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1956 Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint at the 1000 Miglia 2025

Alfa Romeo triumphs at the 2025 1000 Miglia

On the eve of celebrating its 115th anniversary, iconic Italian car maker Alfa Romeo has again triumphed at the 43rd edition of the 1000 Mille,…

Volvo 240 and XC60 driving down country road

Volvo 240 loses its mantle as the brand’s best-selling model

Well, it had to happen some time but it gives us no joy to report that the iconic Volvo 240 has been overtaken by the…

Alfa Romeo celebrates its 115th Anniversary with a major event at the Alfa Romeo Historical Museum in Arese, Italy

Alfa Romeo celebrates its 115th birthday in style with 350-car gathering in Italy

Jeremy Clarkson once opined on Top Gear that “you can't be a true petrolhead until you’ve owned an Alfa Romeo”. Whether you agree with the…

Gordon Murray with cars he has designed

Goodwood Festival of Speed to mark 60 years of Gordon Murray with special celebration

Gordon Murray will be under the spotlight at the 2025 Festival of Speed, with the greatest hits of his 60-year career in car design set…

Bugatti arriving at the 2024 Noosa Concours

Rare Porsche, Corvette and Delage among the star attractions at 2025 Noosa Concours d’Elegance

A rare Porsche 917/30 racer, a Pebble Beach Concours-winning 1936 Delage D6-70 Milord Cabriolet, and a legendary 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will be among the…

Austin J40 won by Ted French at the 1955 Austin Pedal Cars Junior Grand Prix race at Silverstone

70-year-old Austin pedal car to star on track at this year’s Goodwood Revival

The most-watched race at the Goodwood Revival is not the Royal Automobile Club’s TT Celebration, nor the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy, but a pedal car…

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Entertainment

Top 5 Videos of Goodwood Revival 2024

The only historic motor race meeting to be staged entirely in a period theme, Goodwood Revival is an immersive celebration of iconic cars and fashion.…

Classic TV: Going Ford is the Going Thing (1960s)

Kids riding in the back of utes and a swingin' psychedelic pop jingle – big brand TV commercials sure have changed significantly in the past…

Classic TV: Cog by Honda

The Honda Cog Tv Commercial created controversy as many thought computer graphics were used Cog is a British TV ad launched by Honda in 2003 to…

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…

Classic TV: BMW The Hire Series 1

Oftentimes, branded content is easy to spot from a mile away. You can always tell when an out-of-place product has been forced into a limelight…

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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Originals

Retro Rides Presents Ford Falcon EA-ED: How the S-XR8 Reignited the Ford vs Holden Rivalry

The Falcon S-XR8 not only matched the Commodore SS of the time for street cred and performance, but it relit the fuse on what would…

The history of BMW’s iconic ‘Ultimate Driving Machine’ slogan

BMW’s famous tagline has subtly sat below its roundel on its US print advertising since the 1970s There are few taglines in the automotive industry…

Retro Rides Presents Ford Falcon EA-ED: How Battling the VN Commodore Kickstarted the Greatest Era of Aussie Performance Cars

The EB Falcon saw the return of a V8 engine option with the S-XR8 after the EA was only offered with a straight-six lineup Ford…

Retro Rides Presents Ford Falcon EA-ED: The Evolution of the Fifth-Gen Falcon

At a time when Holden had decided to downsize, Ford's decision to retain a big-bodied Aussie family car with the EA Falcon proved to be…

Retro Rides Presents: 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2

Michael Stahl drove his first 911 in 1987, five years into his motoring journalism career, and it was almost identical to the one he now…

A Brief History of the Morris Minor

The Morris Minor has long been the epitome of unpretentious and charming British motoring (Image: Car & Classic) If ever a car epitomised British motoring…

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