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News, buying guides and touring stories from Australia.
Seat covers are one of the simplest ways to protect a car's interior and make it more comfortable. Choose badly, though, and they can slip, fade or even stop a side airbag working. Here is how to pick covers that look good, last and stay safe.
Chassis 009, the only McLaren F1 sold new in Australia, surfaced in an online listing in July 2025 and was soon flown out of the country. Its history, from a 1997 crash in Sydney to a concours award at Noosa, and what makes the F1 so valuable.
Mazda once promised a petrol engine that behaved like a diesel. Skyactiv-X arrived, but it never became the default. Here is what Mazda learned, what its Skyactiv-Z hybrid is meant to do, and what it could mean for drivers in Australia.
Mazda is best known here for its cars, but its first vehicle was a three-wheeled truck and it has sold load carriers in Australia since 1964. Here is the story of its light trucks, its heavier Titan, the vans and the BT-50 ute that carries the work on today.
Mazda began as a cork maker in Hiroshima and set up its Australian sales company in 1967. Here is how the business, its badge and its cars changed along the way, and where the brand stands with Australian buyers today.
How wide, tall and long can a truck be on Australian roads? The national limits under the Heavy Vehicle National Law, how loads may project, which licence each truck needs, and what the rules mean for car drivers sharing the highway.
Semi-trailers carry much of Australia's freight, and each type is built for a different load. Here is how to tell them apart, how big they are allowed to be, how a B-double differs from a road train and how car drivers can share the road with them safely.
A scheduled car service is one of the cheapest ways to protect a car's safety, reliability and value. Here is what a service covers, how often to book one, who can do it under warranty and what skipping one can cost.
Maserati won an Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park decades before most Australians could buy one of its road cars. Here is the brand's story from a Bologna workshop to today's electric Folgore models, and how Maserati is sold in Australia.
Audi grew out of four German car makers, vanished for a quarter of a century and came back as a premium brand. How the four rings reached Australia, who brought them here, and how Audi Australia came to be.
For most of the twentieth century Australia built its own cars. Here is how the industry began, how big it grew, why it closed, and what is still made here today.
Chrysler built cars in Adelaide for three decades. Here is how a group of distributors became Chrysler Australia, why the Valiant mattered, and how the business became Mitsubishi's.
