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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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2024 Toyota GR Yaris adds WRC editions, brings ‘Donut mode’
Developed by Toyota’s WRC drivers, the new models feature different driving modes and unique styling tweaks
Ioniq 5 N is a bigger deal for Hyundai than i30 N
Hot hatches have been around for donkey’s, but 478kW electric SUVs with synthesised soundtracks and gears? Not so much…
2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5 N preview drive & suspension deep dive
We join Hyundai Australia’s ride and handling team to find out how they’re perfecting the first electric N car for local roads
New vs old! 2024 electric Porsche Macan vs ICE Macan spec comparison
The Porsche Macan has evolved. Here’s how the new electric model compares to its predecessor
2024 Porsche Macan electric SUV revealed: Australian pricing and features
Porsche’s first electric SUV is coming to Australia with up to 470kW and a starting price of $133,700 before on-road costs
2024 Kia Sorento review: Australian first drive
A worthy suite of updates for the class leader
F1: Drive to Survive season 6 confirmed for February
The latest instalment in the wildly popular Netflix series Drive to Survive will hit screens on February 23
LEAKED! This is the all-electric 2024 Porsche Macan
Porsche’s hot-selling small SUV boasts a fresh look and bigger dimensions
New Chery models coming: Tiggo 8 Pro, electric Omoda 5, and more
Chery’s product portfolio is vast in China, but what will it choose for its Australian expansion? Here’s what’s coming – and what could be coming – down the pipeline
Volkswagen T-Cross: ‘Rubber Ducky’ floated on UK options list
This one might not fit in your bathroom, though
2024 Skoda Octavia SportLine adds free upgrades: Pricing and features
The Octavia SportLine trim has finally arrived in Australia, following the wider range’s debut in 2021
2024.5 Ford Transit Custom pricing and features: Prices up; double cab variant due in Q3
Ford’s second-generation Transit Custom offers new tech, more safety, a lowered ride height, and an uprated 2.5-tonne braked towing capacity
Best Large SUV Under $80K
Mazda’s new CX-90 faces off against the also-fresh Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Hyundai Palisade, and our Megatest-winning Kia Sorento in a battle of sub-$80,000 seven-seater SUVs.
Volkswagen shows tough Amarok-based SUV
Official render shows VW was considering its own version of the Ford Everest after all!
2025 Volkswagen Golf Mark 8.5 facelift revealed, Australian timing confirmed
The updated Volkswagen Golf small car, due in Australia in early 2025, features a revised look, new infotainment, physical steering wheel controls, and more power for the GTI hot hatch
2024 Toyota Yaris and Yaris Cross updates revealed, in line for Australia
The Toyota Yaris hatch and Yaris Cross light SUV have received a minor update in Japan with light design changes, new infotainment, and improved safety tech
Mazda 6 to continue in Australia, axed in Japan
The Mazda 6 will be discontinued in Japan in April, but production is set to continue for export markets including Australia
POLL: Ford shows new 48-inch display – should huge screens be allowed?
Ford has pushed its entire hand to the centre of the table, declaring itself all-in on dash-wide infotainment – 48 inches of it! We ask: should these increasingly huge and powerful systems be allowed in cars?
Australia Day Double Demerits in force from 25-28 January in ACT and NSW
Highway Patrol will be out in force over the Australia Day long weekend with double demerits for those breaking the rules
Let’s leave the pick-up truck obsession for the US
Size matters, but not always in a good way.
National Holden Motor Museum closing its doors as search for new owner fails
This year marks its 40th anniversary, but it won’t be a happy one.
Stahly’s 1997 Bathurst winner discovered in a junkyard
Melbourne scrap pile held a nostalgia-inducing secret
Genesis X concept trilogy complete, convertible now an award winner
Genesis has rolled out the third model in its X concept family – but will any of them go into production?
Ford wants to keep building V8s forever
Global CEO Jim Farley says Ford will keep making V8s, even if it’s the “only one on the planet” to do so
