Car Opinions

Updating exhaust systems for older 4x4s

An exhaust system update will increase the efficiency of an old fourbie.

Land Rover Defender will return

The Land Rover Defender may be dead, but it will live again.

Hobbies that last a lifetime

Age limits shouldn’t be put on hobbies that make us happy.

The toughest 4WD tracks in Australia

Get out there and tackle Australia’s toughest tracks.

Have modern 4x4s gone soft?

Deano takes us for a ride in a 1990 GQ patrol to find answers.

Beware: Lexus’ ‘Ultimate’ LC 500 review

Why you shouldn’t get just anyone to review a car – even if they do happen to be one of the world’s highest-paid writers.

Roothy slips a new clutch into Milo 2

There’s an intimacy involved in a full vehicle rebuild.

Vale Ian Glover

Paying tribute to 4WD icon, Ian Glover

Environmental effects of 4WDing

Preserving our environment is vital for the future of 4WDing.

Essential attributes of a 4x4

What makes for a capable four-wheel drive, and what doesn’t?

Why the Porsche Boxster should have been four-pot from birth

Love it or hate it, the four-cylinder Porsche Boxster is real. Here’s why it should always have been that way from the very start

Australia’s atomic bomb history

Traces of Australia’s atomic bomb history remain

4x4s with less technology enhance driver engagement

The best fourbies keep the pilot fully engrossed in the experience.

Milo 2 gets engine swap

Milo 2 follows in the original Milo’s footsteps.

The best 4x4s combine technology and tradition

New technology is far from the be-all-and-end-all of off-road driving, but it adds amazing ability to the right platforms.

Are current sports cars too quick for manual gearboxes?

Why fast cars need a fast transmission

Entrepreneurosis: Tesla model why?

Tesla's business model draws stark similarities to the failed Bricklin and DeLorean, what's different?

Is the car as we know it on borrowed time?

The UK’s decision to ban internal combustion-only cars by 2040 is part of a significant shift. However, its impact on the humble motor vehicle needs to be put in perspective

The driverless car remains a utopian pipe dream

Are we about to be swamped by driverless cars? Probably not.

The perfect camp spots are often hard to find

It takes hard work and skillful navigation to reach the best camp spots.

Going sand driving? Then let down your bloody tyres!

Drop the pressure and stop chewing up our tracks!

2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee visits old mining country with Roothy

New Roothy rattles the Grand Cherokee through some old mining country in Cloncurry.

The Jaguar XK140 and John Carey's sojourn of historical disappointment

Ask a journo what the best car they've ever driven is, and it's hard to answer. Ask John Carey what the worst car he's ever driven is, there is only one answer.

Another Land Rover joins the 4X4 family

We've added another Land Rover to the fleet.