Articles by Mike Ryan

Citroen has broken records at the 2011 World Rally Championship, chalking up an undefeated run of seven straight victories, the longest ever consecutive run by a single brand.

Lotus has lifted the covers on its latest Lotus Evora GTE Road Car Concept. The groundbreaking race-developed car made its global premiere on August 17 at the world's leading classic and performance car event, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in the USA.

Warren Pashan likes things to be a little bit different - as evidenced by his choice of past and present resto projects! Wolseley, Austin and Toyota are listed among the marques Warren has taken the spanners to, but there's some more 'classic' resto fodder in his past, too, like Monaros and Falcons. Given his taste for the unusual, it's no surprise Warren took on a potentially daunting project in the form of a 1952 Bedford A1 truck. Warren tells the story of how he created this rare and unusual project.

This year's Rally Australia, to be held in the Coffs Harbour region of NSW for the first time, won't just be about the international drivers and latest WRC-spec machines. Other classes will be joining the action this September 9 - 11, including the Classics, who will be creating their own excitement under the banner of the Coffs Coast Classic Rally.

A piece of hot rod history will be available this September when Chuck Miller's Ridler Award-winning 'Fire Truck' C-cab Model T is auctioned in the USA.

Mini made a popular return to World Rallying this season, and Aussie friends of the iconic brand will get to see one up close and in action as part of Rally Australia this September on the NSW Coffs Coast.

A trio of Australia's best-known tintop race machines will be shedding their dust covers and joining dozens of others to celebrate 50 years of touring car racing at Queensland's Lakeside circuit, for the "Lakeside Classic Festival of Touring Cars" this weekend.

Audi's freaky little Urban Concept motor beastie doesn't fit into standard categories. Described by its German maker as an "innovative urban concept car with 1+1 seats", this futuristic lightweight wangles street cred from its race-inspired interior and sheer weirdness.

By 1967, the Shelby sideline of high performance Mustangs had become a nice little money spinner and image builder for Ford. However, the Shelby Mustangs were lacking in two areas.

The history of the Chrysler Valiant in Australia lasted for two decades from January 1962 until June 1981. It began with the high drama of the R Series, which looked like no other car on earth, and ended with a rather blanded-out CM model, which looked worryingly like the 1971 VH.

There were plenty of eye-catching lots at RM Auctions' St. John's event in Michigan, but none attracted more attention than the plexiglas-bodied Pontiac "Ghost Car", created for the GM display at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.

One of only two of its kind in the world, a motorcar built by Australian George Innes in 1904 is up for sale.