Wheels magazine highlights the true cost of bad incentives in the automotive media landscape, with Car of the Year 2021. This is what happens when you repeatedly kick your audience under the bus…
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JD Power: That perpetual thorn in the side of miscreant carmakers, releases its 2021 Vehicle Dependability Study. Usual suspects at each end of the field…
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Steep driveways and reversing a trailer: Will you kill the new eight-speed dual clutch transmission in the new Santa Fe and Sorento diesel AWD models?
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Extreme Santa Fe clutch-slipping, heat loading reverse torture test for Hyundai’s new eight-speed dual clutch transmission, in the driveway from hell.
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New Defender: damn sexy and lemon of the year 2020 contender. Plus: Land Rover Australia with a grubby attack on the freedom of speech...
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The car industry continues bending you over and telling you (with a straight face) how fixed pricing is a real benefit for you, the consumer.
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Ford named its Toyota Kluger competitor the Endura. Now, the non-enduring Endura has been boned in Australia, less than two years after its release. This just satirises itself.
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In a parallel universe there’s a Defender designed by Land Rover but engineered and sold by Toyota - and it is the perfect off-roader. Also, I have a confession to make…
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Still uncertain about which octane fuel is right for your car? Think you’re benefiting by tipping in premium? Do you even know what octane ratings mean? Warning: facts are imminent.
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Dud brands have a way of pulling you in, grabbing your attention and not letting go. Don’t be the lab rat in their mad car ownership risk experiment.
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Why is the car industry so emphatically, notoriously crap at customer care? These things are expensive, so in a sane universe you’d expect car brands to be above average looking after you. But they’re not…
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Depreciation is such an insidious, covert car-ownership cost. Here are some tips for kicking depreciation’s arse now and in the future…
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New Kia Sorento has just been released with 500kg less towing capacity than originally teased. It’s the WonderBra tow capacity reveal of 2020. Let’s unclasp this conundrum and uncover what went wrong...
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If you don't get your car serviced at the authorised dealer, you might lose your 'free' roadside assistance. Even if you got it serviced on time by an authorised mechanic.
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There are four common transmission types out there, on the road and waiting in the showroom. Without knowing yours, you could easily break something or be abusing it.
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Should you pay the extra money to buy Mazda’s new SkyActiv-X mild hybrid tech? If you’re shopping for a Mazda 3 or CX-30 and are considering this new engine, here’s what you need to know…
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Left-foot braking: how not to do it, and what to do when it all goes totally ‘Skynet’ down there. I hate when that happens…
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