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How the 1928 Bentley 4½ Litre helped write Australia into Le Mans history
Throughout the mid to late 1920s Bentley was a dominant force in racing, and there was one iconic track it...
Rear View: 1974 Ducati 750 Super Sport
Perhaps the most beautiful motorcycle ever built and certainly one of the most collectable, Ducati’s legendary “green frame” 750 Super...
This Aussie-built MGA restomod is about more than just the drive
We’ve written much of all the latest big dollar restomods flooding the collector car market these days here at Retro...
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...