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The Latest Racing Technology You Can Get in Your Own Garage

Driving a car but claiming you're "not a fan of motor sports" is like taking medicine and saying you're not a fan of doctors. Plenty of people are happy to do b...

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How to Use Your Tyres as an Energy Source

Krystle Richardson

Ever been a few beers deep at the pub and started wondering: "why don't they rig up gyms and playgrounds to generate electricity from all that movement?" Well, ...

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Would you like one of these? Bad luck. They just sold out.

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As if you needed another term to join the ranks of supercar and race car, you now need to keep an eye out for the ‘hypercar’. What the heck is a hypercar? That’...

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The Futuristic Way You Can Test Out Porsche’s Latest Car

Krystle Richardson

1963 was a momentous year. Its chunk of the space-time continuum housed JFK's assassination, Martin Luther King Jr's famous 'I have a dream' speech and the comm...

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Polaris: From Deep-Snow Adventure to Farmland Favourites

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At the recent Toowoomba FarmFest event, Machines4u caught up with Anthony from Polaris Industries Australia and were lucky enough to be shown around the firm’s ...

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Audi’s Latest Invention (It’s Not What You Think)

Krystle Richardson

Through the (not so) subtle art of Hollywood product placement, Audi has firmly established itself as the car of choice for militants and gangsters. Re-watch Hi...

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The Insane 3000hp World of Helicopter-Propelled Jetboats

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Machines4u quiz time! Question: What’s cooler than a jetboat? Answer: If you responded with ‘helicopter’ you’d be correct. If you answered ‘helicopter-propell...

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When Old is New Again (and Cooler than your Land Rover): Legacy Power Wagon

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What’s better than owning a new truck? Taking home a re-vamped, revved-up, kitted-out OLD car with a certain 1940s charm which is impossible to replicate in mod...

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Why Don’t We Get the Best Electric Cars in Australia?

Krystle Richardson

The picture above features one of around 400 types of electric car that exist in the world but not in Australia. While we do have a few models available to us, ...

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This Aussie Made Car is Worth $1 Million. Can You Guess the Model?

Krystle Richardson

Here's a quote from The Castle to help you narrow it down: Darryl: Ay Steve could you move the Camira? I need to get the Torana out so I can get to the Commo...

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Getting Revved Again About QLD Motorsports

Matt Cumming

Whether it's throbbing motors, squealing tyres or girls wearing a barely-legal stretch of lycra that gets your heart racing, you'll be happy to hear that the fu...

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New Future-Car Taunts Tesla with Seriously ‘Electric’ Competition

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Electric cars have had an image makeover in recent years, thanks to the likes of Tesla and its contemporaries. No longer monopolised by cumbersome, overpriced, ...

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Construction

Komatsu Vs Kobelco Excavators

Equipment Focus: MultiOne 5.3 Mini Loader

Australia’s Top 10 Excavator Brands

Farming

Case IH Combine Takes Award For Best Retained Value Once Again

Track Tractors Vs Tyre Tractors

John Deere Vs Case IH Tractors

Metal

Yawei HLE fiber laser improves quality and reduces lead times at Ace Wire Works

How Longevity and Upgrades is Saving Laser Customers Money

From the beam source to the cutting head – The New complete ‘All-In-Light’ package from Precitec

Mining

Equipment Focus: Komatsu Mining Dump Truck HD785-7

A Look At The Liebherr Monster Mining Trucks

Hastings Deering Raising the bar for Dig Day 2017

Wood

How an Out of Work Mechanic Became a Woodworking Master

Take Your Woodworking to the Next Level With These 5 Expert Tips

Expert Advice on Getting Wood in the Wild

Local Lads Making World-Class Custom Classics

Hyperspeed Transport for the Cost of a Bus Ticket

The Cars of the Future Want to be Your Friend (Because that’s not Creepy at All)

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The Latest Racing Technology You Can Get in Your Own Garage

How to Use Your Tyres as an Energy Source

Would you like one of these? Bad luck. They just sold out.

The Futuristic Way You Can Test Out Porsche’s Latest Car

Polaris: From Deep-Snow Adventure to Farmland Favourites

Audi’s Latest Invention (It’s Not What You Think)

The Insane 3000hp World of Helicopter-Propelled Jetboats

When Old is New Again (and Cooler than your Land Rover): Legacy Power Wagon

Why Don’t We Get the Best Electric Cars in Australia?

This Aussie Made Car is Worth $1 Million. Can You Guess the Model?

Getting Revved Again About QLD Motorsports

New Future-Car Taunts Tesla with Seriously ‘Electric’ Competition