Missy Cummings - one of the US Navy’s first-ever female fighter pilots, who’s an engineering professor at Duke University, rained all over the car industry’s robot car parade, at a recent US Senate Commerce Committee hearing.

Here’s a thing of beauty and a joy to behold. If you’ve always wanted a Bugatti Veyron but had a problem with the million-dollar-plus pricetag, eBay has the answer for you … as long as you don’t mind cutting a few corners. 

You’re parked on the filling station forecourt: You want cheap fuel. Which petrol is really cheapest? Which one drives your dollar further? Let’s see.

GM Holden, Ford and Audi took podium positions on the local lemon cars list, according to Choice - which is like Consumer Reports in the USA, only with anorexia. About two thirds of these vehicles have problems in the first five years - Holden worst, then Ford and Audi - and about one in seven overall of those problems were major.

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The heat in a closed car can be fatal for your pet - in minutes. Here's what you need to know this summer.

HSV's recent GTS-R speculation made ninety-nine out of 100 motoring journalists wet themselves spontaneously … but it’s really a joke on bogans

if you grease nuts/bolts it can increase the torque by 20% I don't know if the mfg figures given are for greased or not

Forced induction is set to get even more popular, and hybrid turbochargers could be tomorrow’s new black

Fed up with poor car company customer service? These people - and many more - have launched hugely effective anti-marketing campaigns online...

I want Volkswagen to fix this issue or provide some serious support in trading the car. I am also considering suing them if there is a reasonable chance that this would produce a useful outcome. Advice?

I got my vehicle serviced by Jeep and noticed they scratched the one of the wheels. When I brought this up, they said the damage was already there. How should I approach this?

Hyundai Tucson's recent four-star safety score is, in a sense a bad look for ANCAP, the privately owned but publicly funded Australasian New Car Assessment Program. Take a look why...

How car industry spin doctors deploy weapons-grade bullshit on consumers, at considerable expense, over allegedly counterfeit alloy wheels...

Find out the real reason why too many car dealerships will refuse your legitimate warranty claims - and then you can smash them into submission

If you're in the market for a new car, here's why you absolutely should not trust a car of the year award. Not even as far as Mr Puniverse could throw it.

Are Subaru EyeSight windscreens more vulnerable to damage? 

Did Volkswagen just prove diesel is fundamentally dirty?

Consumer Reports surveyed almost three quarters of a million new car owners to find the least reliable cars. Here they are (at least the Aussie-applicable ones).

Let’s cut through all the BS surrounding octane rating, and figure out the cheapest fuel for your car. Many car owners simply don't need premium.