Aside from reviewing new cars (which were graded by awarding "steering wheels"), Trafikmagasinet featured news, educational content, and consumer reports.
The type of road tests first introduced in Trafikmagasinet became very popular and used by motor journalists in several countries.
[citation needed] Beside the TV-audience, journalists and car industry looked upon Trafikmagasinet with high confidence.
[citation needed] An important event in the show's history was when a Škoda failed miserably in a road test, flipping over while turning in 30 km/h.
History repeated itself in 1997, when Trafikmagasinet together with the car magazine Teknikens Värld overturned the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class during testing.