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No, not the soulful 70's crooner famous for his 'luuuurve' songs, this Barry White has a passion for making beautiful engines, not beautiful ladies hum!!

The Board of the National Parts Code Inc (NPC), established in 2004 to administer a Code of Practice for the Auto Parts Recycling Industry, launched its long term strategy this June to eradicate the trade of stolen auto parts within Australia.

The Chrysler 300C Touring may be bold and brash, but it is also an outstanding wagon delivering comfort, performance and a 'look at me attitude' that has struck a cord with a market craving for something different.

The iconic Saab Convertible turns 20 this year, and to celebrate Saab is launching a limited edition 20th Anniversary Convertible.

The C-Class is the most successful Benz ever with over two million C-Class vehicles produced since 2000. Since the launch of the 190E in 1984 in Australia, the C-Class range has proven its popularity with over 55,000 deliveries, making it the most sought after Mercedes-Benz product of all time.

Excuse my enthusiasm, but a friend of mine has just made my day. He arrived on my doorstep with an absolutely gorgeous early model Rolls Royce Phantom. Finished in bright yellow it cut an impressive profile. There's still a little way to go on restoration, but this car is going to be used for daily travel - when appropriate - and so restoration to concours standard is not a priority.

Hot on the heels of its announcement as the Official Car Care Products of the V8 Supercar Championship series for 2006, ARMOR ALL have released a range of 'Gel' cleaning products designed to keep your ride looking like new, inside & out.

I once knew this bloke who forever went on about his "homologation special". You know the sort - bit of a big mouth; liked the attention; said his was the biggest & strongest and worth twice what yours was.

The Valiant Charger created huge interest upon its introduction in August 1971. Part of the only Australian-designed Valiant family at that time - the VH Series - the Charger was released two months after the VH sedan. The two-door Charger was an immediate success, and within 12 months accounted for 50 percent of all Valiant sales.

Meet one of the most maligned cars in the past Century of motoring. Not the best way to introduce our feature car, I grant you! But when you bear in mind it's also one of the most misunderstood, the story of the Corvair takes on a whole different shade.

Organisers of the inaugural event, Terry Molloy and Gary Watson, had put together a weekend based around meeting the owners, creating lasting friendships, as well as a laid back cruise taking in local tourist events and a display day with free public entry finishing with a dinner at the hosting motel Sunday night.

The name Max Ellery should be familiar to all readers of Just World Cars magazine and we're sure there are many of you who have bought books and manuals from his established Strathfieldsaye Auto Books business. After spectating at the Lake Gairdner Speed Trials in past years, Max decided to do a run on the salt himself on 2006.

Finally the wraps are off the new VE Holden.

Holden have a new hero car in the Astra SRi turbo.

With the amount of Mazda RX-7s still on the road today, you may be surprised to learn that the RX-7 has been out of production for close to 4 years and official Australian sales have been non-existent for the better part of a decade.

While car makers today speak of building vehicles on a universal platform, that enable different models - and in some instances different makes - to efficiently utilise common architecture, Holden had actually embarked on this strategy back in 1975.

Car of the Year in 1968. Number 20 in Car of the Century polls. A technical tour de force and probably the best clothing of any sedan built in the 60's, 70's or 80's.

Few cars stir the senses more than the sight and sound of a red-blooded Falcon GT HO in full flight. In Phase III form, the GT HO was the ultimate Aussie muscle car of the early Seventies.\nFord launched the world's first 4-door GT, the XR, in 1967 and there were few who would have dreamt that this was the start of an era. The XR began the legend and today the XR, XT, XW and especially XY GTs have become the most collectible Australian built cars.

The Mazda MX-5 is the embodiment of everything that a sports car should be! It was first unveiled in 1989 and seventeen years later it remains a classic two seater.

Volkswagen have reinvented the Kombi van - a classic wagon from the Sixties!

Chrysler has increased the appeal of its retro PT Cruiser range with the addition of a soft top convertible.\n

In the past month or two, just about every Aussie would have been guilty of jumping on the Socceroos World Cup bandwagon to some extent. And why not? When you see a good thing - get on board, I say!

British car mag "Autocar" wrote a pretty damning piece about the RV8. Good for the flat cap brigade but not much chop as a Nineties sportscar.