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Buying your dream car can be a frustrating experience for some… but one dealership in NSW is changing the game. JUST CARS chats with Mick Cory & Brad Lowe, owners of the freshly-minted Midlife Crisis Customs, whom are turning your dream car into a reality.

They’ve been dubbed the Holy Trinity of hypercars – the McLaren P1, the Porsche 918 and the LaFerrari. Each combines the seamless surge of electric power with the brutal punch of screaming combustion engines to deliver levels of performance that can only be described as miraculous.

After 18 years, the sleek and purposeful prototypes of Le Mans will return to the streets of Adelaide at the 2018 Adelaide Motorsport Festival.

Shannons are offering motoring enthusiasts the chance to win a Grand European Tour for two travelling through Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy. Start the 15-day tour with an exhilarating lap of the legendary Nürburgring as co-pilot in a Mercedes-AMG GT R.

The car collection formerly belonging to Peter Champion went under the hammer on the eve of this year’s Bathurst 1000 with Peter Brock’s 1981-82 Bathurst winning Commodore fetching $2.25million.

Brock. The name stirs the soul of race fans across the country. For over three decades Peter Brock was at the forefront of Australian motorsport. Naturally gifted … a pioneer … a proud Australian. He was charismatic … innovative … a bright shining star. The kid who grew up driving a paddock basher on his family’s farm and drove all the way to the top to become “King of the Mountain”. He was more than just a racing driver – he was the people’s champion.

The history of the Rare Spares brand is long and colourful. It is a story about passionate car enthusiasts who began sourcing spare parts to keep their classic cars on the road, and how, nearly 50 years on it is the same desire to keep classic cars alive that drives the business today.

This is the Brock Collection, where his legacy and history lives on. A showcase of Peter Brock’s racing history put together and curated by Brock’s mate Peter Champion.

By far the majority, of even the most die hard motorsport enthusiasts , would be unaware that one of Australia’s and the world’s oldest motor sport venues is located 45km north east from the Melboune CBD in the Shire of Nillumbik .

In May this year, the Trump presidency announced plans to impose a new 25% duty on all imported cars in the interests of “national security”. This was to apply not only to new cars, the bid being an obvious move to “protect” the American car manufacturing industry, but also “second hand” cars, thereby having a direct impact on the classic and collector car market in that country. That collector community cried foul, naturally, and their troops are rallied proclaiming government “extortion” and fear of retribution and retaliatory tariffs from the European Union.

One of the most significant rally cars in Australian motorsport history is coming to the Adelaide Motorsport Festival. The 1993 Subaru Impreza 555 is chassis number 4 from that year’s World Rally Championship campaign, and is the only one from that year still with its original shell.

The Ford Performance Ranger Raptor will hit the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship circuit this weekend as the series’ Official Recovery Vehicle.

On-demand manufacturer and online retailer, FitMyCar, takes out the Emerging Exporter award for Victoria.

Ahead of its local launch later this year, HSV today confirmed Australian pricing for the local-specification Chevrolet Camaro.

From rallies and test drives to Hollywood-style parties, the Monterey Bay area literally bursts at the seams with an influx of local and international revheads.

Pickles Belmore (Sydney) hosted Australia’s Ultimate Classic Car Auction on Saturday, 26 May.

Holden’s all-new ZB Commodore has blitzed exhaustive test drive comparisons run by SA Police with the first new RS V6 All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles joining the police fleet this week.

After some subtle and not-so-subtle hinting for the past few years, Toyota finally confirmed that the Supra sports coupe will return, following the unveiling of the ‘GR Supra Racing Concept’ at the Geneva International Motor Show in March

Representing arguably the ultimate version of Land Rover's iconic Defender, the example offered here was used during the filming of the 24th and latest film of the James Bond franchise, Spectre!

Whether your vehicle is new or old, large or small, keeping its cooling system functioning is vital, especially at this time of year.

Jaguar Classic is re-starting production of the iconic D-type race car in Coventry, 62 years after the last example was built in 1956. The first Jaguar D-type to be assembled by Jaguar Classic, an engineering prototype, will make its world debut at the Salon Retromobile show in Paris this week.

What makes a hard-nosed car dealer fall for a quirky, rare car unsuitable for his chosen environment – the race track? Melbourne’s Vince Parisi simply “fell in love”

Summer. Australia’s best race circuit. Hundreds of historic competition cars. What’s not to like?

The weather was perfect for this popular event in the very picturesque setting in Leongatha.