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With the end of local Ford production fles than a year away, Ford has confirmed that the final run of XR performance Falcons will carry the 'Sprint' badging first seen on the ED XR8 in 1993.

The weather was perfect for this popular event in the very picturesque setting in Leongatha.

Only a few months after his appearance in Australia at Meguiar's MotorEx, the Kustom car scene has lost its 'King' with the passing of George Barris.

This year's running of the Kickstarters Gascoyne Dash in WA saw locals win both the auto and moto sections. Father and son team, Kevin and Brett Renton took the honours in the auto class, while Cody Upton was the victor in the Moto class.

With a 40-race program, huge amount of cars, special guests and plenty of off-track attractions, Melbourne's Sandown Racecourse will be the place to be this weekend (November 7 - 8) for Historic Sandown 2015.

Toyota has announced a generous prize pool of $125,000 for the first year of its grassroots Toyota 86 Racing Series.

At the 2015 SEMA Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Mazda will unveil two concepts that take the all-new, fourth-generation version of the famous sports roadster "to the extreme".

Holden is celebrating the tenth birthday this month of one of Australia's - and the world's - most striking and famous concept cars - the EFIJY. The radical concept, inspired by the classic FJ Holden, was unveiled at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney ten years ago this month.

The Victorian Historic Racing Register has confirmed that 1983 Le Mans 24-hour race winner Vern Schuppan AM will be a special guest at this year's Historic Sandown meeting (coincidentally its 24th) to be held on November 7-8, 2015.

Two grand 1920s touring vehicles with great Australian histories will be going under the hammer at Shannons Sydney Spring Auction on Monday, November 9, 2015.

To mark fifty years since his passing, Lex Davison will be one of several drivers honoured at the 2015 Historic Sandown, to be held next month (November 7-8).

A pair of Classic 'XK' Jaguars - a superb 1965 Series I, 4.2-litre E-type coupe and a 'no reserve' 1955 Jaguar XK140 Fixed Head coupe - will take pride of place in Shannons Sydney Spring Auction on November 9, 2015.

Nissan Motorsport drivers Rick and Todd Kelly, along with co-driver David Russell, are going retro for their annual 'themed' Bathurst 1000 road trip, with the team pressing into service a neoclassic Nissan Figaro for the 800km journey to Mount Panorama.

With the focus on 'big banger' sports cars, this year's 24th Historic Sandown meeting on November 7-8 will pay tribute to the great Australian driver and constructor, Frank Matich.

Following Peru's decision to withdraw from the 2016 Dakar, the event organisers today announced a new route and schedule for next year's event, which will encompass Bolivia and more sections in Argentina.

Abarth's 695 Biposto, "the world's smallest supercar", has touched-down in Australia, offering a road-legal version of the Abarth Asseto Corse car.

BMW has set a course for the future in GT racing with the presentation of the newly-developed BMW M6 GT3 at this year's 66th IAA Cars (Frankfurt Motor Show) in Germany. The racing version of the BMW M6 Coupe will be in action in 2016.

The start of September saw Ford commence production of the first RHD units of the new Mustang destined for Australia.

Big Banger' sportscars from the 1960s and the fire-breathing Formula 5000s will return to the racetrack in 2015, as part of 'Return of the Thunder' at Historic Sandown on November 7-8.

Maserati's one-of-a-kind 'Boomerang' showcar from 1972 became a motor show veteran only a couple of years after its launch. More recently, it's become a concours veteran, too. At Bonhams Chantilly sale in France on 5 September, the striking wedge-shaped Maserati that inspired the look of the Lotus Esprit crossed the auction block for the third time in 13 years.

More than 18 months after a sinkhole opened up in the 'skydome' section of the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky, USA, that section of the museum has been repaired and re-opened.

A series of motorsport-themed attractions are set to be unveiled at Dreamworld this summer, including what's billed as the world's largest collection of Peter Brock race cars.

Celebrating the biggest names, races and moments in Australian motorsport history, Shannons Legends of Motorsport is back for a second 12-part series.

Ford officially opened its new national sales company office in Richmond today, with the relocation of the local head office from the Broadmeadows factory site just one part in the new infrastructure investments that add to the more than $300 million Ford has spent on local R&D - more than any other automaker - this year alone.