A second-gen Land Rover Discovery is the last car you’d expect to tuck into an apex and maintain a precise drift all the way through, but this one manages it with ease, and it’s up for sale. This is not your run-of-the-mill Rover 3500-powered British blunderbus. It is a custom-built […]
Conversions
Toyota Cresta with Barra Ford Falcon engine makes awesome sleeper (video)
The boys at Mighty Car Mods have well and truly outdone themselves this time, installing one of Australia’s favourite motors, the ‘Barra’ inline six from the Ford Falcon, into a classic JDM Toyota Cresta. Marty and Moog sourced a very tidy looking Toyota Cresta, which is like a sexier, more […]
Lamborghini Gallardo getting 26B rotary conversion
When it comes to engine swaps, exotic cars like Ferraris and Lamborghinis are sacred ground, invoking ire if someone dares to remove their precision-crafted hearts. Case-in-point, the VW Jetta-powered Lamborghini in our Top 10 strangest engine swaps special. Redemption may come in the form of this 26B quad-rotor under construction […]
Killa Special Vehicles develops V8 Holden Colorado conversion kit
The Holden Commodore and Ute range end production in October this year. After that there’s no way to buy a new Holden V8 ute in Australia. Right? Wrong. HSV are said to be working on a performance Colorado, which should be a great car in its own right, but if […]
For Sale: 1985 Holden Commodore SL with LSA conversion
Usually when VK-VL Commodores command six-figure prices, they are of the ex-motorsport variety, HDT Group 3 or Directors or genuine Walkinshaws. This grey VK is none of those things, so why does it ask $120,000? Located at Prestige Motor Sydney, this pristine special is a custom build from the ground […]
Giocattolo ‘Seconda Iterazione’ coming soon, twin LS V8 engine
Some of you may remember in the 1980s a very exotic creation emerged from Queensland with the body of an Alfasud Sprint and the mid-mounted engine of a Walkinshaw Commodore V8. Fifteen cars were built, one of which infamously crashed in 2001 at Eastern Creek, in a tragic loss-of-life accident. […]
Ford Focus gets Nissan GT-R engine conversion for Pikes Peak (video)
A very innovative Australian-built Ford Focus race car will be debuting at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, featuring a crazy Nissan GT-R engine conversion. With a body loosely resembling the production Focus, the mechanicals differ very heavily from the front-wheel drive sedan or hatch, as you can probably […]
Cool Find: Grandpa-spec 1999 Lexus GS 300 packing 850hp
Although there is said to be internal debate at Toyota about continuing the GS line, its lineage can be traced back to the 1990s, where it amassed quite a following. The Toyota Aristo, as it was domestically known in Toyota form, was a technology-packed BMW 5 Series combatant with the […]