Articles by Mike Ryan

With the opening race of the FIA Formula E Championship for electric-powered race cars little more than two months away, Renault has announced an expansion of their involvement in the series.

From the mid-1950s until (roughly) 1970 the pursuit of horsepower and automotive escapism captivated America. Known broadly as the "muscle car era", this term ignores the fact that Mustangs, 'Cudas, Camaros, Javelins and their ilk aren't actually muscle cars -they're 'pony cars'.

Nissan chose last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed event in the UK to unveil a concept car they describe as "a new design vision for gamers who traded their consoles for real cars".

Powerful, compact and convenient, the PowerAll not only keeps your smart phone or tablet battery charged, but also acts as a flashlight, as well as having the power to jump start your car.

A decision has been made on what to do about the sinkhole that opened up under the Skydome section of the National Corvette Museum (NCM) in Kentucky, but the fate of the cars damaged in the February 12 event is still far certain.

Australia's premier automotive exhibition, Motorclassica, has been confirmed for 2014, with this year's fifth annual running of the event to take place at Melbourne's historic Royal Exhibition Building for 24-26 October 2014.

In the 60th Anniversary year of the iconic D-Type, Jaguar has confirmed they will produce a limited number of production versions of the 'Project 7' concept revealed last year in honour of Jaguar's seven wins at the Le Mans 24 Hour race.

Originally built to thunder around super-speedways at 200mph, not all 1970 Plymouth Superbirds wound up bangin' fenders on NASCAR's high-banked ovals.

A rust inhibitor and penetrant that's been the first choice of classic car enthusiasts and restorers in the UK, Ankor Wax is now available in Australia, through Busnbug.

Like a fine wine, 1960s performance cars seem to only get better with age and Andrew Conway's immaculate 1969 SS 396 Camaro is proof.

To mark the 30th Anniversary of the Variety Bash, six State and Territory Bashes will hit the roads across the country consecutively this August with the colourful convoys converging for a spectacular grand parade in Sydney.

On the weekend of July 19-20, Meguiar's MotorEx Melbourne will be the epicentre of Aussie horsepower! The groundswell of prominent performance businesses that have stepped up to take a stand in the show's massive Liqui-Moly Performance Garage is proof positive of that.