News

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…

Holden GTS at the 2025 All Aussie Auto Show

2025 All Aussie Auto Show celebrates Australian-made motoring heritage

Sydney’s Gough Whitlam Park roared to life on June 1, 2025 as the All Aussie Auto Show paid tribute to Australia’s rich automotive heritage. From…

Porsche 963 RSP and Count Rossi 917 driving down highway

The Porsche 963 RSP is a one-off Le Mans car for the road that pays tribute to a special 917

50 years ago, a small team at Porsche made one owner’s crazy dream come true by building a one-off road legal version of the 917…

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Entertainment

Unicorn: 1969 Holden Hurricane

The Holden Hurricane, unveiled at the 1969 Melbourne Motor Show, was a futuristic concept car that pushed the boundaries of innovation and design. The Hurricane…

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024: Top 10 Fastest Cars

The Timed Shootout at the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard produced some incredible action this weekend. Not every one of the fastest runs…

Broken Dreams: The Ilinga

A series on cars that had promise but were doomed to fail. Cliff Chambers looks back on his interview with competition car designer Tony Farrell…

Top 10: Collector Holdens

Holden was for 70 years an emblem of Australia. Billed as ‘Australia’s Own Car’ it benefited from the absence of any real competition during its…

Time-lapse: The Alfararri – 1974 Alfa GTV 2000

We never tire of restomods at Retro Rides, because we love watching neglected hulks brought back to motoring life... with a twist. This 1974 Alfa Romeo…

Classic TV: Hey Charger – Chrysler Valiant

Hey Charger’ was the tagline for Chrysler’s Valiant Charger in the 1970s, and it has remained part of the local vernacular ever since. The combination…

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Originals

Rear View: Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R 1969

Decades before the R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R famously won the 1991 Bathurst 1000, it’s grandaddy the 1969 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R stalked the expressways of Japan.   Japan…

Retro Rides Presents: VW Beetle – Australian Assembly Commences at Clayton, Victoria

How the quirky little Volkswagen Beetle emerged from the ruins of post-WW2 Germany to conquer the world. Has any car ever been made, sold and…

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…

Top Tips for Buying a Used Holden Torana LX SS V8 Hatch (1976-78)

The local motor industry was more than a little shocked in 1976 when Holden’s LX update of its mid-sized Torana included a stylish new hatchback…

Top 5 Unlikely Bathurst 1000 Heroes

The recipe for success at Bathurst is well established. Of the 61 races held, 51 have been won by a car with a V8 engine…

How the Nissan Bluebird Turbo signaled a changing of the guard at the 1984 Bathurst 1000

Forty years ago, there was a changing of the guard at Bathurst. Since 1967 and the arrival of the Ford XR Falcon GT, every car…

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