Patrick Jackson

Deputy Editor

Patrick is an automotive journalist with a decade’s experience across a range of online, print, and broadcast media titles, having road tested over 600 new and classic cars in that time.

After starting out with The Adelaide Hills Weekender Herald newspaper while still studying, he has since contributed to the likes of DriveTribe, Finder, Supercar Blondie, Exhaust Notes Australia, and WhichCar before joining the Retro Rides team. He also launched the car review website Drive Section in 2019 and automotive adventure site Essential Drives in 2024, and has experience in journalism education and academia.

At Retro Rides, Patrick oversees website publishing and content creation. If you have a story you think would be of interest to our audience, he’s your best point of contact at [email protected].

Latest articles

2027 Nissan Z NISMO MT Gray Sonoma

2027 Nissan Z scores revised styling, heritage touches, and manual NISMO variant

While the manual gearbox might be a dying breed in most segments of the Australian new car market, sports car...
Officially licensed Mad Max vehicles at the Mad Max Factory in Australia, where screen‑accurate recreations are built by hand to preserve the raw mechanical language of George Miller and Doug Mitchell’s iconic cinematic world.

Mad Max Factory to offer collector-grade, officially licensed builds

One of cinema’s most iconic automotive worlds is being brought into physical reality thanks to Mad Max Factory, which has...
1985 HDT VK SL Group A Brock Commodore Build #1776 – Matching Numbers Barn Find

Barn Find Brock: What’s the story behind this HDT VK Group A?

For many car people, stumbling across a genuine ‘barn find’ is the ultimate dream. Only making that even better is...
Breitling Top Time B01 Chronograph 41 Tribute to Aston Martin DB5

Aston Martin teams up with Breitling for Top Time Tribute to the iconic DB5

Simply say the name “Aston Martin” and the image that likely pops into your mind is the timelessly classy DB5....
2026 Noosa Concours

2026 Noosa Concours d’Elegance brings Pebble Beach to Hastings Street

If you’ve ever wondered what Pebble Beach might look like if you swapped Californian cliffs for Queensland sunshine, expensive American...
2025 Noosa Concours d’Elegance

2026 Noosa Concours d’Elegance to feature Brabham Anniversary Collection and inaugural Supercar Circle

The award-winning Noosa Concours d’Elegance, one of Australia’s leading motoring and luxury lifestyle events, is set to return to the...
2003 Volkswagen Golf GTI with Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE005 Enliten tyres

Bridgestone Potenza RE005 long-term test, Part 1: Fitting and first impressions

After the RE003 enjoyed over a decade on sale in Australia as one of the go-to tyres for enthusiast car...
The Retro Rides Podcast Episode 21 with John Bowe

The Retro Rides Podcast Episode 21: John Bowe unpacks his Bathurst wins, FPV development, and his new book

In this episode of The Retro Rides Podcast, the team are joined by Australian motorsport legend John Bowe. A two-time Bathurst...
1978 Pontiac Firebird with USA flag in background

Opinion: This is why Australia’s collector cars are finding buyers from around the world

In the evolving landscape of high-net-worth portfolio management, collector cars have firmly transitioned from passion projects to recognised alternative assets....
Škoda Elroq vRS takes on 1980s icons

Can a modern family SUV outrun a 1980s supercar? Škoda lined up against three icons to find out

To many motoring enthusiasts, the iconic supercars of the 1980s represented the pinnacle of automotive performance. Posters of the Lamborghini...
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