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2025 Adelaide Motorsport Festival TV special produced in collaboration with Retro Rides to air on Nine this Sunday
You’ll want to park yourself in front of the television this Sunday, April 6, when the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival highlights show hits your screens, offering a unique look at the March event.
History in the making: Ford Australia celebrates 100 years
To mark Ford Australia’s centenary year, a special “History in the Making” event will be held in Melbourne on Friday April 4, 2025.
March 2025 Auction Report: Plenty to Like, But Some Prices Decline
Retro Rides’ Market Analyst Cliff Chambers has plucked the best from roughly 300 car and motorbike lots during March 2025, finding that while there was plenty to like, the value of some models has declined quite noticeably.
A restomod ute? Isuzu has unveiled a surprising Holden Rodeo throwback
Unveiled at the 2025 Bangkok International Motor Show, the one-off Isuzu Dragon Max shows there may well be a market for turning even the most humble of utes into a flashy restomod.
This is how the Nissan Patrol has left its mark on Australia after 64 years and 250,000 sales
From the first motorised crossing of the Simpson Desert in 1962 to posting record sales figures today, the Nissan Patrol has left its mark on Australia, and Australia has left its mark on it in turn.
The legendary Renault 5 Turbo returns as an electric ‘mini-supercar’
Renault is billing its new, electric R5 Turbo as “a beast of a car built for rallying, drift and track performance, adapted for the road”.
February 2025 Auction Report: It’s Still a Buyer’s Market
Retro Rides’ own Market Analyst Cliff Chambers believes buyers are the big winners based off the bargains obtained during 2025’s shortest month.
Australian motorsport world mourns the loss of Bathurst winner John French
The world of Australian motorsport is mourning the loss of 1981 Bathurst 1000 winner John French, who died on 11 March 2025 aged 94.
2025 All Aussie Auto Show set to highlight Australian classics and unknowns
When you think of what a car show for Australian vehicles might look like, a sea of Holdens and Fords will likely come to mind, with maybe the odd Mitsubishi or Chrysler. However, the 2025 All Aussie Auto Show is set to challenge that presumption by creating an event which opens attendees’ eyes to the depth and breadth of the Aussie automotive industry.
Star drivers steal the show on day two of the 2025 Adelaide Motorsport Festival
The second and final day of the 2025 Adelaide Motorsport Festival didn't disappoint, with attendees treated to impressive on-track displays and plenty of celebrity signing sessions.
History recreated and big-money plate sales on day one of the 2025 Adelaide Motorsport Festival
Day one of the 2025 Adelaide Motorsport Festival offered a throwback to the very first Adelaide Grand Prix 40 years prior, with history recreated on the Victoria Park circuit.
Classic Alfa Romeos claim top honours at Sydney Harbour Concours d’Elegance
Alfa Romeo took centre stage at the 2025 Sydney Harbour Concours d’Elegance, with one particularly stunning example of the Italian brand’s heritage claiming top honours.
Everyday cars to sit centre stage at the 2025 Festival of the Unexceptional
While glamorous exotics or rowdy muscle cars are the classics many enthusiasts crave, for others, there’s still some appeal in the humble everyday car. That's exactly what will feature this July at one of the UK’s biggest and most distinctive car shows, the 2025 Festival of the Unexceptional.
