Articles by Mike Ryan

This June, General Motors Design Center staff started restoration of the historic 1 millionth production Chevrolet Corvette that was damaged in last year's sinkhole collapse at the National Corvette Museum (NCM) in the USA.

Mazda will celebrate its motorsport heritage as Central Feature Marque at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Targa Australia has announced a new addition to the growing tarmac rally calendar in the form of 'Targa Experience Mt. Buller'.

Australia's largest charity motoring adventure, the 2015 Variety Dick Smith Bash, will see a convoy of zany vintage vehicles take on dirt roads and striking seaside routes over 4,598kms this coming August 2 - 11.

Erik Carlsson, the man who was a larger-than-life figure in 1960s rallying, and arguably put Saab on the map, passed away on May 27. He was 86 years old.

A panel of expert judges at this year's Concorso d'Eleganza Villa D'Este in Italy have presented Bentley's EXP 10 Speed 6 with the 'Design Award for Concept Cars & Prototypes', following its appearance at the world-renowned classic and vintage car show in May.

Ahead of its local launch later this year, Ford Australia has announced that all units of the sixth generation Ford Mustang delivered here will come with the 'Performance Pack' as standard.

It's still months away from officially arriving in Australia, but Ford Australia are reporting that there are already more than 2,000 deposits paid on the sixth-generation pony car, which will be officially imported - in right hand drive - to Australia for the first time.

On May 21, the State Motorcycle Sports Complex in Broadford, Victoria, hosted the official launch of the Rallycross Australia series, which will see rallycross competition return to Australia later this year.

For its sixth consecutive year, the Motorclassica concours will again welcome internationally-significant collectable vehicles, but the theme for this year's event will be '50 Years of Supercars'.

The Audi Sport TT Cup, a one-make racing series combining rookie drivers with experienced professionals and special guest drivers, kicked off earlier this month in Germany, with an 18-year-old winning the opening hitout of the six-round series.

The juggernaut that is Volkswagen Transporter (aka Kombi or Microbus) sales continues to roll on, with an RHD '21 window' Samba Microbus selling for $126,000 at a Shannons auction in Sydney earlier this week.