60: one year on from its COTY victory
We look at how Volvo’s all-conquering mid-size SUV has stacked up 12 months after winning COTY 2018
Castrol simulated a full F1 season and 24 hour race to test its oil
A Castrol technologist tells us about the brutal testing process for its oil
2019 BMW Z4 pricing and specifications
BMW puts price tags on its three-strong Z4 roadster range, available from April 2019
Chinese-built Lotus SUVs: is this the beginning of the end?
Geely’s massive $1.8bn factory gets go-ahead in Wuhan
New BMW M3: rear drive manual version looks set to launch
Entry-level tearaway to be sold alongside all-wheel drive flagship
First 2020 Toyota GR Supra sells for almost $3m
Barrett-Jackson shifted the first A90 Supra for well over sticker price
Wheels Car of the Year 2019 to be announced January 30
The question is, who will win Australia’s biggest and toughest motoring award this year?
2019 Ford Mondeo: this is it!
This could be the last time Ford’s iconic sedan is updated
Tesla will cut more than 3,000 jobs because its cars are “too expensive”
Elon Musk set to further reduce Tesla workforce by more than 3,000 as car maker struggles to hit own targets for affordability
2019 Kia Cerato GT review – a worthy king?
Turbocharged Cerato crowns Kia’s small car range , but is it a worthy king?
Opinion: The motoring equivalent of pill testing
Rather than stop others from having fun, why not create a safer avenue for it?
Editor’s letter: Range anxiety is not dead
I genuinely thought range anxiety was dead. But, as happens from time to time, I was wrong
2019 Ford Endura Titanium AWD quick review
The most expensive variant in Ford’s new large SUV range comes with a host of premium features, but is it worth its $70k-ish price tag?
What is the WLTP emissions test?
New emissions testing procedures are making life difficult for manufacturers, but the situation is only going to get tougher
The worst automotive collaborations of all time
Sometimes one plus one equals a big fat zero
2019 Range Rover Sport SVR performance review
As sensible and entertaining as a pet elephant
Eight-gun salute: How the Porsche 928 came to be
Impossible to believe now, after building over one million 911s, but in 1969 Porsche management estimated the 911 would only realistically survive until 1974
2019 BMW X5 M50d quick review
BMW’s X5 hero is the perfect blend of luxury, power and efficiency – for a price
WhichCar do you live with? 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Diesel
Can two weeks with the diesel Stelvio convince a non-believer that Alfa Romeo’s debut SUV lives up to the hype?
Everything we know about the Ford Mustang GT500’s 522kW engine
Ford has begun revealing the tech secrets behind the GT500’s demented lump
America’s best-selling premium car of 2018 is the Tesla Model 3
Musk’s most affordable model stems the SUV tide
2019 Kia Picanto GT arrives as pint-size performer
With a price well under $20K, the Picanto GT arrives in Australia as the country’s cheapest performance car
