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VIDEO: Sean Edwards Tribute
Remembering an incredible talent taken too soon
VIDEO: THE Lap of the Gods
In our last ‘Lap of the Gods’ instalment is Greg Murphy’s stunning qualifier in 2003
VIDEO: Walkinshaw’s V12 Jaguar meets The Mountain
For the third slot of our ‘Lap of the Gods’ mini-series is Tom Walkinshaw’s howling qualifier in the V12 Jaguar XJ-S before The Great Race of ’85
VIDEO: Mark Skaife – “As quick as we could go”
Our second episode of the ‘Lap of the Gods’ mini-series highlights the explosive pace of Mark Skaife and Nissan’s Group A Skyline GT-R around Mount Panorama in 1991
VIDEO: Peter Brock in the Wet
In our first instalment of ‘Lap of the Gods’ mini-series, leading up to this weekend’s enduro, we re-visit Brocky’s wet and sideways charge on The Mountain during the last laps of the 1987 Great Race
Blancpain Endurance Series final finishes wet and wild
Series final at the Nürburgring 1000 gives us one of the season’s most demanding and entertaining races yet
WRC Rally Australia Review
MOTOR’s take on what went down at Rally Oz, and how each driver performed.
Gallery: The Top 10 Jaguars
In the lead-up to the reveal of the new XE sedan, Jaguar gathered a trio of experts to judge the 10 best cars the British marque have ever built
GALLERY: Toyota’s Motorsport Museum
Tucked away under the wind tunnel of Toyota Motorsport’s giant headquarters is an Aladdin’s cave filled with treasure
GALLERY: Nissan’s DNA Garage
Nissan’s DNA Garage is hidden behind an innocuous red door at the Oppama plant, but for Japanese car nuts it’s the equivalent of climbing through the wardrobe to Narnia
BLOG: ’Ring someone who cares
Why the battle for irrelevant lap times must stop
Chris Atkinson interview
MOTOR sits down with Aussie rally star Chris Atkinson for an in-depth interview ahead of this year’s Rally Australia
BMW mobs South Africa
Watch a fleet of drifting M235is bring Cape Town to a halt
Arctic Trucks in Iceland
Scott crawls his way over Icelandic terrain in a steroid-fed Toyota off-roader
HSV celebrates 25 years
Holden Special Vehicles is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a limited edition version of the performance flagship GTS.
STAYIN’ ALIVE WITH A DISCO BALL MIRROR
An exterior rear-view mirror that its creator claims eliminates the driver’s ‘blind spot’ has received a U.S. patent. The subtly curved mirror, invented by Drexel University mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks, dramatically increases the driver’s field of view with minimal distortion.
DROP AND GIVE ME 2012!
Czech artist David Cerny has brought his vision of the Olympic Games in London to life, for the 30th summer games.
PEDAL TO THE HOT ROD METAL
There are pedal cars, and then there are miniature, mechanical works of art. A series of nine radical, custom pedal cars have been produced by some of America’s coolest hot rod builders to be auctioned by the Peterson Automotive Museum at next week’s RM Auctions event in Monterey, California.
Gallery: PEDAL TO THE HOT ROD METAL
There are pedal cars, and then there are miniature, mechanical works of art. A series of nine radical, custom pedal cars have been produced by some of America’s coolest hot rod builders to be auctioned by the Peterson Automotive Museum at next week’s RM Auctions event in Monterey, California.
POLAND’S SUPERSTAR SUPERCAR
Maranello, Modena, and St Agata … homes of Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. For many car enthusiasts they define the spiritual centre of the super sports car universe as northern Italy. Others might nominate Zuffenhausen, Germany (Porsche), Molsheim, France (Bugatti), or Woking, UK (McLaren). But if emerging maker Arrinera Automotive hits its ambitious targets, Warsaw, Poland will soon be added to that impressive, geographic roll-call.
Gallery: POLAND’S SUPERSTAR SUPERCAR
For four years, Arrinera Automotive has been developing the Hussarya, a mid-engine supercar designed to take on the world’s best.
HSV’S QUARTER CENTURY
On debut at the Sydney motor show in 1987, Holden Special Vehicles’ initial offering, the VL SS Group A homologation special was quickly dubbed ‘The Batmobile’ in response to its extreme, aero body kit.
Gallery: HSV’S QUARTER CENTURY
HSV is celebrating 25 years in operation with the release of new, entry-level versions of its most popular models, and significant upgrades to higher spec variants.
Gallery: FPV’S MOST HARD-CORE GT EVER
As previewed by MOTOR in its September 2012 issue, Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) has launched what it claims is the most ‘hard-core’ Falcon-based GT ever, with the release of the new GT RSPEC.
