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Top 5 car movie scenes

It’s Valentine’s Day, but we’re leaving the roses at home, stocking up on the chocolates and settling in for a night in front of the telly to find the most romantic movie scenes – that involve a car, of course.

1934 BLOWN CLOSED CAB PICKUP HOT ROD

Nick Crocitti has a ripper first go at a hot rod with his blown, slammed and naked 34' closed cab pickup

Search for new police highway patrol cars begins

Police forces are starting to look at their fleets post-SS Commodore and one German-built car has already emerged as a strong contender.

17 hottest fast cars Of 2017

Final flings, new beginnings and electric dreams form the guidebook for the year in performance

STREET MACHINE READER’S PROJECT CARS

Street Machine readers show us there project cars, with everything from a 4000hp Monaro to an LS1-powered Ford Transit Van!

392-CUBE HEMI-POWERED 1955 DESOTO FIREFLITE

Damien Veness's 1955 Desoto Fireflite packs a 392 Hemi in a solid dose of Mopar cool

Suzuki Swift GTi: Sweet dream

Famous name returns as turbo pocket rocket.

Top 5 most powerful V12 engines

We pay homage to the high octane, tyre-frying engines that drive some of the world's best performance cars. Just don't ask about the fuel economy.

1968 Jaguar XJ6

A sales downturn didn’t stop Jaguar producing this four-door classic.

NINE-SECOND TURBO 1958 FC HOLDEN

Paul Coles's smoking hot FC Holden runs nine-second passes with a straight six

HOW TO INSTALL A REAR-MOUNTED TURBO SET-UP

A rear-mounted turbo is a neat, efficient and cost-effective power boost alternative

239ci Ford Flathead V8: Mill of the Month

Feast your eyes on some hot-rodding porn – it’s 239 cubes of injected flathead fury heading for a cool 1935 Ford Cabriolet belonging to Sydney hot-rodder Geoff Oppy.

BLOWN 392-CUBE HEMI-POWERED 2003 MINI COOPER

Larry Audette's 2003 Mini Cooper’s short snout packs 2004-vintage Mopar muscle

BLOWN BIG-BLOCK 1973 HOLDEN HQ UTE

Old show cars like Bob Gallo's WB-fronted '73 HQ ute never die, they just improve with age

DJ CARL COX AND HIS COLLECTION OF STREET AND STRIP HOT RODS

DJ Carl Cox is famous for spinning tunes worldwide but he's just as happy burning rubber in his ballistic 7-second Ford Capri

Autonomous Emergency Braking: Independent test results

Our first independent AEB test program reveals hits and misses from the 2017 COTY field.

MARTIN WHITE, JOHN WHITE RACE ENGINES - INTERVIEW

We chat to Martin White who runs John White Race Engines, a family-owned competition engine workshop in Queensland

Victoria Police chooses Ford Territory replacements

Hyundai and Toyota are filling the void left by the end of local Ford production.

427-CUBE TWIN-TURBO SLEEPER COMMODORE

Looking at this VY SS Commodore you'd never guess it's running a forged 427 LSX with twin turbos!

Celebrities who drive normal cars

We know that in the celebrity world, car-owners barely bat an eyelid at a Porsche 911 or a Lamborghini Aventador. But when the rich and famous get around in a VW or Toyota, it turns heads.

READERS' EARLY CARS - VINTAGE FLASHBACK

We've dug through the archives to find some wild readers' cars from the early days

9 fast car investments

Buy one of these today and Future You might just be very thankful