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How the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren blurs the line between supercar and grand tourer
It’s not very often we see two manufacturers combine forces to produce a car worthy of bearing both names, but...
Rear View: Honda Z50 ‘Monkey Bike’
The Honda Z50 Monkey is the lumpy little minibike that put at least three generations of bourgeois brats on wheels...
The rare Lamborghini Murciélago variant that might be the best driver’s car of the lot
Growing up, there’s a good chance the car you had a poster of hanging on your wall was a V12-powered...
Screen Gems, Part 7: Mini Cooper S from The Italian Job
In our ‘Screen Gems’ series, we’re taking a look back through the archives at some of the iconic cars that...
Rear View: 1960 Chevrolet Corvair
Vilified by consumer advocate Ralph Nader for its unstable handling in his landmark 1965 book Unsafe at Any Speed, the...
Screen Gems, Part 6: General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard
In our ‘Screen Gems’ series, we’re winding back the clock and taking a look at some of the iconic cars...
Resurrecting Brough Superior: How the ‘Rolls-Royce of motorcycles’ was brought back from the dead and teamed up with Aston Martin
A British entrepreneur and a French engineer collaborated to bring the “Rolls-Royce of motorcycles” back from the dead in 2008,...
The legend of the Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49
Quite simply, the Aussie-developed Chrysler Valiant Charger is Australian performance royalty. One of the ‘big three’ Australian manufacturers, Chrysler Australia...
The ultimate road-going Ford Mustang is an Aussie-developed 850hp beast
The Ford Mustang is unequivocally a true American icon, right alongside cowboy boots and blue denim jeans. The car you...
Inside Benzina Stables: Melbourne’s haven for collector cars and bikes
A love of cars, bikes and collecting runs deep in the veins of the founders of Benzina Stables, which bills...
Screen Gems, Part 5: Herbie the Love Bug
In our ‘Screen Gems’ series, we’re winding back the clock and taking a look at some of the iconic cars...
Retro Rides ambassador Shane Jacobson discusses his love of cars and reveals his collection
A rumbling, candy-apple red EH Holden turned actor and comedian Shane Jacobson onto cars, infecting him with an incurable virus...
Rear View: 1970 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTAm
With its enlarged twin-spark DOHC four-cylinder punching out a screaming 165kW at 7200rpm, Alfa Romeo’s race-focused 1750 GTAm dominated European...