Articles by Mike Ryan

With no local car manufacturing to support after 2017, the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) are calling for an immediate end to vehicle tariffs.

At this year's Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix, an all-new format will be trialled for the V8 Supercar support races.

Following yesterday's announcement from Toyota Australia that they will close their Australian manufacturing operations at the end of 2017, the Executive Director of the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC), David Purchase, has issued the following statement.

Toyota Australia has announced today, February 10, that it will join Ford and General Motors-Holden in closing their local manufacturing operations. Toyota will stop building cars at their Altona plant by the end of 2017 and become a national sales and distribution company.

The 2014 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour saw the once-around-the-clock enduro at Mt. Panorama record one of its closest finishes ever, with the Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia taking victory by less than half a second.

One of the world's most famous and valuable racing 911s - the 1974 Carrera RSR 3.0 litre coupe in which CanAm champion Mark Donohue scored his final race win just months before his death in early 1975 - will compete at this year's 25th Anniversary Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motor Sport.

A "car" that drew more than its fair share of attention at RM Auctions' recent Paris Sale was this Lamborghini Countach sculpture by Benedict Radcliffe.

This year's 25th Anniversary Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motor Sport, from March 7-9, promises more racing, and easier access for fans travelling to the event.

A French car with an interesting, and potentially record-setting, Australian history was one of the rarer and more intriguing lots from RM Auctions' recent Paris Sale.

A car significant to one of Australian motorsport's most famous names sold at the RM Auctions Paris sale on February 5, setting a new price record in the process.

Ferrari has reported that one of their classic race machines has recently sold in Europe for a new record price.

A car that's a self-contained "partymobile" is set to be auctioned by Shannons on February 17 at their 'Melbourne Late Summer Auction'.