![PGM V8 is Maximum Motorcycle Madness [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pgm_v8_02-335x256.jpg)
Australia is not known for doing anything halfway, particularly when it comes to motor vehicles. Whether it’s the majesty of a road train lumbering across the outback, a vintage Holden or Ford with a supercharger...
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwBmywdMqKM&list=UU8AMAhCRmep7VJKe1sxvHFg[/youtube] While it’s sad that Australia’s domestic auto industry is winding down and thousands of workers will be out on their clackers, it’s especially sad that that most Australian of vehicle species, the ute, will...
You love automotive speed parts like bigger turbos and nitrous bottles, right? But did you ever wish they were more…cuddly? No? Well, even so, an Australian company called StreetFX has created a line of anthropomorphized...
![2015 HSV GTS Maloo is a Hell of a Sendoff [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hsv-gts-maloo-06-335x256.jpg)
Australia is the land of extremes: Extremely deadly critters. Extremely large unsettled/undeveloped areas. Extremely hot women (Seriously, Oz is at least tied with the likes of Brazil and the former Soviet Bloc in that regard.)....
![FPV GT F 351 is Ford Australia’s Feisty Falcon Finale [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gt-f44-1-335x256.jpg)
As far as North American automotive history is concerned, Ford Falcon production ended with an abbreviated “1970½” model year where the nameplate was applied to a stripped-down version of the mid-size Fairlane; beginning with the...
![Make Yourself Ute-ful: MotorTrend Tours South Australia in a Ford FG Falcon Ute [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/video_still_180.jpg)
While most Americans think of koalas, kangaroos and boomerangs when they hear the word “Australia,” American car nuts tend to think of a land that vehicle design and packaging forgot. Both GM and Ford offer...
We were huge fans of the Pontiac G8 during its tragically-short life. And we were especially fond of the G8 GXP, with its 415hp LS3 V8 and choice of a 6-speed automatic or 6-speed manual...
![Pontiac G8 Becomes a Sick Holden Commodore SSV Replica [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/video_still_005.jpg)
Like the 2004 to ’06 GTO that came before it, the Pontiac G8 was a lefthand drive Holden brought to North America for a tragically brief time. And like the last gen GTO, which some...
![Carbon Revolution Wheels Are Tomorrow’s Rims Today [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-SEMA-Show-Carbon-Rev-1.jpg)
Car wheels have, like all wheels, always been round, but they haven’t always been made of the same material. The early ones were wooden, not unlike the ones found on the horsedrawn vehicles from which...
In 1987, GM’s Australian division, Holden, and Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) got together and formed a new quasi-in-house tuner of cars wearing the red lion badge. In the quarter century since, Holden Special Vehicles (more...