News

Tom Hartley Jnr with the Mansour Ojjeh McLaren Collection

Secretive buyer snaps up major McLaren collection

An astounding collection of McLaren road cars spanning the brand’s history has been snapped up by a single buyer in a secretive deal. The lineup…

Ralph Lauren’s yellow Ferrari F50

Monterey Car Week auction figures soar while the Aussie market remains quiet

While Australian auction sites during the early part of August were hard pressed to sell a car for more than $100,000, the might of Monterey…

1924 Hispano Suiza H6C Nieuport-Astra Torpedo at Pebble Beach Concours

Monterey Car Week: 1924 Hispano-Suiza named ‘Best of Show’ at 2025 Pebble Beach Concours, while supercars stun at The Quail

Monterey Car Week is always one of the biggest and boldest events on the automotive calendar, and 2025’s edition stunned as ever under the southern…

Volkswagen Polo Mk1

Volkswagen Polo earns ‘Best Car of the Half Century’ title, but there’s an odd catch

The Volkswagen Polo has been voted Best Car of the Half Century as part of the Best Cars of the Year – The New Car…

Garagisti & Co. GP1

British startup Garagisti & Co. reveals V12-powered, retro-inspired GP1 analogue hypercar

While much of today’s supercar and hypercar market looks to be embracing hybrid technology as a way of churning out ever-faster cars with violently quick…

Holden Monaro 427C

Bathurst royalty shines at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Aussie muscle and Kiwi driving prowess was on full display at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed, with legendary Supercars series entrants shining at one…

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Entertainment

The Retro Rides Podcast Episode 2: An interview with Distinguished Gentleman’s Drive founder Mark Hawwa

On this week's instalment of The Retro Rides Podcast, Rich Fowler sat down for a chat with Mark Hawwa, founder of the Distinguished Gentleman's Drive.…

The Retro Rides Podcast Episode 1: Jaguar’s Surprise, John Goss, and More

The Retro Rides Podcast has officially launched this week, with the first episode now live on YouTube for you to enjoy. Hosted by Cam Jurd…

Classic TV: Shell x Ferrari, ‘Circuit’

Back in 2012, the marketing departments at Shell and Ferrari teamed up to create a stunning TV commercial that celebrated the 60-year technical partnership between…

Hot Lap: Ride On Board In A Lotus 26R

With a name like Horatio Fitz-Simon you'd expect him to be quick! Ride on board with this young up and coming historic racer in a…

Here’s how the Lamborghini Countach was built by hand

The Countach was the first Lamborghini model to have bodywork produced in-house (Image: Lamborghini) This year marks the 50th since the Lamborghini Countach first entered…

How the Nissan GT-R became King of The Mountain for two years running, helping create the legend of Godzilla.

Richards and Skaife Bathurst 1000 1992. Image: V8 Supercars To fully understand how the Nissan GT-R earned its monster ‘Godzilla’ moniker, you need to travel…

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Originals

Video: HWA EVO – Frankenstein in a Suit

HWA EVO is a radical fresh take on the Mercedes-Benz 190 E   HWA AG may not have the profile of its famous counterpart Mercedes-AMG but…

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…

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…

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…

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024

A Retro Romp Through Motoring History The Goodwood Festival of Speed is not merely a car event. It’s the automotive equivalent of the Melbourne Cup,…

Extraordinary Engines: Jaguar’s XK Six Cylinder

Long time Jaguar fancier and Retro Rides market analyst Cliff Chambers looks at the exceptional six-cylinder engine that kept Jaguar at the pinnacle of British…

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