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Russell Christophers, Ford Australia Product Development Director and E8 Vehicle Line Director, has announced that December will be his last month on the job, with his retirement beginning on January 1st, 2012, almost 39 years after he began with the Ford Motor Company.

The Dodge Dart is back! Reborn in a new guise over half a century after the launch of its namesake, the new four-door sedan blends Alfa Romeo DNA with renowned Dodge performance, signalling the marque's re-entry into the US compact sedan segment.

The name Austin had been proudly worn on cars in Australia since 1906, not long after Herbert Austin severed his ties with the Wolseley Manufacturing Company and set out on his own.

Claimed as the world's fastest police car, a retuned Audi R8 GT-R has been unveiled by German authorities at the Essen Motor Show.

After being in private hands for over four decades and largely forgotten, the factory Austin-Healey 100 Special that was part of the infamous 1955 Le Mans 24 Hour race was one of the premier offerings from Bonhams' 'December Sale' auction event, held at Mercedes-Benz World in Surrey, UK.

In November 2010, two blokes took part in a very special event - a tour around rural and regional Queensland to raise awareness about prostate cancer and men's health. What made the tour special was the fact that the blokes behind it, Lang Kidby and Carl Neilsen, chose to do it in a 1915 Willys-Overland van.

One of the highlights for kids of all ages at this year's SEMA show in the US was the unveiling of a life-size Hot Wheels Chevy Camaro concept, inspired by the "Custom Camaro" - a dazzling Spectraflame 1:64-scale toy that was part of the original 16 Hot Wheels cars released in 1968.

The 42nd Tokyo Motor Show opens to the public this Saturday, December 3. Ahead of the event, two radio stations, TOKYO FM and J-WAVE, have been touring the Tokyo region in a pair of Mimi (ear) cars to get feedback from Tokyo locals to the question of "What car will change the world?"

Debuting at the Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru's BRZ rear-wheel drive sports car is turning a lot of heads.

Organisers of the Eastern Creek Six Hour event are predicting a close finish from a strong field, with 23 entries and a swag of serious contenders gearing up to compete for victory.

Lotus Renault GP has announced that Kimi Raikkonen will return to Formula One racing in 2012.

Shannons' final auction for 2011, the Melbourne Summer Classic Auction, saw one of the best results for the year, with more than $1 million gross in sales, and 72 percent of consigned lots cleared. A 1977 Holden Torana A9X hatchback led the field as top seller across all the cars, motorcycles, memorabilia and collectable number plates on offer.

An all-new Jensen Interceptor will be launched next year, after British specialist automotive group CPP Global Holdings was appointed to engineer, develop and build the new car by the brand's owners, Healey Sports Cars Switzerland.

After originally being axed in 1940, Maybach is likely to get the chop again in 2013 as parent company Daimler looks to replace the struggling ultra-luxury brand with a new, more prestigious Mercedes S-Class.

The Morgan Motor Company and a consortium of British technology specialists are developing a new, high-performance electric sportscar prototype.

Toyota has officially unveiled its new sportscar - the "86" - in Japan. The unveiling occurred when Toyota president Akio Toyoda drove a production prototype down the main straight of the Fuji Speedway, south of Tokyo. The new, rear-wheel-drive sportscar will carry the 86 "hachi roku" name in the Japanese market, but it's yet to be confirmed whether that name will also be used for overseas delivered examples.

Another record has been added to Australia's impressive sporting prowess trophy cabinet, with a souped-up high performance couch setting a new world land speed record of 163 km/h at Camden Airport.

Celebrating 50 years of the James Bond franchise, the world's largest exhibition of James Bond vehicles has been assembled for showing throughout 2012.

Think hot rods and most of us imagine tasty little t-buckets or chopped '32 coupes with classic or modern V8 engines. What most of us DON't think of are late-model Japanese V6 engines, 22-inch alloys and thumping big turbos. This rod breaks a lot of the 'rules' of hot rodding, but that doesn't bother Dean Wawryk, the creator of this unique and impressive machine. A mechanic by trade, but with some experience in engineering and fabricating, what makes this project all the more impressive is that it was Dean's first!

The Toyota Motorsport EV P001, with 100 percent electric powertrain and Jochen Krumbach at the wheel, set a new lap record of 7 minutes 47.794 seconds to beat the previous lap record, which stood at 9 minutes 1.338 seconds, by a very substantial margin.

Ford Australia has opened an historic archive centre to preserve and chronicle more than eight decades of Ford automotive history in Australia.

Launching the Summernats Chrome Jubilee, a street parade of 200 of Australia's best street machines will take to the streets of Canberra on January 5th.

Speed records continue to fall around the world with a Skoda claiming the title of fastest production car in the world. At 365 kilometres per hour, the Octavia vRS Speed records continue to fall around the world with a Skoda claiming the title of fastest production car in the world.

Mercedes Benz has announced the imminent launch of its brand new SL Roadster, featuring all-aluminium bodyshell, groundbreaking FrontBass acoustics and the innovative 'Magic Vision Control' windscreen cleaning system.