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Brabham Automotive was an Australian automaker launched by David Brabham and an Australian investor group, Fusion Capital in May 2018. Brabham Automotive was based in Adelaide, South Australia, with representation also in the United Kingdom. Its first product was the Brabham BT62, which was initially launched as a track-only vehicle. In November 2019, the company announced a Competition version of the BT62 to coincide with its racing debut in the Britcar season finale at Brands Hatch. Brabham Automotive's manufacturing base was in Edinburgh Parks, north of Adelaide. In 2021, Brabham entered competition in the GT2 European Series with the BT63 GT2. Brabham ceased operations in January 2024,…

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Walkinshaw Group is an Australian company involved in the design, engineering, development, and marketing of performance vehicles, based in Melbourne, Australia. Walkinshaw Group was established in 1987 in Clayton, Victoria. It was born from Tom Walkinshaw Racing, owned and operated by Scottish racing driver and entrepreneur Tom Walkinshaw, opening operations in Australia. In 1987 Holden entered a joint-venture with Walkinshaw Group and created Holden Special Vehicles (HSV). The first car developed by HSV was the Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV in 1988 – which went on to win the 1990 Bathurst 1000, and is responsible for some of the most well-renowned performance vehicles in Australian mo…

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A substantial car industry was created in Australia in the 20th century through the opening of Australian plants by international manufacturers. The first major carmaker was Ford Australia and the first Australian-designed mass production car was manufactured by Holden in 1948. Australian manufacture of cars rose to a maximum of almost half a million in the 1970s (10th place in the World) and still exceeded 400,000 in 2004. Australia was best known for the design and production of 'large' sized passenger vehicles. By 2009 total production had fallen to around 175,000 and the Australian market was dominated by cars imported from Asia and Europe. As of 2015, Australian-designed cars were manu…

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Adelaide ( AD-il-ayd; Kaurna: Tarndanya [ˈd̪̥aɳɖaɲa]) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide central business district; the demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna, with the name Tarndanya referring to the area of the city centre and surrounding Park Lands, in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Range…

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Repco is an Australian automotive engineering/retail company. Its name is an abbreviation of Replacement Parts Company and was for many years known for reconditioning engines and for specialised manufacturing, for which it gained a high reputation. It is now best known as a retailer of spare parts and motor accessories. The company gained fame for developing the engines that powered the Brabham Formula One cars in which Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme won the 1966 and 1967 World Championship of Drivers titles. Brabham-Repco was awarded the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers in the same two years. Repco currently runs a series of stores across Australia and New Zealand specialising in the s…

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The Adelaide Motorsport Festival is an annual motorsport event first held in 2014 using a shortened [1.6 km (0.87 mi)] version of the former Australian Grand Prix (held in Adelaide from 1985 to 1995) and Adelaide 500 race track within Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi, in the south-eastern parklands of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The event has attracted the likes of Valtteri Bottas, Mika Häkkinen, David Coulthard, Damon Hill, Guenther Steiner, Liam Lawson, David Croft, Ivan Capelli, Stefan Johansson, Pierluigi Martini, David Brabham, Craig Lowndes, Marcos Ambrose, Jamie Whincup, Hayden Paddon, Mad Mike and more, with categories at the event including Formula 1, V8 Supercars, Hyperc…

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The Australian motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It has been held at a number of venues, most recently the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit near Melbourne, and from 2027 will be held in Adelaide.

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The Australian Grand Prix is an annual Formula One motor racing event, taking place in Melbourne, Victoria. The event is contracted to be held at least until 2035. One of the oldest surviving motorsport competitions held in Australia, the Grand Prix has moved frequently with 23 different venues having been used since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. The race became part of the Formula One World Championship in 1985. Since 1996, it has been held at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, with the exceptions of 2020 and 2021, when the races were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before that, it was held in Adelaide. Historically, the Australian Grand Prix was held as either the…

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The Adelaide Street Circuit, also known as the Adelaide Parklands Circuit, is a temporary street circuit in the East Parklands adjacent to the Adelaide central business district in South Australia, Australia. The 3.780 km (2.349 mi) "Grand Prix" version of the track hosted eleven Formula One Australian Grand Prix events from 1985 to 1995, as well as the Race of a Thousand Years American Le Mans Series race in 2000. Between 1999 and 2020 and again from 2022, a shortened 3.219 km (2.000 mi) version of the circuit has been used for the Adelaide 500 touring car race. It is also used by the Adelaide Motorsport Festival. A modified layout of the original track will be used for the Australian Moto…

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The CMV Group is an Australian company which operates automotive dealerships and horticulture in South Australia and Victoria, employs more than 2,000 staff with an annual turnover in excess of $1 billion.

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Australian Open: why the tennis works but the Grand Prix struggles

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Rapid Rise of China Automotive Industry in the 2000s and History of Turkey Automotive Industry