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Rear View: Datsun 1600

How the stub-tailed Datsun 1600 brought a new level of style and mechanical specification within reach of the masses, and kick-started more rally driving careers than perhaps any other vehicle.

Top Tips for Buying a Used Honda Prelude VTI-R (1994-2000)

The third-generation Honda Prelude launched in Australia in 1992 as an unassuming but effective sports coupe. Early Si versions had a 118kW four-cylinder which was deemed ‘adequate’ by people who were buying the Prelude as much for its stylish good looks as its performance. But there was a more performance-oriented element that thought the sweetly-balanced Prelude chassis could deal with more pow…

Rear View: Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R 1969

Decades before the R32 famously won the 1991 Bathurst 1000, it’s grandaddy the 1969 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R stalked the expressways of Japan. Japan has produced some individual and impressive performance cars over the past six decades, machines as varied as the Mazda RX-7, Honda NS-X, Subaru and Mitsubishi turbo AWD rally rockets and more recently, the Nissan R35 GT-R.

Replica Toyota AE86, FJ40, and Land Rover Defender body shells surface on Alibaba

These vehicles might have been out of production for years, but we can see a number of good uses for these made-in-China replica body panels.

Newly Classic: Nissan 200SX (S14)

Nissan’s fifth-generation S14 200SX delivered V8-eating performance in a handsome two-door sports coupe package. In the Australian automotive vernacular, the phrase “hairdresser’s car” is a not-so-subtle sledge usually reserved for attractively styled but somewhat underpowered and dynamically underwhelming sports coupes.

Opinion: Should You Convert Your Classic Cars to EV?

The answer is obvious, isn’t it? OF COURSE BLOODY NOT! The sounds and smells of internal combustion are an integral part of the classic car ownership experience and replacing that with a box of volts should be actionable by law.

Legendary Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo Race Car Make Rare Public Appearance

Nissan’s legendary GTP ZX-Turbo race car which competed in the International Motorsports Association (IMSA) GT Series from 1985 to 1990 made a rare public appearance at the recent Monterey Car Week, in the USA.

Top Tips for Buying a Used Mazda RX-7 (Series 1-3)

Mazda’s first production rotary, the Cosmos 110S was a sporty two-seat coupe and Mazda didn't build another one in significant quantities until 1978 when the RX7 appeared.

Retro Rides Presents : Subaru Impreza WRX 1994-2000

How success in rallying fired-up the Subaru WRX phenomenon, making a future classic Three decades on, it would be easy to recall that the first Subaru WRX was an instant hit, given the sales and World Rally Championship successes it enjoyed through the second half of the 1990s.