[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] One of the Kyote II dune buggies built by Dean Jeffries Edward “Dean” Jeffries is an icon in the collector car hobby. Neighbor to Indy racer Troy Ruttman. Painter of J.C. Agajanian’s racing cars, and so many others. He also lettered the words “Little Bastard” on James Dean’s Porsche. Fabricator and welder. Hollywood…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The Chevrolet Corvette C8 doesn’t just represent a big leap in the way the sports car is presented. It also represents a change in a philosophy that has remained in place for almost 70 years and across seven generations worth of Corvette models. The C8 isn’t just a successor to the C7, at…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Become an armchair expert with this list of last week’s biggest or most interesting news stories. After 31 months in a row of year-on-year sales decline – the longest slump since the Global Financial Crisis of a decade ago – November finally saw a market recovery as Australia came out of COVID-19 lockdowns.…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] A turbocharged, mid-engined, rear-wheel drive hot hatch hero. As the Toyota GR Yaris grumbled its way into the CarAdvice garage, it immediately triggered a memory of another time, another fat, little, three-door hatchback with a world rallying background. In the mid-1970s, turbocharging was still pretty nascent technology, but one manufacturer was at the…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] There’s another nail in the coffin for the big six-cylinder sedan. The Toyota Camry V6 will be axed early next year, following in the tyre tracks of the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon – and marking an end to the affordable six-cylinder sedan era. Toyota dealers in Australia have been advised the Camry…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Compact SUV twins gain plug-in hybrid power, though Australian plans remain unclear. The 2021 Audi Q3 45 TFSI e and Q3 Sportback 45 TFSI e plug-in hybrids have been officially unveiled. Powering the electrified ‘TFSI e’ SUVs is the same plug-in hybrid drivetrain as the Volkswagen Golf GTE and other Volkswagen Group models,…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] My Dad worked for General Motors, the Delco-Remy plant in Anderson, Indiana, his entire working life. I was born in 1959, and all my early memories of Dad are about him and his older brother, Unc Bruce, with sprint cars, street racers and just wicked GM cars that drove my Mom crazy. The…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] When things get hairy on a rally course, the best rally racers are rarely shaken; they just plow through, never in doubt and always going all-out. 2020 has been a strange year for the World Rally Championship as it has been for a lot of racing series. But even with all that, the…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Holden sold just 200 cars in November and estimates vary on how many remain. However, dealers have confirmed the huge discounts won’t be available after 31 December 2020. Holden fans hoping to drive a bargain have less than three weeks to cash in on discounts of up to $17,000, as General Motors prepares…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] It all started when Tesla launched the Cybertruck and Nikola hopped the wagon to mock the automaker. Nikola’s then-CEO offered Elon Musk its unused truck design for free that looked a lot more conventional. That was the first time we saw the design, or – for that matter – got to know about…