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Rear View: Tucker 48 ‘Torpedo’
More than 75 years after the demise of Preston Tucker’s ambitious rear-engine Tucker Torpedo, the jury is still out on...
Rock stars, tycoons, and tyrants: behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz 600 ‘Grosser’
Look up a list of famous figures who’ve owned a Mercedes-Benz 600, and you’ll end up down one of the...
Behind the build: there’s more to this ‘Pro Touring’ Monaro than meets the eye
In the mid ’90s, a new term entered the automotive lexicon: ‘restomod’. An amalgam of ‘restoration’ and ‘modified’, the concept...
A brief history of the Mercedes-Benz W 123 Series
This year, 2026, marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most recognisable and widely distributed Mercedes-Benz models of all...
Why the Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione might be the ultimate rally homologation special
Before the likes of the Subaru WRX, Mitsubishi Evo, and Citroën C4, a slightly obscure brand from Italy was dominating...
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...