The ACCC channels Faust, while VW’s lawyers train for the 100m ‘bend at the waist’ at the Tokyo Olympiad - metaphorically. Move over Cirque du Soleil...

Will our fine regulators here in Shitsville follow in the knee-jerking footsteps of the Eurostanis and ban diesels in our so-called cities? Let's find out if that might work

ANCAP (the crash testing dudes) have lost the plot, and it's time we said 'enough' to their mentally retarded safety ratings nonsense. Because they used to make sense

Dealing with a new car dealer: So much fun. Like taking a toothpick to a knife fight in a phone box. Let’s deconstruct a classic rip-off that happened just last week

Volkswagen has whipped up a shitstorm in Mexico, attempting to control the weather, using massive gas-fired, sonic shockwave cannons blasting at the sky every few seconds

Wouldn’t it be excellent if you could jump start your car using the energy trapped in a notionally ‘flat’ battery, or even a USB power bank? Let’s do that.

Official Bureau of Statistics research into the mix of vehicles on Australian roads has found Ford to be the biggest loser from 2013-2018. But, of course, Holden will fight back...

Just when you think all ze Cherman carmakers are good for is gassing a few monkeys, BMW has been found guilty of committing actual hi-tech R&D...

Wouldn’t it be impossibly excellent if you could jump start your car using the energy trapped in a notionally ‘flat’ battery? Now you can

It’s time for a chill pill - literally - the new twelve-34 refrigerant is not going to burn you to death in hellfire … or is it?

We crack the code of crashes, use that mad science to explain why stamping sheetmetal is black magic, and teach you how to become a Jedi master of nuts and bolts

This episode: The mad metallurgical voodoo of advanced high-strength steel. That’s right, brainiacs - strap on that propeller cap, and rack that slide rule: We’re goin’ in.

Put yourself in this position: you’re in the middle of an emergency stop and it becomes abundantly clear that there’s insufficient room to stop. You are either going to swerve or crash. What do you do next?

Can a re-badged Toyota Australia President stop Holden from sinking without a trace in the Great Southern Ocean, or is it already too late?

All automotive glass is a good rejector of UVB. Tempered glass typically rejects all UVB and about 20% of UVA - ie allows about 80% of UVA (more)…

Three cylinders: It almost doesn’t seem enough, and yet the BMW i8, and plenty of other cars, are motivated by three-cylinder power. What makes them tick?