Cars
Opinion
Opinion
These SUV bro-blingers look prepped for the apocalypse. Shame they never leave the suburbs
Forget about treading lightly, or escalating environmental concerns, 4WD-ers are following the current Ford exhortation to “go big”.
- by Marish Mackowiak
Latest
How drivers can save hundreds of dollars a year at the petrol pump
A motorist buying 50 litres of regular unleaded petrol a week last year could have saved hundreds of dollars by putting in place certain strategies.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Opinion
I bought the unsexiest car in Australia, and I love it
My family was appalled when this dumpy little darling, with all the charm of an upturned bathtub, pulled into our driveway.
- by Marish Mackowiak
Opinion
Electric vehicles
Why Australia should never be overrun by Musk trucks
The allure of the Cybertruck’s design must not overshadow the real risks it poses.
- by Jacob Elmasry
Inside Melbourne engineer’s plans to bring car production back
Richard Mazeika doesn’t plan to produce SUVs or sedans. Instead, he’s hoping to capitalise on an untapped market for electric race cars.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Hopes of Sydney toll network deal by Christmas come with warning
Transurban and the NSW government have started complex negotiations that will have major consequences for the tolls Sydney motorists pay.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
The other national road toll: Cars kill 10 million native animals each year
Can cars that make barking noises, flashing lights and sirens and AI-assisted road signs help reduce roadkill?
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘It’s not an inner-city thing’: Bowen reveals the suburbs leading the charge to EVs
Nearly one in 10 cars sold in Australia in the 12 months to the end of April was an electric vehicle. But Australia still has a long way to go to catch up to the global market.
- by Mike Foley
Exclusive
Road safety
Old airstrip and a few sheep paddocks could help shrink Australia’s road toll
Big trucks will barrel down a former runway at up to 100km/h under a $30 million plan to improve road safety.
- by Catherine Naylor
Perspective
Sharing economy
The unexpected ways car sharing could revolutionise Brisbane
Browse the comments section on any infrastructure or transport story and you’ll quickly get a sense that if you come for cars, the people of Brisbane will come for you.
- by Courtney Kruk