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Two Mini JCW hot hatches designed in collaboration with Deus Ex Machina

Mini partners with Aussie lifestyle brand Deus Ex Machina for two wild hot hatch concepts

With their visible seams, chunky switches and traditional levers these raw, handcrafted Mini’s celebrate the ‘beauty of imperfection’, and they even have an Aussie connection.…

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…

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Entertainment

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…

Classic TV: 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,…

Unicorn: 1970 Porsche Tapiro

In the world of automotive design, few collaborations have captivated car enthusiasts quite like the 1970 Porsche Tapiro. Born from the innovative minds at ItalDesign,…

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Originals

Pursuit Special Ford Falcon from Mad Max

Screen Gems, Part 4: Pursuit Special from Mad Max

In our ‘Screen Gems’ series, we’re looking back at the iconic cars that became film and television stars so instantly recognisable that you’ll know them…

Bat Mobile. Special Presentation of Cars Used in Movie's and Television. Friday, May 30th, 2003 in New York. Photo by Jennifer Graylock

Screen Gems, Part 1: George Barris’ original 1966 Batmobile

In our ‘Screen Gems’ series, we take a look back at some of the iconic cars that became stars of film and television so instantly…

Volvo 240 GL

50 years of the Volvo 200 Series, Part 2: How safety, durability, and design combine in this common-sense classic

Almost three decades after the last Volvo 200 Series was manufactured, the model’s unique combination of safety, durability and distinctive design has helped make it…

Volvo 240

50 years of the Volvo 200 Series, Part 1: The slab-sided icon’s Aussie arrival in 1975

It’s just over 50 years since the slab-sided Volvo 200 Series first arrived in Australia, bringing with it a fascinating synthesis of progressive yet sensible…

Isetta at the BMW Museum

Inside the BMW Museum in Munich

BMW is a brand that has long prided itself on embodying innovation, dynamism, and the joy of the open road, and the BMW Museum in…

Finch Restorations Ford Falcon XA GT Chicken Coupe

The Chicken Coupe comeback: inside Finch Restorations’ most controversial rebuild

Few Aussie cars have garnered quite the reputation in recent years as the infamous ‘Chicken Coupe’. While ordinarily, any Ford Falcon XA GT Hardtop will…

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