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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
Top 5 Heavyweights: The most portly cars on sale
SUVs usually weight more than rest of the market, however these are the heaviest of them all
Classic Wheels: An Aussie Supercar
The home-grown heart-starter. Was this Australia’s first high-performance, two-door, four-seater luxury car?
The race towards 1000 horsepower
Hybrid charge set to make huge power outputs the norm
2018 McLaren 720S performance review
With its F1 team struggling to make an impact, we visit Albert Park with a McLaren that might just be at the front of the supercar grid
In Gear: This month’s pick of awesome gadgets
Our picks of the most awesome automotive-related gear we found this month
1996 HSV VS GTS-R review: classic MOTOR
How does HSV’s original road racer stack up?
Mark Webber: Beyond the Circuit
Mark Webber speaks of his life after Formula 1… and how Aussie drivers give him the grits
2018 Nissan Leaf: Before the Bandwagon
Mainstream EVs weren’t a thing when Nissan released the first Leaf back in 2010. Now that they are, Leaf 2 is out to bring battery power to the people.
Ford ‘2nd Car’ subscription scheme launched in Australia
Service allows Escape and Ranger owners to drive a Mustang for up to two weeks at a time
WRC: Citroën drops Kris Meeke for crashing too often
Irish rally driver Meeke and co-driver Paul Nagle lose their place with Citroën Racing WRT
Zenvo TSR-S crazy rear wing looks broken, isn’t
Video shows off full-tilt active aero of this 866kW Danish hypercar
Honda Civic Type R ute concept revealed
Honda’s UK team has taken the hatch off its hatchback
Lexus creates Morphic Blue paint after ‘15 years of research’
It says the colour is “more blue than anything seen before”
2005 Volkswagen Polo GTI pre-production review: classic MOTOR
Tiny tot Polo GTI set to pack big bang for bucks in two variants
Audi RS4 Australian pricing and features revealed
Twin-turbo V6 wagon goes on sale priced at $152,900
Bugatti Chiron hits 100 units produced
Molsheim’s new hypercar production hits three-figures
Burnouts in TV ads okay as long as Usain Bolt is in it, watchdog says
The world’s fastest man can stand and watch as a car rips mad skids, but a BMW i3 can’t win a drag race
Not-so robo: human drivers to compete in Roborace series after all
Roborace CEO Lucas di Grassi confirms human drivers will participate in Roborace events
Australia’s most expensive cars aren’t selling
They’re quick off the mark, but some of Australia’s most exclusive cars are hard to move
Self-driving cars will still crash with humans behind the wheel, study says
Carmakers are wrong to think they can hand back control of a self-driving car to a human when things go pear-shaped
2005 HSV Clubsport vs FPV F6 Typhoon vs Mitsubishi Evo VIII comparison review: classic MOTOR
FPV’s Typhoon is new kid on the block, but is its turbo six enough to put the wind up the Evolution VIII and ClubSport?
Audi e-tron GT to become flagship ‘sporty’ EV for Audi
Audi’s Tesla-attacking pure electric four-door luxury sedan will be “very sporty” when it enters production in three years
Ready for launch: 2019 BMW X5 development nears completion
BMW says it will put the Sports in Sports Activity Vehicle and makes the next-generation X5 jump for joy during testing
Ferrari SP38 is the latest one-off Prancing Horse
Ferrari’s One-Off program has pumped out another unique car for a wealthy customer
