Know your car.
Find your people.
Motrs is a free encyclopaedia and community for classic and enthusiast car owners in Australia. Buying guides, workshop tips, clubs, events, and honest conversation. Built by people who actually turn spanners.
Everything in one place.
Finally organised.
What to look for. What to avoid.
Model-specific guides with Australian pricing, common traps, inspection checklists, and honest opinions on which variants are worth your money.
350 documented issues. Searchable.
Filter by symptom, system, or car. Each issue includes what causes it, how to fix it, what didn't work, and what it'll cost you in parts and time.
Tips, questions, real answers.
Community knowledge board where owners share what they've learned. Upvote the good stuff. Ask your own. Tagged by make and model so you find what's relevant.
Every club. One directory.
Find your local club by make and state. Meeting times, contacts, member counts. Everything you need to show up. Committees can claim and manage their page.
What's on. Where. When.
Cruise nights, concours, tech days, and swap meets from clubs across Australia. Filter by state, submit your own. One calendar, every make.
Real cars. Real owners.
Member builds, restorations, and daily drivers alongside curated automotive news. Share your car's story. No account needed.
Community knowledge.
Before it disappears.
Forums are disappearing
Decades of knowledge from enthusiast communities is vanishing as forums shut down, hosts expire, and databases go offline. We think that matters.
We research everything
Factory workshop manuals, safety recalls, parts catalogues, and the collective experience of owners who've been there. When sources disagree, we note both sides.
Write it for humans
Every guide is original, opinionated content. Prices in AUD. Parts from Repco and local wreckers. Written from an Australian, right-hand-drive perspective.
Keep it honest
We tell you what to avoid, not just what to buy. If the auto is rubbish, we'll say so. If a fix didn't work, that's documented too.
Your club. More visible.
Zero effort from you.
New members find you.
Someone searches "Volvo 240 buying guide", lands on Motrs, and discovers there's an active club in their state. Your club gets found because the content brings people in.
We build it. You claim it.
Every club gets a page with your meeting details, events, and member activity. Committee members can claim the page and keep it current. No website builders. No hosting fees.
Post once. Reach everyone.
Your cruise night or tech day shows up on the national events feed, your club page, and the car make page. Interstate enthusiasts find you because they're already browsing.
Part of something bigger.
Your club sits alongside every other enthusiast club in Australia. Members cross-discover. Events get shared. The community grows, and your club is at the centre of it.
We're just getting started.
Here's where this goes.
More cars. More depth.
11 makes live with 350+ guides. Adding depth to every model and expanding the workshop with more documented fixes and common problems.
Club tools.
Membership management, event RSVPs, and historic vehicle registration tracking for committees. Run your club without spreadsheets.
NZ and UK.
Same encyclopaedia, local communities. motrs.co.nz and motrs.co.uk with their own clubs, events, and regional content.
Built for car people.
Come as you are.
You own a car you care about
Read the guides, share a tip in Talk, submit your build story, or just browse. Most of the site works without an account.
You run a club
Your club probably already has a page here. Claim it, keep your events current, and let the network bring you members. Free. No catch.
Claim your club page