Articles by Mike Ryan

Ford Australia has opened an historic archive centre to preserve and chronicle more than eight decades of Ford automotive history in Australia.

Launching the Summernats Chrome Jubilee, a street parade of 200 of Australia's best street machines will take to the streets of Canberra on January 5th.

Speed records continue to fall around the world with a Skoda claiming the title of fastest production car in the world. At 365 kilometres per hour, the Octavia vRS Speed records continue to fall around the world with a Skoda claiming the title of fastest production car in the world.

Mercedes Benz has announced the imminent launch of its brand new SL Roadster, featuring all-aluminium bodyshell, groundbreaking FrontBass acoustics and the innovative 'Magic Vision Control' windscreen cleaning system.

First deliveries of new Audi R8 LMS Ultra are slated for March 2012. The next generation customer sport race car embodies further technical development to ensure it outperforms its successful predecessor, the R8 LMS GT3 sports car.

With less than 100 days to go until the start of Rally Calder, the Bosch Australian Rally Championship is gearing up for historic change and a bold new course.

Lamborghini's spectacular Aventador LP 700-4 makes its Brazilian debut and the luxury marque extends its reach further across the globe.

Lamborghini have revealed what is billed as the most extreme Gallardo ever: the Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale. The new top of the range model is based on Lamborghini's most successful racecar and its exclusivity is assured with just 150 numbered units to be built.

A rare piece of movie history is coming up for auction in the US this December in the form of a genuine DeLorean from the 'Back to the Future' trilogy. Profiles in History, a dealer in rare manuscripts, autographs and other documents, will auction the DeLorean, along with a number of other related items, at a three-day auction from December 15 - 17.

Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek) was a motorsport showcase on October 18-19, when the NSW circuit once again hosted the Yokohama World Time Attack Challenge.

Bonhams' "Classic California" auction on November 12 featured a diverse collection of celebrity owned, themed and connected machines. From an Elvis Cadillac to Fonzie's Triumph, there was plenty of "star power" at the event , which was held at the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles. Amidst the celebrity-owned and themed classics was a car from a more modern era in the form of the Lexus concept car made famous by Tom Cruise in the 2002 movie, 'Minority Report'.

On November 17, Chevrolet revealed its new 'Corvette Daytona Prototype', choosing the appropriate location of Daytona International Speedway, Florida, for the reveal.