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Following on from last year’s creation of, and inaugural inductees to, the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame, the second annual list of inductees was announced at a gala function on the eve of the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Special Edition version of Vantage S makes global debut in Melbourne ahead of Australian F1 Grand Prix.

The Historic Touring Cars at the 2017 Phillip Island Classic saw big grids and big action!

For more than 20 years, Perth historian Graeme Cocks delved into the story of a long forgotten motor racing track near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. He discovered an amazing history of pioneer motoring fanatics who raced just as hard - and almost as fast - as those at the likes of Indianapolis, Brooklands and Le Mans.

What started a little over two years ago as a simple desire to support sick and injured kids has grown into the most important and rewarding car show the Thunderbird Owners Club of Australia has ever done.

KTM Australia and its partners have announced that the X-Bow sports roadster is now ADR compliant and street legal for Australian use

Motorcycling and F1 World Champion dies, aged 83

Most powerful naturally-aspirated series-production Ferrari ever features 588kW V12 engine, improved dual clutch transmission, electric power steering, modified body and restyled interior.

A rare and largely unknown vehicle from Japan’s racing history made a rare journey outside its homeland this past March.

Amongst the more interesting new model debuts at this year’s Geneva Motor Show was the ‘Black Cuillin’ from UK automotive startup Eadon Green

After racing everything from HQ Holdens to McLarens over the past ten years, Elliot Barbour has “come home” to historic touring cars to campaign an old warrior that’s been a racecar from day one.

This year’s John Brash Dash was an evening affair for tin-tops, with an emphasis on passenger rides.

A 1970 Mustang is already pretty cool, but a tribute to a Trans-Am race winner with a bunch of modern touches? Well, that’s gotta be super cool!

The 1960s was a golden era of muscle cars in the US, with Shelby Mustangs some of the most sought after from the era. We celebrate the 1967 GT350 and GT500.

Marking 50 years since the first Shelby-badged “Super Snake” Mustang was produced, Shelby American has announced a special ‘50th Anniversary Shelby Super Snake’, with the birthday special officially unveiled at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction in January.

The top-spec and top-price version of Nissan’s GT-R – the GT-R NISMO - has arrived; the first NISMO-developed vehicle to be officially released in Australia. The flagship model in the locally-available GT-R lineup (above the GT-R Premium Edition and GT-R Track Edition), the motorsport-developed GT-R NISMO is priced from $299,000, excluding on-road costs.

Defining the RF - and separating it from the normal MX-5 soft-top convertible – is its fastback styling, with flying buttress rear pillars that form part of the four-piece electrically-folding hard roof.

In February, Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) announced their range for 2017, which will be the final products to be based on the Australian-made ‘Zeta’ platform Commodore sedan and utility.

The #88 Maranello Motorsport 488 GT3, driven by Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup and Finnish sportscar ace Toni Vilander, was the sole Ferrari entered this year, but stamped its presence early with pole position in the hands of Vilander.

On the third anniversary of the sinkhole that opened up in the National Corvette Museum (NCM) and swallowed eight Corvettes, the NCM announced that restoration has begun on a 1962 Corvette convertible that was one of the victims of the event.

This past January, Bonhams’ annual Scottsdale auction had something of an Aussie flavour when an English car with a long history in this country was the top seller. The car in question was a 1963 Jaguar E-Type “Lightweight”, one of twelve dedicated competition versions of the E-Type created by Jaguar for circuit competition.

The old saying goes: “a good big one will always beat a good little one”, but it’s amazing how many big cars a very good little one can beat…  The HTCAV’s 2016 Club Champion, David Brown and his Datsun 1600 SSS, are proof that a healthy budget, a scientific mind and continuous development can add speed in between race meetings.    

Ahead of its dynamic debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Jaguar has unveiled info and images of their 'Project8', a highly-modified version of the XE compact sedan that follows on from 2014's F-Type-based Project 7 convertible.

Less than two years after it was unveiled as a concept, Aston Martin has confirmed that their all-electric 'RapidE' - the first electric-powered model from the prestige carmaker - will enter production in 2019.