My recent smackdown of the Tesla Semi long-haul truck was hated by zealots and fanboys alike. But did I miss something? Did the Teslarati finally pin me down with the facts? Let’s see…

Late, ugly and shrouded in unknowns. Little is official about the Tesla Semi truck, but Electric Jesus won’t let the facts get in the way of a good publicity stunt. Here’s why the numbers on Elon Musk’s overhyped long-haul laughing stock literally don’t add up…

Let’s fantasise together about a space-efficient, single post vehicle hoist - except it’s real. With this non-sponsored report, you can dream, and maybe even start thinking of how to justify the expenditure for your home DIY workshop or garage…

Volkswagen PR is the gift that just keeps on giving. It’s time to laugh at some of the funniest recent company branding fails, including one big automotive PR stuff-up of recent times... Can you guess which brand it is and what they did?

Big bad Benz wants to hold the performance of your new car for ransom behind a paywall subscription model. You'd better pay up and await further instructions. And don't think about calling the FBI. This is a hostage negotiation…

Australia's extreme beard stroking and 4WD modification porn problem is getting out of hand. Let’s do a technical deep-dive into the operation of modern turbocharged diesel engines in order to prevent self-inflicted injuries to your wallet and…down there.

On the fence because the cost of EV ownership has been a barrier? With your ordinary salary, new legislation means that electric vehicle might finally be affordable. Here’s the recipe for Australia's cheapest EV omelette...

Nissan’s 7-seat SUV has been launched. Nissan Australia claims this one is much better than the R52 predecessor. If you're shopping for a full-size family SUV, press pause and think about the issues I'm gonna raise…

Is your car making that distinct sound? If your pride and joy is knocking, pinging or detonating, let us deal with the physics and practicalities of this problem, in case it ever happens to you…down there.

Believe it or not, sometimes it is possible for an ordinary consumer like you to have the conviction and resolve to get a great deal on a new car, simply by putting the dealer under pressure…

If you thought caravanning couldn’t get any worse, imagine spending close to six figures and being stuck with an irreparable lemon. Here’s how one unlucky grey nomad couple beat the caravan industry.

This report comes courtesy of the Queensland Consumer Tribunal and it's particularly for you if your reasonably new car just happens to be a lemon. When you drop the big bucks on a new vehicle, this is not how it's supposed to go...

Doubtless you've heard all of the uninformed or misleading hype about electric vehicles. Could you be walking into a financial trap buying a combustion car? Let's talk about future-proofing your next new vehicle purchase…

Brand new limited edition Land Rover Defender watch is kinda from Russia with love, apparently, and in a sense is therefore the anatomy of a ridiculous hilarious scientifically-illiterate marketing own-goal…

If you think buying an EV is going to save you money and the planet, then you've been properly tricked by extremely well-funded vested interests both here in Australia and overseas. They want to keep exploiting hydrocarbon resources while you look the other way…

Safety ratings agency ANCAP has just had a website makeover. But, unwittingly perhaps, they may have created the next safety related new car buying disaster which you need to know about...

The beer garden physics you need to know about off-road, high-tensile drag chain. If you use this in four-wheel drive recovery, is it likely to break, recoil and kill someone?

Dear Electric Vehicle Council, the real world is filing for divorce. How else do you explain this? Here's why getting one million EVs on Australian roads by 2027 is unfeasible bullshit...

Multiple choice question, without warning: hotter, colder, slower, faster - which one of those is true about how the fuel burns if you tip high octane fuel into your car?

Toyota is now giving just one smart key to each of its customers, on 14 different models. But hey, it's not their fault. Thank God for the pandemic, which has become the #1 corporate incompetence justifying excuse...