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Australian leads Honda’s outside the box car design
James Deane heads Honda’s Counter Design Team, the guys who say ‘but what if we did it this way?’
SUMMERNATS '89 TROPHY-WINNING HOLDEN WB UTE
It's hard to believe that John and Scott McLachlan's Holden WB ute still looks this good after 27 years
GRANT CONNOR'S AWARD-WINNING BAD APPLE 1967 FORD XR FALCON
Debuted at Summernats 29, Grant Connor's candy-coloured Bad Apple Ford XR Falcon took home so much tinware, including People's Choice, you could melt it down and build a Kia
Man tows goats in a Lamborghini Murcielago
People tow goats all the time, but when someone does it in a Lamborghini raging bull, we sit up and take notice
Car badges of honour
Instead of continuing to come up with bad car names, car makers should look to the past for inspiration
Honda S2000 prototype at the Nurburgring
Sadly missed Roadster screams around the 'Ring
CHRIS BITMEAD'S STUNNING 1976 FORD FALCON XB COUPE - XBOSS
Chris and Colleen Bitmead's XB Falcon coupe XBOSS is a street-registered testament to Aussie workmanship and creativity
CHUBBY DRIVES FROM SYDNEY TO PERTH FOR MOTORVATION
We look back on Damien Lowe’s epic trip across the country in his award-winning VB Commodore
6-SECOND 557-CUBE TWIN-TURBO PRO-STREET TORANA
After debuting this show-quality Pro Street weapon at MotorEx 2014, Paul Todarello's Torana has done a 6-second pass
Opinion: Why you should crash your car
It’s a legal minefield for car companies to program their cars to kill other people
Archive: 1996 Ford Falcon EL GT vs 1996 HSV GTS-R
This is the moment we’ve been waiting for – HSV’s big-bang banana against Ford’s awesome aubergine! Todd Hallenbeck chows down…
LEIGH HAINTZ'S BLOWN 1970 HG HOLDEN MONARO
There's close to 1000hp in Leigh Haintz's blown, EFIed Holden HG Monaro - just enough to cruise the mean streets of Geelong
Floating traffic tubes will cut travel time, Norway says
They sound oxymoronic, but floating submerged tubes could be the answer for Norway’s fjords which are too deep for tunnels and too wide for bridges.
Peugeot's decade of madness
Crazy concepts, iconic hatches and wild race cars
1968 HOLDEN HR PREMIER & 1974 LH SL/R TORANA STREETERS
With Raelene's '68 Holden HR Premier and Mark's '74 Holden LH SL/R Torana, the Drews prove the family that plays together stays together
World’s first female driver joins car industry’s hall of fame
Bertha Benz snuck out of the house to help her husband show the world that the motor car was the way of the future
Gosford Classic Car Museum: 8 of the best
Take one Bunnings Warehouse, remove all horticulture and fill with 400 exotic cars
Neville Crichton interview
If Neville Crichton’s life was a movie, critics would slate it as overblown, absurd, unrealistic and a load of bollocks.
Archive: Honda NS-X review
With the new NS-X hitting Aussie roads in November, the time is ripe to remember our exclusive drive of the original. Phil Scott was the only Australian journalist invited to test the prototype of its 1990 Honda NS-X exotic. He reports the Japanese are well on their way to making the world’s first truly sensible supercar.
RETROTECH HOLDEN FJ UTE
While Trevor Floyd worked to finance the build, his custom 1954 Holden FJ ute was being pieced together on the other side of the country
TROPHY-WINNING HOLDEN LH TORANA STREETER - 6APEAL
Alison and Gareth Lougher's award-winning 1975 Holden LH Torana 6APEAL proves you don't need a bent eight or heavy mods to compete against some of the finest show cars in the country
Australia is falling behind the world, lacking the leadership to stop
Stephen Corby laments the lack of political leadership and investment in infrastructure that’s seeing Australia fall behind the rest of the world in the number of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles on our roads
400CI CHEV-POWERED HOLDEN HT MONARO
After falling in love with the Holden Monaro as a kid, Jamie McKay finally has his own – and it’s a stunning 400-cube Chev-powered street cruiser
CHRYSLER VK VALIANT CHARGER STREETER
Inspired by his dad's much-loved Chrysler VK Valiant, John Prassas built this award-winning Mopar