David Burrell is founder and editor of Retroautos.com.au, a free online classic cars magazine. Dave has a passion for cars and car design. He's also into speedway, which he's been writing about since 1981. His first car was a rusted-out 1961 Vauxhall Velox. His daily driver is a Pontiac Firebird. Prior to starting Retroautos, David was an executive in a Fortune 500 company, working and living in Australia, NZ, Asia, Latin America and the UK.
The 1966 XR Falcon was a game changer, reports DAVID BURRELL. It became the template for locally-built sedans and wagons that disappeared only when the last Commodore rolled off the line.
Within 18 months of launching the first FX Holden, GM-H was already working a prototype that would have seen the iconic FJ Holden "Americanised", reports DAVID BURRELL.
Once the object of jokes, the Leyland P76 is now looked upon with fond nostalgia with features that were quite advanced for Australia at the time, reports DAVID BURRELL.