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Rally Australia, the 10th round of the 2011 World Rally Championship, concludes on Sunday, with the final special stages to include the challenging 'Plum Pudding' monster.

Former Touring Car champ and multiple Bathurst runner-up, Glenn Seton, made his Touring Car Masters debut last weekend, running the iconic Ford XB GT hardtop. After confirming his participation in the series earlier this year, Seton took the wraps off the newly-prepared XB at the big Muscle Car Masters event at Eastern Creek.

Australian Rally Champions Neal Bates and Coral Taylor are headed for Murwillumbah later this month to take part in the Festival of Speed on Tweed.

In a sweeping gesture to celebrate the 10th round of the 2011 FIA World Rally Championships, Coffs Coast is hosting a unique exhibition.

Rally Australia, the 10th round of the 2011 World Rally Championship, kicks off tonight with two runs through the Castrol Edge Super Special Stage on the Coffs Harbour waterfront.

Lexus has recorded the fastest ever lap time for a road-registered series production car around Germany's awe-inspiring Nürburgring race circuit.

Jaguar's latest production concept, the C-X16 is a bold pointer to the marque's future direction in sports cars.

Rally Australia, the 10th round of the 2011 World Rally Championship, kicks off on Thursday, September 8, with the first full day of competition set for Friday, September 9.

BMW has expanded its Z4 range with the addition of a new TwinPower Turbo four-cylinder petrol engine.

Rally Australia, round 10 of the WRC, starts tomorrow, September 8, and Ford drivers will be looking to break the long winning streak of the Citroens in this year's championship.

Thanks largely to its combination of affordability and 'real' car features, the Austin Seven was a huge hit from its 1922 introduction - becoming the UK's equivalent of the VW Beetle and Model T Ford in providing "motoring for the millions". Production increased year on year to meet demand, and despite the onset of the Great Depression, Sevens continued to sell well in 1930, with production only decreasing by ten percent from 1929's total.

Amongst all the Aussie and American metal at the recent Muscle Car Masters event at Eastern Creek, some prime examples of Toyota's Australian motorsport heritage were also on display. Toyota Australia brought together more than a dozen classic race cars of noted history and achievements under the 'Toyota Motorsport Heritage Marquee'.

The World Rally Championship returns to Australia this week, with an all-new location on the NSW Coffs Coast and and all-new course that should be a test for all competitors, including the Citroen pacesetters and privateers.

Last weekend, Victorians got to experience the internet sensation that is the 'Ken Block Gymkhana' when Block and a team of Monster Energy sponsored drivers turned the Calder Park circuit into a hoon's paradise.

Audi will unveil its new, high-performance S models at the upcoming 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA). The latest S6, S7 Sportback and S8 models combine power with fuel efficiency, utilising ground-breaking solutions such as 'cylinder on demand'.

The 1927 Morris Cowley Van from long-running Australian TV series, 'The Sullivans', is on the list of offerings at Shannons' upcoming Melbourne Spring Classic Auction on September 12.

More than a dozen classic and collectable vehicles will be offered with no reserve at Shannons Melbourne Spring Classic Auction this September 12.

Who could have guessed at the end of the 1960s that the Valiant's halcyon days had ended? The last year of that swingin' decade was the best ever with sales of 42,654. Translated into today's market that would put the Valiant at the top of the chart. But it was still the era of the Big Three and in 1969 the Valiant was a distant third behind the Holden and Falcon.

The Bosch Australian Rally Championship has announced new regulations for the future outright Championship cars starting in season 2012.

A 1927 Morris Cowley van that featured in the long-running Australian TV series, The Sullivans, will be offered at no reserve as part on Shannons' Melbourne Spring Classic Auction on Monday, September 12.

Before you head to the Coffs Coast for next week's WRC Rally Australia, call into Sydney's Pitt Street Mall this Sunday, September 4 - Fathers Day - for an autograph-signing session with six of the WRC's top drivers.

When the Alfasud was released in 1971 the world's media wrote of it in glowing terms. In their humble opinion here was the perfect example of a compact family saloon that embodied all the features deemed desirable - roomy interior, sparkling performance, amazing standards of road dynamics and a style that was distinctively modern.

An Indy 500 race winner, from back in the day when the brickyard was still all bricks, recently sold at Mecum's Monterey (California) auction for US$2 million.

A lavish, fully-functioning, licensed replica Chitty Chitty Bang Bang movie car is coming up for auction.