Car Opinions

Do you know how to survive a bushfire?

Bushfires spread quickly and can be fatal, here are some essential survival tips.

How to survive Nurburgring track days

A former circuit driver coach shares his tips for surviving the Nurburgring: the world’s toughest race track

Is it time to cut drink driving limits to zero?

OPINION Our current standards around drink-driving have been in place since 1991 – is it time to push for a zero blood alcohol limit?

It's actually a good thing that Carpool Karoake is faked

The outrage about a comedian not driving while singing with a film crew in his car is bewildering

You shouldn’t be driving if you can’t stay clear of cyclists

If your reaction to maintaining a safe distance from cyclists is to demonise riders, you probably shouldn't be on the road

Interview with myCOOLMAN's Andreas Bischof

Andreas Bischof’s long career in portable refrigeration has led to the creation of the myCOOLMAN brand of innovative camping fridges.

The one area where Ford and GM remain kings in Australia

You can probably guess that this isn’t going to detain you for very long

Opinion: New vehicles more likely to be soft-road SUVs than true off-roaders

Does applying iconic off-road nameplates to non-off-road SUVs dilute the brand?

Opinion: choosing the best car of the decade isn’t as simple as you’d think

Trying to pick the one car that defines a decade can be a difficult task

Has the growth of dual-cab utes skewed the road toll?

Lack of advanced safety features might be key to the rising road toll instead.

Is your car going to kill you this year?

Let’s make 2020 the year we put the Takata airbag crisis behind us

Where to next for Ford?

Softening Mustang sales, loss of Mondeo and EcoSport point to potentially troubling times ahead

Riding along with the craziest truck racers in Australia

We head to Winton Raceway to jump in one of the wild Australian Super Trucks racing rigs. This is motor racing for people who find car racing, well, kinda cute...

Toyota's DPF problems are a symptom of stringent emission regulations

As Toyota's gilt-edge reputation takes a hit from the DPF scandal enveloping its Hilux, could it be that it simply had no choice?

Corby unleashes inner bogan with Nissan Navara N-Trek

“The N-Trek made me feel manly, hairy chested, Bunnings-worthy. It made me grunt rather than speak”

Getting racy with the Isuzu D-Max

We saddle up in one of the wildest – and rarest - Isuzu D-Maxs in existence today

The reason McLaren paid $20,000 for a fish

An eye-opening anecdote is the perfect encapsulation of what makes vehicle design so esoteric

The guilt and shame of experiencing a near-miss on the road

What shakes me so much is knowing that the outcome was completely out of my hands. One second later, three seconds later…

Ian Callum on the future of design

The Guest Editor of our Design Issue, Ian Callum, provides an insight into why an unprecedented era of change offers mouth-watering opportunity

Opinion: Mazda is the motoring world’s heroic underdog

“In contrast, Mazda will introduce its SkyActiv-X engine in the 3 hatchback and sedan – cars ordinary folk can afford”

Visiting the treasures of Central Australia

Central Australia is chock full of historical significance and natural wonders.

The true story behind Wheels’ most controversial magazine cover

I sent Edsel Ford a framed copy, and for years it hung on the inside door of a toilet in his home

Car buyers no longer seem to care about manufacturer cheating

It seems that car buyers don’t just accept being treated with contempt by manufacturers. They reward it

We need more short-wheelbase 4x4s in Australia

A drive in Suzuki's little Jimny has our editor pining for the return of the Shorty.