Articles by Mike Ryan

Everyone loves the 'Eleanor' fastback Mustang from Gone in 60 Seconds, it seems. But some love it more than others, including one enthusiast who paid US$1 million for one of the vehicles built for the movie at a recent US auction.

Renault have celebrated their successful collaboration with Red Bull Racing with the release of a second special edition Megane - the Megane R.S. Red Bull Racing RB8.

Seventy five years after making its debut in the Mille Miglia road race, BMW's 328 was back at the classic Italian endurance event, with no less than nine vehicles taking part.

Good condition Shelby Mustangs have sold well at auction for close to a decade now, regularly achieving six figure totals. However, the recent sale of a one-off Shelby GT500 sent the Mustang sales benchmark into the stratosphere!

In Aston Martin's centenary year, interest in the British marque has never been greater, and this may go some way to explaining the world record price for an Aston Martin recently achieved at auction.

In its centenary year, Aston Martin has unveiled a new concept car inspired by its racing past that also hints at future design directions for the performance car manufacturer.

If you think you've got the perfect Ford, Vic Roads, the Victorian state road authority, now has the perfect accompaniment - Ford-badged registration plates!

HSV announced today the official name for their upcoming VF Commodore-based vehicles will be dubbed the 'GEN-F' when the range goes on sale later this year.

Volkswagen uses their annual gathering at Worthersee in Austria to 'road test' new ideas and concepts to VW aficionados. This year, alongside a performance-based Golf GTi cabriolet, and radically altered Audi TT, Volkswagen also unveiled a race-oriented version of the Amarok ute - the Amarok 'R-Style' concept.

With the release of the sixth instalment of the fan-favourite Fast & Furious franchise just around the corner, Chrysler have announced their partnership with Universal Pictures ahead of the Anerican release of 'Fast & Furious 6' on May 24 (Australia has to wait until June 6).

In December, 2011, a new world record for an Austin-Healey sold at auction was set when an ex-Works 1953-55 Austin-Healey 'Special Test Car' sold for $1.28 million (_843,000) at Bonhams December Sale.

At Shannons' Sydney Autumn Classic Sale on May 6, a pair of Mercedes-Benz SL roadsters were the star lots amongst a field of European, Australian and American classics.