The Dodge Viper is one of the last truly intimidating cars, with a ludicrously powerful V10 up front and no mercy given to the nut behind the wheel. Running it on a nice, safe track with ample runoff is crazy enough, but the Aussies at Whitehot Motorsport made their Viper into a rally car and took it on the TargaâŚ
Following all the cars I saw on the road in Melbourne and beyond, I had some time to kill after the Pagani rally wrapped up. So in between sightseeing and visiting some art galleries, I went around some of the showrooms in the city. As great as it was to see some of the local culture out in the wild, the best stuffâŚ
Australia: home to some of the weirdest and most dangerous animals in the world, kangaroo-proofing for SUVs, and the worldâs largest supplier of Hemsworths. For a country with as much land and space as Australia thereâs one thing theyâve been short onâPaganis. Before this year the total number of Paganis in AustraliaâŚ
What comes to mind when you think of Australia? Kangaroos, summer in December and doing the Locomotion, perhaps? For those not in the know, the car scene is probably not something that comes to mind. But after spending a week in Melbourne recently I found out itâs more than just utes and V8sâitâs just mostly utes andâŚ
Have you ever seen a Tasmanian Tiger? Probably not. Neither have I, and thatâs because theyâre extinct. I didnât know these even existed at all until my recent trip to Australia, where I also got to know another extinct beast a little bit better: the Holden HSV GTS.
Last week a 415 horsepower Chevy SS was spotted in New York City with license plates confirming that it belonged to the Australian Consul. Now, the former Australian Consul-General himself has chimed in to tell us a little more about it.
Today we learned that there appears to be a V8 rear-drive Chevy SS representing the Australian government in New York, and that kicks ass on multiple levels.
A team of Australian urinators/YouTubers have tackled the decidedly non-trivial problem of automotive urine-extraction systems. Having to pee while driving is a genuine safety issue, and Iâve attempted DIY urine management systems myself. These guys have made one very significant improvement that dramatically helpsâŚ
While driving on an island in Western Australia, WAtoday reports that Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardoâs parents and their friends claim they found a 132-year-old message in a bottle they originally thought was litter. But not everyone believes them, and some think itâs just an elaborate marketing plan.
Mighty Car Mods is one of the best do-it-yourself tuner channels on YouTube, having built a collection of lovable misfits that includes a Daihatsu Mira and an LS-powered Mad Max-style car. Clearly, thereâs no better way to test their work than by drag racing their cars against an Australian V8 Supercar that producesâŚ
Being unfamiliar with Peter Brock is pretty much unthinkable to Australian auto racing fans, but for much of the rest of the world, thatâs the sorry state we live in. This is a shame, not just because Peter Brock was a truly gifted driver and ran a great factory-approved tuning company, but because the story of hisâŚ
Normally when I want to show you a car I believe youâve never heard of, I limit myself to one car. Not today. Today Iâd like to introduce you to two fascinating cars from the same company, the Australian kit and production car maker Bolwell. I chose these two cars, the Nagari and Ikara, because Iâm not sure thereâs aâŚ
Here is a message to all of you who are scouring the import shop websites and Craigslist and Bring A Trailer in search of Skylines and Autozams and rare Audis: youâre doing it wrong. You should be importing Ford Falcons instead.
Billing the project as an experiment in âslow TVâ, Australiaâs SBS television network ran The Ghan: Australiaâs Greatest Train Journey for 17 hours straight last Sunday. While some described the programming as âlike watching paint dryâ, other fanatics couldnât put down the remote. A 3-hour highlights package of theâŚ
Try as we might, we just canât seem to out-hoon the continent that gave us the word âhoon.â Australia opens every year with perhaps the most glorious spectacle in roasted tires: Summernats. This yearâs burnout contest winner is pure Jalop bait, too. Itâs a Holden ute thatâs even louder than it is brownâand it isâŚ
One of Australiaâs most major highways, the Hume Freeway linking Melbourne to Sydney, has seen some interesting traffic patterns as of late. Itâs all thanks to the tar in the road literally melting under sustained 100-plus degree temperatures of a heat wave.
Want a nice metaphor to end out the year? As usual, the mad marsupial mess that is Australian wildlife provides an answer, in the form of a pair of adorable koalas blocking traffic as they desperately try to kill each other.
The Toyota 86 Racing Seriesâ Race 1 at Newcastle Street Circuit this weekend went out with a big bang. The safety car pulled back in to let the race restart with only one lap left. That ended exactly as poorly as it usually does for a large chunk of the field who got caught up in a big olâ crash.
