News
Defect Notices in 2026: Are Exhaust Modifications Officially Illegal?
The 90 decibel limit everyone quotes almost certainly does not apply to your car. If it was built in the last decade, your legal ceiling is a number specific to your...
Reviews
2026 Toyota GR86 Review: Can You Actually Daily Drive It?
Tick the manual and Toyota deletes your rear parking sensors. That is not a rumour, it is the specification, and it should decide this...
Ownership
The ‘Cheap’ Porsche 911: Should You Buy a Used 996?
The asking price on a 996 is not the entry price. That gap is the whole story, and it is where most first-time Porsche...
News
Defect Notices in 2026: Are Exhaust Modifications Officially Illegal?
The 90 decibel limit everyone quotes almost certainly does not apply to your car. If it was built in the last decade, your legal ceiling is a number specific...
News
The Hidden Hot Hatch Tax: What Is Really Driving Your Premium
Young drivers are not the ones getting hammered by insurance increases this year. Over-70s are. That single fact upends most of what gets written about hot hatch premiums, and...
Industry News
The Chinese Ute Invasion: How BYD and Chery Are Reshaping the $60k Market
Ford and Toyota spent a decade treating the dual-cab crown as a two-horse race. That comfort is gone. A plug-in hybrid ute from a...
Industry News
The Death of the Manual Transmission: How Three New Laws Are Killing the Stick Shift in Australia
Not one regulation killed the manual transmission. Three landed in the same twelve months, and together they have made it mathematically irrational for mainstream...
Reviews
2026 Toyota GR86 Review: Can You Actually Daily Drive It?
Tick the manual and Toyota deletes your rear parking sensors. That is not a rumour, it is the specification, and it should decide this car for a lot of people. The...
Reviews
GWM Tank 500: The Budget LandCruiser 300 Alternative?
Park a GWM Tank 500 next to a LandCruiser 300 and squint. Same footprint, same seven seats, same slab-sided, ladder-frame, go-anywhere presence. Then look...
Reviews
BYD Atto 3 Long-Term Review: 2 Years On
Everyone warned you the battery would be the problem. Two years into the BYD Atto 3, the battery is the least of your worries....
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Ownership
The ‘Cheap’ Porsche 911: Should You Buy a Used 996?
The asking price on a 996 is not the entry price. That gap is the whole story, and it is where most first-time Porsche...
Ownership
Mk7 & Mk7.5 Golf GTI and R: The Ultimate Buying and Tuning Guide
There is a version of this car that costs $30,000, makes more power than a Mk6 R, and will still be worth something in...
Drives
The Royal National Park (Nasho) Driving Guide: Avoiding the Fines
The answer to the headline is unsatisfying and completely reliable: do 60. Lady Wakehurst Drive is a 60km/h zone, Sutherland Traffic and Highway Patrol...
Drives
Gillies Range Road QLD: 263 Corners in 19 Kilometres
Divide one into the other and the number stops being a fun fact. A corner every 72 metres. Hold a steady 60km/h and the...
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