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Ford's Mustang celebrates its 50th birthday on April 17, and in the lead up to the big birthday party, Mustang-themed festivities are underway across the USA ahead of the two major birthday celebrations on both sides of the country.

In line with the arrival of a final, limited edition GT 'F' sedan later this year, Ford/FPV announced today that a final edition FPV Pursuit ute will also be released at the same time.

Not too many Aussies would be familiar with the UK-produced TV program, 'The Persuaders!,' but most would know the two stars of the show - Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. For car fans, there was another star, even another two, and one of those uncredited stars is going to be auctioned in the UK in May.

With FPV on the chopping block, along with the rest of Ford, the local Blue Oval performance arm will go out with a limited edition GT 'F' sedan later this year - 'F' standing for 'Final'.

A.S.O. (Amoury Sport Organisation), organisers of the annual Dakar rally, have released details of the route for the 2015 event.

Work continues on extracting the Corvettes that fell into the sinkhole in the 'Skydome' section of the National Corvette Museum on February 12. On April 3, the second-last car was hauled out - the 1.5 millionth production Corvette.

Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA)'s rental forklift division has entered the exciting world of V8 Supercar racing by backing the new Team JELD-WEN FPR/CS Racing entry of Jack Perkins.

BMW have announced initial details, including local pricing for the new 4 Series 'Gran Coupe' range, which will arrive in Australian dealerships from June.

Chrysler's limited-edition Mopar '14 Challenger, the latest Chrysler Group LLC vehicle to come straight from the US factory already upgraded with Mopar products, sold out in just the first day after being made available to dealers.

Australia's three-time Formula 1 World Champion, Jack Brabham, turns 88 today. The oldest surviving F1 World Champion and oldest surviving F1 race winner, Sir John Arthur Brabham AO, OBE, was born on April 2, 1926.

World Class. It's a phrase that probably gets bandied about a bit too often and a bit too loosely these days, but in the case of the custom 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix built by Justin Hills of Hills & Co. Customs of Taree, it's no boast.

When the Shannons Queensland Autospectacular scheduled to hit Willowbank Raceway this Sunday (6 April), the HSV Club of Queensland have committed to the event in a big way, with 50 of the club's finest vehicles to go on display.

The new-look Lexus CT 200h compact hybrid hatchback range has been simplified for 2014 - gone is the previous 'Prestige' variant, leaving the 'Luxury,' 'F Sport' and 'Sports Luxury' variants. Pricing has either been reduced or remains unchanged across the line-up, all of which have upgraded equipment levels and revised styling.

Hennessey Performance (HPE) is building a limited run of 'World's Fastest Edition' Venom GTs to celebrate the company's recent top speed run of 270.4 mph (432.64kph), which was set at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in February.

A 105-year-old car that auction house Bonhams are calling the "outback Mercedes" is set to be auctioned in Germany this coming July.

If you've heard of or seen the car pictured, you may be able to solve a mystery!

The eagerly-anticipated fourth generation of Subaru's WRX performance car has arrived down under, with the latest version receiving a mixed reaction from enthusiasts.

McLaren Automotive will make two Australian debuts this weekend during the opening round of the 2014 Australian GT Championship presented by Pirelli at Melbourne's Sandown Raceway.

David Brown Automotive, a new car company producing classically-styled GT cars with a heavy Aston Martin influence, unveiled their first model in London on March 27 - the Speedback GT.

A unique, 75-year-old Aston Martin is tipped to be a star Lot in Bonhams' Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale on June 27.

Audi have unveiled their contender for the 2014 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, the R18 e-tron quattro, on the streets of Le Mans, France. Audi factory driver, Tom Kristensen, drove the new diesel hybrid LMP1 contender from the town's Saint-Julien du Mans cathedral to the circuit for the launch.

Garmin's new DashCam, a high-definition camera that mounts to any vehicles' windshield, is now available.

The Kids Under Cover 'Donte Your Car' program recently received one of its most generous donations, in the form of a classic Daimler V8 saloon.

It may not have jumped over any lazy dogs, but this rolling billboard for Red Fox Frames certainly jumped to the front of many rodders' minds when it made its debut at this year's Victorian Hot Rod Show.