We’ve all seen them lurking outside supermarkets and inside shopping centres, and odds are most of us have ridden one at some stage in our lives. But does a kid-size fibreglass Postman Pat van have what it takes be be a practical road-going vehicle?

We’d say no, but Englishman Perry Watkins has taken the plunge anyway [...]

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V8 supercar driver Rick Kelly will attempt to make small-scale automotive history next Wednesday, pushing to break the land-speed record for a jet-powered remote control car.

The 2006 V8 Supercar Championship winner will take to Holden’s Lang Lang proving grounds next week with his Red Bull Mojet T40, a hand-built carbonfibre 1:10 scale replica of the [...]

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Drifting. It’s a deadly serious form of motorsport to some and a passing fad to others, but no matter what your opinion everyone agrees that it takes a certain level of finesse to initiate, hold and prolong a good slide.

Professional drifter Vaughn Gitten Junior has the magic touch, and he makes a living getting cars [...]

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Having recently driven between Sydney and Melbourne on a single tank of fuel in a Golf diesel, we can attest to the economical way in which the modern diesel performs in the real world (that road test is coming soon). Peugeot has just completed an altogether more serious “Coast2Coast” challenge in South Africa with their [...]

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