In a profile of LC-LJ XU-1 GTRs, we noted: “March 1972 brought the updated, more civilised and powerful LJ Torana range. The ...

While often coveted due to its past cultural impact, as well as its all-out impressive performance ability, the modern Nissan GT-R is much more than a novelty machine to satisfy rich enthusiasts.

Related: SpaceX fires up 6th Starship to prep for test flight (video, photo) For the "Test Fire Simulation" at The Gantry at LC-39, guests can safely stand under a full-scale rocket engine as it ...

Local motor racing at the time had a homologation ... GM Holden replaced the Monaro as its primary racer with the LC Torana GTR XU-1 in 1970 and is why the '71 Monaro was so lackluster.

Light on the scale at under 2,200 pounds (982 kg), Praga agreed with Nissan to borrow the iconic GTR's 3.8-liter VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 to deliver a power-to-weight ratio of 1.4 hp/lb, lower than ...

The only other GTR-X remaining is currently on display at the National Motor Museum, alongside landmark Holdens ... of the wedge-shaped vehicles and far more sophisticated than the LC Torana on which ...

The original Torana, the HB, was basically a modified version of the Vauxhall Viva, ("Vauxhall" taken from the Latin vox – meaning "public" and haul – "to tow or carry", which summed the model ...

Holden’s involvement in top-level professional motor racing is officially over ... Firth then shifted the team’s focus to the six-cylinder LC Torana GTR XU-1. The car struggled to match Ford’s big V8s ...

This included the sports-oriented two-door LC Torana GTR, fitted with a 2.6-litre 93kW/202Nm six-cylinder engine, with two-barrel Stromberg carburettors, four-speed manual transmission and ‘wide ...

What one customizer in Japan did was to take a first generation 1970 Skyline GT-R and squeeze a NASCAR spec V8 into its engine bay. This classic Skyline might be owned by Osamu Hamanaka ...

It apparently took Shelby and his team less than eight hours to pair Ford’s new 4.7-litre Windsor engine with AC's delectable ... but grew to a 2.85-litre in the Torana GTR and a 160bhp, 3.0 ...