Australia's most successful international racing driver contributed more to the world of motor sport than his three Driver's Championships.

Extraordinary as it may seem, a country brimming with aristocracy had never, in 100 years of automobile manufacturing, seen a car with the brand name of Noble.

More than a decade of watching HSV build its profile as the principal source of Australian-made performance cars must have been galling for Ford.

View the words Pagani Zonda in isolation and the mental picture they conjure may include an exotic variety of bread or a motor scooter.

During the past two decades, Japanese manufacturers have shown an obsession for niche brands that create separation between their prestige and mainstream models.

Building replicas of legendary sports cars and innovative track blasters has become a thriving business for British-based Westfield Cars.

The name sounds better suited to a child's toy, but there's nothing cheap or simplistic about the cars that have emerged in tiny numbers from a converted hanger alongside the runways of Sweden's Angelhom airport.