The automotive landscape and world at-large is shifting away from petrol cars and towards electrification and political correctness. Summernats is Australia’s largest automotive festival and a utopian oasis from those bleak realities. In fact, the 2023 event saw attendance up to over 125,000 between Thursday, January 5 and Sunday January […]
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2022 Summernats 34 set to go ahead as COVID vaccination rates rise
Organisers of Summernats 34, the iconic event for everything loud and automotive, have welcomed recent announcements from the ACT government that all-but-confirm the possibility of a 2022 return of petrolhead heaven. The most recent comments from Summernats organisers come after the ACT’s chief minister, Andrew Barr, announced a roadmap for […]
Red CentreNATS car event in Alice Springs locked in to 2026
No doubt one of Australia’s (and world’s?) most remote car events, the Red CentreNATS, has been locked in for another four years, boosting tourism in Northern Territory, and giving car fans the opportunity to gather in such an iconic part of Australia’s landscape. The event is one of the only […]
Summernats 33 winners & highlights (videos)
Australia’s biggest car festival is over for another year. The Street Machine Summernats 33 event in Canberra coincided with some terrible weather conditions and devastating bushfires in surrounding areas, but it didn’t stop enthusiasts from getting together and celebrating the annual event in true Aussie spirit. The four-day event opened […]
Summernats 33 opens, brightens up smoke-filled Canberra
Summernats 33 has officially opened its gates, with thousands of cars and car fans pouring into Canberra’s Exhibition Park to kick off 2020. It’s a colourful contrast as Canberra experiences poor air quality due to smoke from the devastating bushfires in surrounding areas. The event began with the usual annual-running […]
We’re giving away ‘Summernats 33’ one-day passes – enter now!
As most people prepare for the festive season, buying Christmas presents and getting ready for New Year celebrations, it’s those of us with high-octane petrol running through our veins that are more excited by the fast-approaching opening of Australia’s biggest car festival. Yes, Summernats 33 is just around the corner. […]
2019 Summernats 32: Winners & event highlights
Now that the smoke has settled we can talk about how good Summernats 32 was this year, and go over some of the highlights and winners. This year’s event was massive, with over 107,000 fans checking out the action, and 2199 vehicles entered in what is known as Australia’s biggest […]
Burnout world record set at Summernats 32, 126 cars smoking
This year’s Summernats 32 car festival in Canberra saw a new record planted into the Guinness World Record books. What was the record for exactly? A massive burnout, of course. More specifically though, the record involved 126 vehicles performing a simultaneous burnout, beating the previous record of 119 vehicles. The […]