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Shannons Melbourne Summer Auction saw a number of lots achieve good prices, but none surpassed the six-figure sum that an immaculately-presented Chevrolet Corvette attracted.

Credit the Italians for doing something different with a car launch. In Lamborghini's case, they chose to unveil their new Veneno Roadster not at the usual racetrack, luxury resort or the like; Lamborghini gave their new drop-top supercar its first public showing on an aircraft carrier!

Subaru's global World Skills Tournament has been won by Sydney technician Michael Cooper, who gains the distinction of becoming the first overseas winner of the prestigious Japan-based award.

With its Continental-esque external styling, the new, second-generation Flying Spur stands apart from Bentley's other luxury saloon, the Mulsanne, but its similarity to the performance two-door Continental doesn't end with its appearance.

German aftermarket tuning specialists, AC Schnitzer, have presented a different take on the usual tricked-up tuner cars at the annual Essen Motor Show.

A car calendar can be a gift that keeps on giving throughout the year, but what makes self-taught automotive and motorsport specialist photographer Dishan Marikar's 2014 car calendar extra special, and an ideal Christmas gift, is its variety of subjects.

Shannons Melbourne Summer Classic Auction, on Monday, December 2, has a few treats consigned for Ford and muscle car fans.

Scheduled for December 2, Shannons Melbourne Summer Auction will feature a group of interesting custom cars, but one that's sure to be of particular interest to Ford fans is a Falcon Futura convertible.

After 10 years and more than 14,000 units built, production of the Lamborghini Gallardo has come to an end at the company's Sant'Agata Bolognese factory.

Hyundai Motor Company's i20 World Rally Championship (WRC) car has been included in EA's (Electronic Arts) mobile-based racing game 'Real Racing 3.'

Following the massive success of last year's initiative to make their BRZ sports coupe available exclusively through online ordering, Subaru are applying a similar initiative for the upcoming WRX - but only until the first 100 have been pre-ordered.

With the all-new, all-electric 'Formula E' racing series set to kick off next year, Renault have undertaken the first test of their co-developed Formula E contender.

Nissan used this year's biennial Tokyo Auto Show to take the wraps off a pair of concept cars with radically different characteristics, created by what the company calls a new approach to product development, designed to appeal to "digital natives" - the generation born after 1990.

For their Melbourne Summer Classic Auction this December, Shannons have a number of cool customs, but the 'star' of the lot is an FJ Holden converted by one of the stars of the Aussie Street Machine scene.

A new release from Eric Norton, author of 'Holden Milestones & Memories, Vol. 1' and '60 Fabulous years of Holden', 'Monaro Concepts' traces the evolution of GM-H's iconic muscle car.

Nissan have taken the wraps off the 2014-model GT-R, with the latest version of the popular performance coupe boasting a number of subtle improvements over its predecessor.

The new generation Subaru WRX has arrived, with the all-new, all-wheel-drive performance machine unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

Chrysler's SRT (Street and Racing Technology) performance arm have announced a special edition of the SRT Viper GTS (nee Dodge Viper), which will be released in the US in January.

The 'Nordschleife' circuit of the Nurburgring in Germany has become the default measure of sports and supercar performance for the past decade. Now, Nissan's newly upgraded Nissan GT-R has lapped the fearsome Nordschleife in just 7 minutes 8.679 seconds, which the manufacturer is claiming as a new record.

Dodge is revving up for its centenary celebrations next year, and has started with the release of a pair of special edition Charger and Challenger models that are finished with special badging and exclusive features.

BMW have released their i3, with Germany and selected European markets the first to receive the "premium electric" vehicles from BMW's 'i' sub-brand.

A one-off Ford Mustang, created for the upcoming "Need for Speed" movie, was put through its "paces" last weekend, when it served as one of the pace cars for the Ford Championship Weekend, comprising the Ford EcoBoost 400, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida.

The 50th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang is not too far away, but the unveiling of the next-generation model is even closer; only 15 days away, in fact.

The new MINI made its worldwide debut on November 18 at MINI's UK production plant in Oxford.