Articles by Mike Ryan

At this year's Winton Festival of Speed, there'll be a treat for fans of the early days of V8 Supercars in the form of Dick Johnson's EF/EL Falcon.

Shannons Classic and Vintage car display at this August's EKKA in Brisbane will feature a striking Ford Model T with a difference.

While it paled in comparison to the AU$32.5 million achieved by the ex-Fangio Mercedes-Benz W196, the ex-Briggs Cunningham 1955 Maserati 300S set its own record at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction, selling for _4,033,500 (AU$6,668,946).

It was tipped as the hot item ahead of Bonhams' annual Goodwood festival of Speed sale, at the 'Fangio' Mercedes-Benz F1 racer didn't disappoint, topping the auction sales and setting a new record in the process.

Already the largest historic motorsport event in the world, this weekend's annual Goodwood Festival of Speed is significant in that it's the 20th running of the event. In its anniversary year, Goodwood will be hosting a "Best Of" showcase of past highlights, for which Audi is shipping over the 1936 Auto Union Type C racing car.

Jaguar have chosen the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed retro car event to unveil a similarly retro one-off custom - the 'Project 7'.

Subaru has launched a sports pack upgrade for their 'BRZ' twin to Toyota's 86 performance coupe, turning the model into the 'BRZ S'.

The second-oldest Holden in existence is set to be a marquee feature of this year's Motorclassica auction, conducted by Theodore Bruce, on October 26.

Shannons Melbourne Winter Classic Auction on July 1 saw a mixed bag of vehicles, with an equally mixed range of results.

Holden's brand new VF SS V Redline utility has proven itself against the traditional 'test' of any car - Germany's Nurburgring race circuit, setting what the company claim is a new world record.

For the past five years at the EAA 'AirVenture' Air Show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Ford Motor Company has presented a one-off Mustang with an aviation-inspired treatment. Last year, the African American 'Tuskegee Airmen' were honoured, while the US Navy's Blue Angels, Lockheed's SR-71 'Blackbird,' and the high-tech F-22 'Raptor' fighter have served as inspiration for past creations. This year, it'll be the turn of the US Air Force's 'Thunderbirds' display team, who celebrate their 60th Anniversary in 2013.

Multiple World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb set a new benchmark at the 'Race to the Sky' Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on the weekend.