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Everything you need to know about Steve McQueen and the famous Bullitt Mustang

By Stephen Ottley · 01 Feb 2022

Steve McQueen’s 1968 Bullitt is a neo-noir action thriller with a gritty realism that was bold for the time… but nobody remembers that. What everyone remembers is the car chase, a scene so epic it has become not only the most famous of its kind in cinema but also spawned an entire genre of Ford Mustang.

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James Courtney: 13 things you might not know about the Aussie racing hero

By Stephen Ottley · 20 Jan 2022

James Courtney is now a veteran of the V8 Supercar series - a former champion and one of the most recognisable faces in the sport.

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Mark Skaife: 13 things you didn't know about the Aussie racing legend

By Stephen Ottley · 20 Jan 2022

Mark Skaife is V8 Supercar racing’s answer to Eddie McGuire - a colourful character with multiple roles across his chosen sport.

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Nissan RB26 engine: Everything you need to know

By David Morley · 20 Jan 2022

Thanks to decades of humdrum Australian family cars powered by inline six-cylinder engines, there’s a temptation to associate the straight-six with the mundane side of four-wheeled transport.

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GM LS engine: Everything you need to know

By David Morley · 23 Dec 2021

Replacing a legend of any sort is a tall order. But when the legend in question is Chevrolet’s celebrated small block V8 engine (which ran from 1954 to 2003 in Gen 1 and Gen 2 forms, powering everything from Corvettes to pick-ups) then any engine family attempting to replace it has enormous boots to fill.

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Toyota 2JZ engine: Everything you need to know

By David Morley · 23 Dec 2021

Many engines have become legendary among enthusiast motorists, sometimes for their longevity, sometimes for their performance and sometimes even their character. In the case of Toyota’s 1JZ and 2JZ, all three of those boxes are unequivocally ticked.

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Chrysler Hemi engine: Everything you need to know

By David Morley · 23 Dec 2021

There’s a famous advertising catch-cry in North America: `Yeah, it’s got a Hemi’. And that five-word phrase was enough to gain the attention of performance-car lovers in no uncertain terms.

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V8 Supercars engine specifications

By Stephen Ottley · 19 Nov 2021

Officially Australia’s premier racing series is known as Supercars. But to most people it’s still called V8 Supercars, and it’s a more approtiate name because the series has always been contested with 5.0-litre V8 engines.

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Australia's most affordable sports cars

By Stephen Corby · 22 Sep 2021

Defining what constitutes a ‘sports car’ is a reliably easy way of starting an argument. Some, slightly simplistic folk will insist that it means anything with wheels that’s painted red. Others that having a roof that’s convertible makes the grade. But the simplest definition is that it’s any car that values performance and the thrill of driving over whether or not you have ample space to fit your

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Peter Brock: 17 things you didn't know about the champion racing driver

By Stephen Ottley · 10 Aug 2021

Peter Brock was the first superstar of Australian motor racing.

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