Today’s diesel engines are efficient and powerful. But can you offer what it needs? This is your definitive dummy’s guide to buying, owning and maintaining a new modern diesel…
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Internet experts will tell you there’s much nastier, toxic gases in car exhaust than carbon dioxide. But is that true? Here’s why the trolls in the comments section are both right and wrong…
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Head to head: EV versus the abomination we know and love in Australia as the V6 diesel ute, a CO2-belching dual-cab light-commercial. What is actually better on the carbon dioxide front? The facts might shock you…
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The Federal Court of Australia recently rammed an industrial strength decision up Toyota regarding its appeal over that nasty dodgy DPF business a few years ago and the company's misleading, deceptive conduct generally, at the time. So that's nice. But that’s only half the story…
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If you've been screwed over at your Toyota dealership long enough, due to that dodgy 2.8 DPF in your Hilux, Fortuna or Prado - rejoice. It's payback day.
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Toyota Australia is looking at a potential billion-dollar class action in Federal Court. All thanks to dishonesty and those poorly designed DPFs…
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It's easy sounding green than it is actually being green. Here's how the car industry does it, and how basic scientific literacy can help you spot it.
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The albatross around Volkswagen’s neck, which we know and love as ‘Dieselgate’, is certainly not flying away any time soon. Here’s the latest uplifting development…
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Does engine size actually matter? Time for a reality check, so brace for impact, you beard-stroking, scientifically illiterate sons and daughters of outback-conquering, bogans…
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Too much misinformation is being served up about how DPFs work and how they regenerate. It’s time to sort that out, here and now...
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How the hell can a defective EGR valve cause coolant loss? Surely the dealer is bullshitting you over that. But maybe not…
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It’s unsettling, but if your diesel particulate filter warning light comes on, don’t panic, keep calm. Here’s what you do…
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