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Taking the "life size" Hot Wheels adventure to new extremes, Team Hot Wheels drivers Greg Tracy and Tanner Foust set a Guinness World Record at the Los Angeles X Games on June 30 for successfully racing through a 60-foot (18.3 metre) double vertical loop.

With the focus of the world soon to turn to London, and the British Formula 1 Grand Prix coming up even sooner, Santander (sponsors of the McLaren F1 team), have released a fascinating proposal for a street race through the heart of the British capital.

At Bonhams' Goodwood Festival of Speed auction on June 29, a number of records were set, but the most impressive was undoubtedly the ex-Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin 'blower' Bentley racer that set a new record for a Bentley at auction of £5 million.

With the USA tipped to be joining the V8 Supercar calendar in 2013, Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom recently tested out a section of the 'Circuit of the Americas' track, and gave the soon-to-be-completed facility in Austin, Texas, the thumbs up.

In celebration of the Cortina's 50th Anniversary in 2012, the Cortina Mk1 Owners Club hosted hosted Australia's first ever 'Cortina Nationals' at Albury, NSW and surrounding districts over the Queen's Birthday long weekend.

The Queen's Birthday long weekend marked the first ever Cortina-only event to be held in Australia. In celebration of the Cortina's 50th Anniversary in 2012, the Cortina Mk1 Owners Club hosted the '1st Cortina Nationals' at Albury, NSW and surrounding districts.

World famous custom car builder John D'Agostino will make a special trip to Australia to cast judgement on our finest customised cars at Meguiar's MotorEx 12 on July 21-22.

Andrew Smith has been appointed Holden Design Director, effective 1 August, 2012. Smith has enjoyed a 20-year, international career with General Motors leading interior, exterior and advanced design, as well as global architecture development and concept car creation on three continents.

This year's RACV Motorclassica will feature over 120 historic cars for the third running of the internationally-recognised event. More than 200 entries have been received for the Australian International Concours d'Elegance, with cars vying for awards across more than a dozen classes, including the coveted Best in Show trophy.

At Hockenheim's annual "Tuner Grand Prix", German tuning house, AC Schnitzer, unveiled a new MINI Coupe-based concept that beat out two dozen other companies to set a new lap record.

The Queen's Birthday long weekend marked the first ever Cortina-only event to be held in Australia. In celebration of the Cortina's 50th Anniversary in 2012, the Cortina Mk1 Owners Club hosted the '1st Cortina Nationals' at Albury, NSW and surrounding districts.

The Queen's Birthday long weekend marked the first ever Cortina-only event to be held in Australia. In celebration of the Cortina's 50th Anniversary in 2012, the Cortina Mk1 Owners Club hosted the '1st Cortina Nationals' at Albury, NSW and surrounding districts.

Toyota has created a comprehensive aero package for its newly launched 86 GTS sports car. It is available from today, June 18, in conjunction with the Australia-wide on-sale date for the 86.

By 1956, the Riley Pathfinder model RMH was nearing the end of its production life.

1976 was a significant year in the USA. The White House welcomed in a new president, the country was celebrating the bicentenary of its independence, while just across the northern border, Montreal was gearing up to host the Olympic Games. Amongst all this, you'd think the automobile market wouldn't get much of a look in, but it did, thanks to Cadillac.

Toyota recently unveiled a concept with a twist - a child-sized toy car. Toyota described the 'Camatte', which will debut at the 2012 International Tokyo Toy Show, as a family-oriented concept vehicle.

Scheduled for release in the latter half of 2012, the Holden Volt will be something of an exclusive item, with only 49 of the 240+ Holden dealers around Australia confirmed to sell the electric car.

In the lead up to the JUST CARS GEELONG REVIVAL 2012, the Ford Discovery Centre, an important partner in the December event, is showcasing a classic Mark I Ford Cortina belonging to none other than Craig Lowndes.

For Steve Muratori, merely owning the Karmann Ghia he'd dreamed about since he was 15 wasn't enough. This project wasn't about making a great car, it was about making something unique, too, as Steve explained.

Holden has mourned the loss of one of their great leaders, John Bagshaw, who passed away on June 8th, aged 87. In a 42-year career with General Motors, Bagshaw held senior executive roles in Australia, the UK, USA and Europe. To date, Bagshaw also remains as the last Australian-born Managing Director of Holden.

To mark 50 years since Carroll Shelby first started producing the cars that bore his name, Shelby American Inc. has produced a limited edition number of anniversary models.

Reigning Touring Car Masters champion, John Bowe, will swap his TCM Mustang for a Classic '65 Corvette when he competes in the 'Monterey Motorsports Reunion' race meeting at Laguna Seca raceway in California this August.

Triple Eight Race Engineering will lose the backing of Vodafone at the end of the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship.

One of the highlights of the media launch for the JUST CARS GEELONG REVIVAL 2012 was the appearance of Graham Alexander's 1960 Maserati Tipo 61. One of only 22 examples originally built by the famous Italian manufacturer, Graham's car is valued at over $1 million, a pretty conservative estimate given that a Tipo 61 with race provenance sold for over $3.1 million at auction in 2010.