Opinion

Why are so many people driving in darkness?

There’s a reason so many people are suddenly cruising the streets at night without headlights…

How an avalanche of new car brands are set to transform the Aussie market

In a few years, there could be 20 brands from China arriving in the Australian car marketplace. It’s going to get pretty crowded in here…

What you really need to know when buying a car

Buy the car you want, not the one everyone else thinks you should, says Daniel Gardner.

Australia’s road toll keeps rising – and car nuts are bearing the burden

It turns out that blaming so-called hoons for the road toll was a waste of time and money.

Is driver assist making us… more dangerous?

There’s an argument to be made that new, semi-autonomous driver aids are contributing to a crisis of inattention on our roads.

Opinion: Cleaner ICE vehicles could be better for the environment than electric

Is the EV really the answer to reducing emissions or do we just need to bring back the small car?

Opinion: With the Corvette there's no accounting for taste

On Corvettes, configurators and the thorny issue of aesthetic Dunning-Kruger

Opinion: Defining the supercar

Exactly how Super does a supercar need to be?

OPINION: There's a lot of overrated stuff out there

Can we talk about undeserved reputations?

OPINION: The car world is changing

The last decade has been one of enormous, and in some cases, disorienting disruption

Despite rising fines, the road toll is rising too

Speed limits continue to go south while the fines go north and yet the road toll continues to rise

Warranties prove new cars are not lower quality

J.D. Power’s initial quality survey has claimed that new vehicles are becoming more problematic. I don’t buy it.

ENRIGHT: Just get that dream car; it might be your last chance

The shift from internal combustion engines will yield some great collectables

Enright: EVs just don't suit me at the moment

I'll buy an electric car when there is one that fits the needs

Politics and safety policy: The deadliest piece of the road toll

The problem with putting politicians in charge of road safety is that we end up with politics, not policy

Artificial EV sounds could be a lot more fun than you might think

Would you drive an electric performance car with the best-sounding ‘V8’ you’d ever heard? I would

Carbon fibre as decoration is getting out of hand

Is the other carbon economy a busted flush?

Lamborghini remains as outrageous as always

Lamborghini is 60 but refuses to grow old gracefully. That’s cause for celebration

OPINION: They said we'd have flying cars in the future...

Personal mobility aircraft sound brilliant, but the whole thing really is a pie-in-the-sky concept, scoffs Dan

Opinion: Kia ora, SVG

Saying goodbye to one of the greatest Supercars racers of our age is hard to do

Opinion: Can GM achieve success in Australia with Cadillac?

The American luxury brand's local ambitions face plenty of challenges

Opinion: Emojis as positive reinforcement for speed limit enforcement

Rather than defaulting to a ticket in the mail, Andorra's speed limit enforcement will whip you into shape by holding you up at the lights – but get it right and they'll blow you a kiss.

The perils of holding contrary opinions

Surprisingly few motoring journalists are willing to put their heads above the parapet

Opinion: When should we call time on our driver's licence?

Age wearies us all, and driving is no exception. But one driver's freedom and autonomy can be another's death sentence.