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Driven to Extinction: Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Stylish, fine-driving Italian hatch endured while its FCA stablemates stumbled
The Car (1977) - ripper car movies
What evil drives
Jeff Briffa's Holden 355 stroker-powered VL Calais - flashback
Jeff Briffa ruled the street machine roost in the late 90s with his immaculate, groundbreaking VL Calais
What happened in MOTOR 18 years ago? The Nissan 350Z battles Holden's Monaro CV8 in a sports coupe showdown
With Nissan’s new 400Z on the horizon, we wind back the clock to our impressive first encounter with the then-brand-new 350Z
Big-block 1969 Chrysler VF Valiant hardtop
Real estate agent Luke Croft gives a sad old stock VF Hardtop an extreme makeover, transforming it into a street-stomping brute
8/71-blown, mech-injected alloy LS3 combo - Mill Of The Month
While EFI has revolutionised the driveability of big, angry engines, nothing in that world can match the tough look of a mechanically injected V8 wearing a filthy, whoppin’ great blower
Tim McEwan's big-block Holden HQ
We caught up with Tim McEwan and his tough big-block HQ at the recent South Coast 660
Revisit: Bentley Bentayga, fit for a prince
2016: It’s the Queen’s marque of choice, so surely Bentley’s big luxury SUV is the perfect car for our own outback monarch. We visit Prince Leonard in remote Hutt River to find out
How Australia got the ultimate BMW E36
You couldn’t buy this limited edition M3 unless you had a special racing licence
80-year-old burnout competitor Lorraine 'Nan' Tuckett
At 80 years young, it’s fair to say Lorraine ‘Nan’ Tuckett is a bit of a latecomer to the burnout scene
Blown L98-powered 1956 Chev Bel Air - 50SIXX
Powered by a Magnuson-blown L98, Charlton Sherry's ‘50SIXX’Bel Air is one mean and clean family cruiser
Peter Mitrovski's 1968 Chevrolet Camaro
After a 15-year resto, Peter Mitrovski finally got his Camaro on the road - just a day before lockdown
Electric-powered 1965 Mk1 Ford Cortina
By slinging an electric motor and Tesla battery pack into this 1965 Mk1 Cortina, Tim Harrison has turned an unused project car into a daily driver
How free-piston technology could save internal combustion, but not as you know it
Forget almost everything you thought you knew about how an internal combustion engine works
Track-inspired Holden LC GTR Torana 'XU3'
With his time on earth running out, the late Gerrard McCrostie treated himself to the street/race Torana of his dreams
Readers' rockets: Corvette C3, Torana LX, Falcon XD, HJ ute, VH Commodore
We check out some cool readers' rides from the May 2021 issue of Street Machine
What happened in MOTOR 13 years ago? We thrashed the 911 GT2 and CLK63 Black on road and track!
Throwback to our day with 763kW and $736,560 worth of dark fast metal
ProCharged, 3500hp billet Pro Line Racing Hemi
The Frank, Dan and Wally show unveils a 3500hp Billet Hemi packing fat procharger power
1200rwhp twin-turbo diesel V8 Land Cruiser 79 series
How do you get a diesel-powered Land Cruiser to run eights? All it takes is a little black magic and a whole lot of perseverance
Seth DePiazza's 1977 XC Fairmont GXL
Young gun Seth DePiazza's perfect P-plate beach cruiser
Why the Lamborghini Gallardo is a future modern classic
The Gallardo was a game-changer for the Lamborghini brand, and is primed to be a top modern classic in the future
Ford V8-powered 1976 Datsun 260Z
A Japanese car painted a Holden colour and with a Ford engine? For his Datsun 260Z rebuild, Tony Moit reckoned: Why the hell not?
The top 10 underrated performance car underdogs
Ten contemporary overlooked driving gems you've been sleeping on
Kate Russell's 1953 Chevy sled
Kate Russell has a magnetic personality and can chinwag about cars, bikes and trucks until the cows come home