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Timo Bernhard and That Nürburgring Lap Record
The king of the 'Ring on what it felt like to demolish the all-time record

Lee Murray's WEPN ProCharged 355-cube LJ Torana
Lee Murray’s ProCharged Holden V8-powered Torana is really singing thanks to EFI

The last-ever XC Falcon Cobra, restored by Howard Astill
Cobra number 400 cops a full restoration by the master

Nicole Jaggs's carby-fed LS-swapped LH Torana
In her third year attending Rockynats, this time Nicole Jaggs and her trophy-winning Torana took on the Grand Champion battle

What are the worst mods you've ever done to a car?
Time to come clean and admit to the world the automotive sins of your younger self

Turbo LS-swapped Hyundai iLoad sleeper
Reckon this is just your average plumber's van? Think again!

582ci Pro Street Holden HJ GTS tribute
Mark Attard's tough-as-nails, 1050hp HJ Holden is the physical manifestation of the pro street dreams of his youth

Readers' rockets: Custom HJ Monaro, slamed Beetle, WB pano + more
We check out some of our readers' cool rides from the July issue of Street Machine

From rest to 289km/h: German road trip in a 2023 BMW X3 M Competition
Big, brash and bold: BMW’s medium SUV has both X and M factors needed for the Autobahn

Rob Herrington's 800hp XY Falcon
Drenched in acres of black and punching out north of 800hp, Rob Herrington’s all-motor XY is a streeter to fear

Little League 253 engine build - part two
Conclusion to the Little League 253 V8 engine build story

Little League: Hotting the mighty 253!
Presenting the most-requested tech yarn in Street Machine history – the Little League Holden 253 build up!

1000hp street-and-strip 605-cube Chrysler Hemi
Here's one for the Mopar faithful, from BK Race Engines in NSW

Twin-turbo V10-swapped HJ Holden and other awesome reader projects
We check out our readers' current projects from the July issue of Street Machine

Rocky Sarkis's show & go LH Torana
This perfectly contemporised Top 60 Torana proves just how good a classic muscle car can be in 2023

Sleeper King: Shane Bridge’s 429 Mk1 Cortina
Sporting factory looks but with a 429 Ford big-block under the bonnet, Shane Bridge’s Mk1 Cortina was one of Australia’s first and most-iconic sleepers

Barra-powered EK Holden heading to Red CentreNATS
Paul Rockes is taking his epic Ford-powered Holden to Red CentreNATS in Alice Springs

The Ice Road (2021) - ripper car movies
This mission is on thin ice
The man behind M: A chat with Frank van Meel
Controversy, challenges, EVs and retaining its identity: the future is fraught for BMW M. We speak to the man tasked with dragging a performance icon into a new era

Reader's Rocket: Sam Zullo's HT Monaro
Ever since Sam's first red HT Monaro was stolen 40 years ago, he told himself he would have another one some day. And here it is

Young gun Joe Box's 355-cube Holden HZ ute
17-year-old Joe Box rescued this farm-find HZ ute and got it running with the help of his dad. It's now running a BG Engines-built Holden 355 V8

The incredible career of Aussie racing legend Max De Jersey
From the earliest days of drag racing, to the halcyon days of Bob Jane's Thunderdome, Max De Jersey did it all

LS engine family part 1: Gen III + Gen IV
The LS engine has been in production for over a quarter-century, and there are literally dozens of variants to play with. Here's the skinny on the whole bunch!

Chris & Joe Batey's front-engined dragsters
Nothing says nostalgia quite like a front-engined dragster