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Top Five: Road Cars Peter Brock Built
Top Five: Road Cars Peter Brock Built
Extraordinary Engines: Why the Gen III V8 Engine was a performance hero
How the US-sourced Gen III V8 put a cracker under the bonnet of Holden’s mid-1999 VT2 Commodore. IN 2024, IT WILL BE 25 years since Holden unleashed its new all-alloy, 5.7-litre GM V8 onto the Australian market, immediately making the 5.0-litre V8 powering its arch-rival the Ford Falcon look old hat.
Top Tips for Buying a Used Chrysler VG Pacer
Chrysler’s budget-priced Pacer appeared in 1969 with bright colours, distinctive ‘Tombstone’ seats and a three-speed floor-shift. A year after the original VF model was launched came a restyled and more refined VG. This was the Adelaide-built car that Chrysler believed had the right combination of power, equipment and pricing to do battle with the rival Holden Torana and Ford Falcon V8.
Newly Classic - How Holden’s staunch EFI V8 received an extra serve of cubes for the 1994 VR HSV GTS
Holden’s EFI V8 received extra cubes for the 1994 VR HSV GTS For around a decade, GTS was the badge on Holden’s top-grade full-size sporting cars; first exclusively on the two-door HK Monaro and, from 1973 on two- and four-door HQ models.
Sold This Week: 1978 Holden HZ Premier
It took 77 bids to determine a winner for this tastefully modified 1978 Holden HZ Premier when it sold for $50,200 this week on Trading Garage. The last of Holden's full-size sedans at that time, the HZ was in production for three years until the smaller Commodore was introduced in 1980. As the last of its lineage, the HZ was kept visually similar to its HX predecessor, although Radial Tuned Susp…
Top 10: Ultimate Aussie Collector Cars
Market Analyst Cliff Chambers finds the key to the wishing well and with it a collection of Aussie-built performance machinery to make any enthusiast’s mouth water.
The National Holden Motor Museum finds permanent home
Visitors to the scenic NSW north Coast city of Coffs Harbour now have a reason to visit other than a milkshake at the Big Banana, following the reopening of the iconic Bunker Gallery which now includes National Holden Motor Museum exhibits.
Classic TVC: Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos, and Holden Cars
A lyric synonymous with Australian culture, Holden came up with one of the catchiest advertising jingles ever written back in the 1970s. "We love football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars," goes the famous lyric which was set to a tune so catchy you're probably humming along to it right now.
Canberra Festival of Speed announces dates for 2025
The Canberra Festival of Speed is locked and loaded for 2025, with dates announced for the Australia Day weekend. Held in Thoroughbred Park, Lyneham, over 200 of the world's most desirable road and race cars are set to be present on Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26.
Extraordinary Engines: Holden's Iron Lion V8
The Iron Lion! How this mighty Australian-made V8 powered generations of high-performance Commodores and Statesmans. HOLDEN’S MID-1999 introduction of the alloy LS1/Gen III 5.7-litre V8 into the Commodore meant bye-byes for the Australian-made Holden V8. Dating back to 1969, the Holden V8 was available as a 253ci (4.2-litre) and 308ci (5.0-litre) and used thin-wall casting tech for relatively l…