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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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2018 Performance Car of the Year contenders
Ten cars duke it out for bragging rights as the best performance car of the year
Emissions cap would empty showrooms, new-car industry warns
If Australia moves too fast on setting tougher emissions standards, car makers would have to drop models from sale, FCAI says
Industry calls to scrap new car import tariff
Recent push to lower new car costs is being considered by Federal Government
Industry body supports tariff cuts to make new cars cheaper
Peak body representing car importers adds its weight to a call to carve up to $2000 from the price of new cars to up the safety game
2018 Detroit Motor Show: Hyundai Veloster teased … again
It’s our best look yet at how South Korea’s quirky rival to the Volkswagen Golf GTI is shaping up
Ford Mustang Hot Tuner 2017 3rd Herrod Compliance Pack
Mundane by name, monster by nature
We ride shotgun in an autonomous Mercedes S-class at 110kp/h down the Hume
Interstate cruising in a prototype s-class proves Australia’s firmly on the map for self-driving cars
Earl of Design – Step inside Mike Simcoe’s office
Mike Simcoe is only the seventh person since 1955 to occupy the office allocated to GM’s vice president of design. He shows Robbo around his lair
Ford Mustang Hot Tuner 2017 5th Tickford 360 Power Pack
More than the sum of its aftermarket parts
1993 McLaren F1: Legend Series
The supercar world was hit for six when the McLaren F1 was unleashed in the ’90s, and that ball is still flying today
Explained: GKN Tungsten-carbide coated brakes
We explain the science behind the new braking technology first seen on the 2018 Porsche Cayenne
2017 Kia Stinger 330si v Volkswagen Arteon 206TSI v Holden SS-V Redline
As the V8 Commodore bows out, we assemble the heavy-hitting inheritors of its mantle
Ford Mustang Hot Tuner 2017 6th Harrop Mustang GT
Naturally aspirated grunt proves a winner
2008 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG review: Classic MOTOR
Chasing the sun from Stuttgart to tax-haven Monaco in Mercedes’ re-engined SL63 AMG
Eleanor Mustang + Alfa 4C + Aston Martin Lagonda: Classifieds of the Week
We’ve started 2018 off with some oddball car finds in online ads
Supercar bargains for 2018
Scrap the gym resolutions, and treat yo’ self to an exotic supercar
Call for P-platers to cop driving ban for mobile phone offences
Young drivers are the target of a new proposal to discourage mobile phone use while behind the wheel.
2018 Alpina B3 Biturbo Touring review
IT’S easy to think of the Alpina B3 Biturbo Touring as the M3 wagon that BMW never made. Easy, but wrong.
10 most popular cars on WhichCar
Thousands of people research new cars on WhichCar every week, but which models attracted the most interest in 2017?
Road safety expert slams Black Spot Program
National Road Safety Strategy chairman and trauma surgeon Dr John Crozier says the government needs to rethink its ‘Band-Aid’ approach to making our roads safer
2018 Ford Ranger facelift spied
A mild makeover of Ford Australia’s best-selling model hints at a subtle up-market shift for the trade ute
2018 BMW X3 xDrive30d Quick Review
Torquey turbo-diesel family hauler proves a flexible road-trip partner
Aston Martin sales growth hits record high
Aston has sold more than 5000 vehicles in 2017, for the first time since 2008
2017 Renault Megane GT Wagon v Subaru Levorg GT comparison review
Two GT-badged wagons face-off, but are you better off with the French flair Renault, or the quiet achiever Subaru?
