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We're used to hearing about "fastest street car" this, and "most powerful" that. But when it comes to the fastest wheel-to-wheel racing car in Australia, few would know about the Veskanda C1. For this post I'm not including Time Attack cars, as they don't race against other cars, so this advanced grounds-effects-equipped V8-powered rocket built in Adelaide stands as the high-water mark for racing cars in Australia.  Don't fret if you've never heard of the Veskanda C1. This circuit racing monster was built in the mid 1980s to take on sports car racing, up against turbo Le Mans Porsches, powerful...

As the Greatest 4x4 Channel Outside Alpha Centauri, we love taking our rides up the trails to discover all our fine, wide brown land has to offer. An important part of this is kitting your off-road rig out with high-quality wheels because, just like our high-performance street/track builds, there are solid engineering upgrades on offer with a quality aftermarket off-road wheel.  When we're smashing lap times at the track we get lightweight, strong forged alloys which can hold the G-forces as we corner hard. When we're on a snotty fire trail, we still need top-quality wheels: they need to be...

The racing legacy of the BNR32 GT-R Skyline is one thing, and a bloody impressive thing at that, but is Godzilla actually the most iconic tuner car of all time? It very well might be.  It is important to note from the outset I'm not claiming it to be the best tuner car. When I say "the most iconic tuner car I mean that if you ask a random person what a "tuner car" is, the first car they'd say is an R32 Skyline GT-R (or "Godzilla"). They've been built into some of the wildest road and race cars; won...

The mystery behind our cars and the lives they lived before we got them is fascinating, and even moreso when they've travelled halfway around the world to get to our grubby, kebab-flavoured mitts. Who owned them? Where did they live and drive? How were they built and maintained? Our R32 GT-R is going through a loving rebuild right now (which is celebrated HERE WITH AN ALL-NEW POSTER), but it's obvious it spent many years being treated like a complete nugget. The GT-R is such a storied, legendary machine it's hard to believe these were just cheap cars to hack into...

While it did stomp the competition in racing and tuning all over the globe, the Nissan R32 Skyline GT-R was not responsible for killing Group A racing. Let me say that again for the people eating boogers in the back of the room (yes, that's you Derryn): THE R32 SKYLINE GT-R DID NOT KILL GROUP A TOURING CAR RACING.  One of the most common fallacies parroted on the Internet today is the absolute nonsense that the success of the R32 Skyline GT-R meant other touring car racing teams and manufacturers complained to the FIA and their local governing bodies so...