Articles by Mike Ryan

This year's Shannons Custom & Collectable Auction, held in conjunction with Meguiar's MotorEx, has attracted a trio of desirable Holden Toranas, as well as an HK Monaro in "original" condition.

Sergio Pininfarina, the legendary Italian designer whose name is inseparable from Ferrari, died at his home in Turin on July 3rd.

The annual Festival of Creativity in the French city of Cannes is like the Oscars for the advertising industry. At this year's 59th International Festival, Volkswagen scooped a total of 23 prizes - more than any other automobile brand.

Taking the "life size" Hot Wheels adventure to new extremes, Team Hot Wheels drivers Greg Tracy and Tanner Foust set a Guinness World Record at the Los Angeles X Games on June 30 for successfully racing through a 60-foot (18.3 metre) double vertical loop.

With the focus of the world soon to turn to London, and the British Formula 1 Grand Prix coming up even sooner, Santander (sponsors of the McLaren F1 team), have released a fascinating proposal for a street race through the heart of the British capital.

At Bonhams' Goodwood Festival of Speed auction on June 29, a number of records were set, but the most impressive was undoubtedly the ex-Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin 'blower' Bentley racer that set a new record for a Bentley at auction of £5 million.

With the USA tipped to be joining the V8 Supercar calendar in 2013, Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom recently tested out a section of the 'Circuit of the Americas' track, and gave the soon-to-be-completed facility in Austin, Texas, the thumbs up.

In celebration of the Cortina's 50th Anniversary in 2012, the Cortina Mk1 Owners Club hosted hosted Australia's first ever 'Cortina Nationals' at Albury, NSW and surrounding districts over the Queen's Birthday long weekend.

The Queen's Birthday long weekend marked the first ever Cortina-only event to be held in Australia. In celebration of the Cortina's 50th Anniversary in 2012, the Cortina Mk1 Owners Club hosted the '1st Cortina Nationals' at Albury, NSW and surrounding districts.

World famous custom car builder John D'Agostino will make a special trip to Australia to cast judgement on our finest customised cars at Meguiar's MotorEx 12 on July 21-22.

Andrew Smith has been appointed Holden Design Director, effective 1 August, 2012. Smith has enjoyed a 20-year, international career with General Motors leading interior, exterior and advanced design, as well as global architecture development and concept car creation on three continents.

This year's RACV Motorclassica will feature over 120 historic cars for the third running of the internationally-recognised event. More than 200 entries have been received for the Australian International Concours d'Elegance, with cars vying for awards across more than a dozen classes, including the coveted Best in Show trophy.