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After returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a factory team in 2016, Ford has ended their endurance racing programme, signing off with special liveries for the four factory Ford GTs run by Chip Ganassi Racing at this year’s Le Mans race.

When JUST CARS detailed the upcoming Chevrolet Camaro 2SS and ZL1 variants for 2019 (issue #280), performance data for the ZL1 had not been confirmed by local importers and converters, HSV.

To mark the 50th Anniversary of the James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Aston Martin has announced they’ll produce a small run of DBS Superleggera models inspired by the 1969 feature film.

First Grand Tourer from supercar manufacturer combines “competition levels of performance and continent-crossing capability.”

Australian pricing has been confirmed for the all-new Toyota GR Supra, along with a local delivery date.

French Flavour. For their 16th National Muster, the Renault 4CV Register turned Inverell into a little corner of France.

Dissatisfied with the vehicles that the major car companies were offering, one man decided to build his own.

LEYBURN (Queensland) - Bathurst winners Dick Johnson and Fred Gibson have joined a line-up of motor-racing legends set to attend the Historic Leyburn Sprints for the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Australian Grand Prix next month.

Captain Risky. A big gamble for Ford Australia, the Falcon 500 GS proved to be a safe bet for its long-term owner.

Minis make major impact. The fields may have been small at this year’s Historic Winton, but there was still big-hearted racing in the all pre-65 historic touring car field.

In a tie-in with the ‘Lego Masters’ TV programme that premiered in April, Lego and Honda combined to create a life-size version of the Civic Type R hot hatch out of Lego bricks.

A 1972 Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 soared past its pre-auction estimate to be the top-selling car at Shannons Melbourne Autumn Auction on 29 April

Special edition adds refined AWD system and Drift mode, but only for North America.

Lamborghini Polo Storico confirms provenance of car used in iconic 1969 film.

With this year marking the 60th Anniversary for the Mini, celebrations are being held all over the world.

In JUST CARS #269, we reported on Travis McKimmie’s Holden HG utility that had been impounded by French Customs due to alleged “secret compartments” in the vehicle to store drugs.

First loves are always remembered. It’s the same with first cars.

40 years later, a proud Dad watches the family Cat take the checker.

After a one-off appearance at Bathurst, this GT-HO Phase II was thought lost for more than 40 years. Now it’s back… and back in race trim.

The National Corvette Museum (NCM) in Bowling Green, Kentucky, recently unveiled a new vehicle in the museum’s display - one with a history that goes back to the earliest days of America’s Sports Car. This past April, a new Gateway exhibit, focusing on the backstory to the Corvette and the inspirations behind its creation, saw an unusual ‘1953’ Corvette take pride of place.

Since it was first built five decades ago, this custom HR convertible has passed through many hands – and just as many looks.

Purchased on a whim, this classic Holden sedan has proven to be a great buy.

Following its addition to highway patrol fleets in Queensland and Western Australia, the Northern Territory is the latest region to adopt Kia’s Stinger for police duty.

Hyundai will – hopefully – still be in action at this year’s Targa Tasmania.