Articles by Mike Ryan

In its 70th Anniversary year, Lotus has built its 100,000th car.

One of the best-known racing liveries of all time – Gulf Oil’s orange and blue – is set for an official revival, with Ford confirming that their GT supercar will be offered in the iconic colour scheme for 2019. Labelled as the ‘Ford GT Heritage Edition’, the 2019 limited-edition was released in August to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Ford winning the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans with a GT40 wearing Gulf Oil livery. The same car, chassis #1075, also won at Le Mans in 1969.

Aston Martin to build 28 replicas of the ‘Goldfinger’ DB5. Shortly after a genuine Aston Martin DB5 used in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye sold for more than AU$3.4 million at auction, Aston Martin announced they’ll make every boy’s fantasy a reality by building a limited run of authentic replicas of the DB5 coupe from 1964’s Goldfinger – complete with Bond gadgets!

Key changes to just about everything, including a more-power 5.0L V8 and a genius 10-speed automatic make this more than just a refreshed Mustang.

UK specialists take a classic E-Type Jag and give it a new millennium makeover.

Carrera 4-based, GT3-powered Porsche concept a strong possibility to reach production. As their 70th Anniversary celebrations roll on, Porsche has unveiled a speedster version of the current- (ie. 991.2) generation 911.

911S from Scandinavian crime drama sells for more than four times its estimate.

One of three special edition models released in August, Nissan’s ‘N-Sport’ version of the 370Z adds a distinctive cosmetic package to the sports coupe. The Nissan N-SPORT series has been popular with buyers in the past, so we have listened to a market that wants more and offered N-Sport editions on a wider range of Nissan nameplates,” said Nissan Australia managing director, Stephen Lester.

One-off Mustang pays tribute to American volunteers in the RAF during World War II. Each July, thousands of aircraft and hundreds of thousands of aviation enthusiasts from the US and around the world descend on Oshkosh in Wisconsin for the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) AirVenture air show.

The new ZB Commodore represents a lot of firsts. It’s the first imported Commodore, the first front-wheel-drive Commodore and the first to offer all-wheel-drive as well. And, controversially, the first Commodore that doesn’t pander to the Holden faithful.

This Batmobile replica was so good, it was purchased by the creator of the original.

From the first year of production, this 1964 Plymouth Barracuda was also one of the first to come to Australia. The Plymouth Barracuda remains one of the great “What Ifs” of the automotive world. As has been well documented, it was created along similar lines to Ford’s Mustang and actually came to market earlier, but was absolutely swamped by that model in the marketplace.