Articles by Mike Ryan

Ferrari has unveiled the evolution of its extreme, non-road going sport car, the 599XX. The reveal took place in Italy at the Bologna Motor Show, a venue appropriately dedicated to performance cars and motorsport.

Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) has announced upgrades to standard specs across its entire existing range.

Russell Christophers, Ford Australia Product Development Director and E8 Vehicle Line Director, has announced that December will be his last month on the job, with his retirement beginning on January 1st, 2012, almost 39 years after he began with the Ford Motor Company.

The Dodge Dart is back! Reborn in a new guise over half a century after the launch of its namesake, the new four-door sedan blends Alfa Romeo DNA with renowned Dodge performance, signalling the marque's re-entry into the US compact sedan segment.

The name Austin had been proudly worn on cars in Australia since 1906, not long after Herbert Austin severed his ties with the Wolseley Manufacturing Company and set out on his own.

Claimed as the world's fastest police car, a retuned Audi R8 GT-R has been unveiled by German authorities at the Essen Motor Show.

After being in private hands for over four decades and largely forgotten, the factory Austin-Healey 100 Special that was part of the infamous 1955 Le Mans 24 Hour race was one of the premier offerings from Bonhams' 'December Sale' auction event, held at Mercedes-Benz World in Surrey, UK.

In November 2010, two blokes took part in a very special event - a tour around rural and regional Queensland to raise awareness about prostate cancer and men's health. What made the tour special was the fact that the blokes behind it, Lang Kidby and Carl Neilsen, chose to do it in a 1915 Willys-Overland van.

One of the highlights for kids of all ages at this year's SEMA show in the US was the unveiling of a life-size Hot Wheels Chevy Camaro concept, inspired by the "Custom Camaro" - a dazzling Spectraflame 1:64-scale toy that was part of the original 16 Hot Wheels cars released in 1968.

The 42nd Tokyo Motor Show opens to the public this Saturday, December 3. Ahead of the event, two radio stations, TOKYO FM and J-WAVE, have been touring the Tokyo region in a pair of Mimi (ear) cars to get feedback from Tokyo locals to the question of "What car will change the world?"

In the early 1990s, it's fair to say the Subaru range wasn't really 'exciting'. The arrival of the Impreza WRX changed all that. One of the great cars of the 1990s, the WRX started off as a potent but fairly humble car. While four wheel drive and a relatively light body was common across the Impreza range, what set the WRX apart was its 2.0-litre turbocharged engine. This lifted the model into a new stratosphere - and created a performance car icon.

Debuting at the Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru's BRZ rear-wheel drive sports car is turning a lot of heads.