Articles by Mike Ryan

Two grand 1920s touring vehicles with great Australian histories will be going under the hammer at Shannons Sydney Spring Auction on Monday, November 9, 2015.

To mark fifty years since his passing, Lex Davison will be one of several drivers honoured at the 2015 Historic Sandown, to be held next month (November 7-8).

A pair of Classic 'XK' Jaguars - a superb 1965 Series I, 4.2-litre E-type coupe and a 'no reserve' 1955 Jaguar XK140 Fixed Head coupe - will take pride of place in Shannons Sydney Spring Auction on November 9, 2015.

Nissan Motorsport drivers Rick and Todd Kelly, along with co-driver David Russell, are going retro for their annual 'themed' Bathurst 1000 road trip, with the team pressing into service a neoclassic Nissan Figaro for the 800km journey to Mount Panorama.

With the focus on 'big banger' sports cars, this year's 24th Historic Sandown meeting on November 7-8 will pay tribute to the great Australian driver and constructor, Frank Matich.

Following Peru's decision to withdraw from the 2016 Dakar, the event organisers today announced a new route and schedule for next year's event, which will encompass Bolivia and more sections in Argentina.

Abarth's 695 Biposto, "the world's smallest supercar", has touched-down in Australia, offering a road-legal version of the Abarth Asseto Corse car.

BMW has set a course for the future in GT racing with the presentation of the newly-developed BMW M6 GT3 at this year's 66th IAA Cars (Frankfurt Motor Show) in Germany. The racing version of the BMW M6 Coupe will be in action in 2016.

The start of September saw Ford commence production of the first RHD units of the new Mustang destined for Australia.

Big Banger' sportscars from the 1960s and the fire-breathing Formula 5000s will return to the racetrack in 2015, as part of 'Return of the Thunder' at Historic Sandown on November 7-8.

Maserati's one-of-a-kind 'Boomerang' showcar from 1972 became a motor show veteran only a couple of years after its launch. More recently, it's become a concours veteran, too. At Bonhams Chantilly sale in France on 5 September, the striking wedge-shaped Maserati that inspired the look of the Lotus Esprit crossed the auction block for the third time in 13 years.

More than 18 months after a sinkhole opened up in the 'skydome' section of the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky, USA, that section of the museum has been repaired and re-opened.