Articles by Mike Ryan

Lexus Australia has confirmed the RC 350 coupe and RC F performance coupe will be heading down under, with local availability from late 2014 - early 2015.

Hennessey are performance upgrade gurus of long standing in their native USA. Earlier this year, they set a new Guinness World Record with their blisteringly quick Lotus-based Venom GT, but the Hennessey range stretches beyond these high-end supercars, with the Texas-based firm also producing upgrade packages to suit Audi, Bentley, Cadillac, BMW, Dodge, Ford, Jeep and even McLaren.

Fiat's Abarth performance arm has celebrated its 50th Anniversary with the launch of a special '50th Anniversary' edition of the 595 Abarth.

While adding more performance to your streeter always means adding dollars, it doesn't always mean adding a LOT of dollars. Case in point being the 2003 BA XR6 Turbo pictured, which owner Luis Sola has turned from a tired teacher's car into a 10-second strip weapon.

While not overly touted as one of the vehicles to watch at Shannons' recent Sydney Late Autumn Classic auction, a classic 'C1' Corvette still managed to steal the show when it eclipsed all other lots on offer to sell for $101,000.

VDO has introduced an extensive range of more than 130 high quality standard ignition leads to complement its range of ignition coils, instruments and electronic components.

Balance. It's what BMW's M3 has been praised for since it burst onto the scene back in the mid-1980s. Originally a heavily modified homologation variant of the small E30 two-door sedan built for Group A touring car racing, it grew into more street oriented models through the next two generations, though they still packed screaming naturally aspirated six-cylinder engines and beautifully balanced chassis.

Australia has proven to be one of the best markets for Toyota's 86 sports coupe, with local sport-car enthusiasts accounting for almost ten percent of total production, as well as being the third-best market globally.

Sure, Melbourne has held some epic car shows, but nothing like the highly-anticipated Meguiar's MotorEx Melbourne 2014, which will take over the Melbourne Showgrounds this coming July 19-20.

The hardcore 'Evolution' variant of Mitsubishi's humdrum Lancer is infamous for being one of Japan's mightiest turbo all-paw rally weapons. Along with Subaru's STi models, the Evos terrorised the World Rally Championship through the Group A and WRC eras, as well as redefining what people thought of as fast street cars - they effectively killed the notion of V8s being kings of the road.

Harrop Engineering Australia has released a larger, stronger Truetrac differential to suit the Holden VE/VF and HSV E-Series/Gen-F range.

Nico Tjen is famous, but not in a traditional sense. Most famous people couldn't walk down the street without being noticed, but for Nico he couldn't drive down the street without being recognised. And it's been this way for over 10 years now.