After a stellar inaugural event at Toyota Australia’s Sydney HQ in 2013, #Festivalof86 was on again, this time at the picturesque White Bay Cruise Terminal only minutes away from the Sydney CBD. The man responsible for the modern revival of a Toyota classic, Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada-san returned to help celebrate the second anniversary of...
August 6 marks a special day for Hachiroku devotees the world over and for years on end they have come together to celebrate arguably Toyota’s most renowned model. Australia’s fanbase for these iconic cars may not be as large as that in Japan or the US, but that didn’t stop any of our local Hachiroku...
Shane Koyczan was bullied a lot when he was a kid. So he took that pain and made this stunning video with the help of some amazingly talented people. He wrote “To This Day”, a spoken word poem, to further explore the profound and lasting impact that bullying can have on an individual. He believes...
Sydney Motorsport Park has hosted it’s fair share of drift battles, but last weekend’s ADGP Australia Day Drift Festival on the newly-constructed South Circuit revived what is a national drifting series which has been missing in Australia’s automotive scene. Freshly paved and ready to be broken in, this tight section of track between turns 7...
It seems like it was only yesterday when I wrote this short message about how we are human. About how we wake to the human condition of living with problems of pain. How we would have encountered battles in the year 2012. Little or big. We would all have faced up to a few battles....
Car shows have begun to become repetitive. Meeting the same people and seeing the same cars can become tiring, but All Stars aims to change this by diversify the Australian scene and bringing together enthusiasts from all car cultures. Following ‘All Stars at Meguiar’s MotorEx 2012’, last weekend’s ‘Spring Picnic’ brought together an assortment of...
The anticipation for the World Time Attack Challenge 2012 has been building for a year and once again the world’s greatest drivers along with their time attack weapons descended upon Sydney Motorsport Park to grab that seemingly elusive lap to seal the title. However, 2012 would turn out to be a year vastly greater and...
After intense planning from inception just over 6 months ago, last weekend marked the inaugural THE-LOWDOWN.com Presents: Showcased – Sydney. It was a day that automotive enthusiasts from across the east coast of Australia were looking forward to, with many travelling from interstate to attend as many cars would be unveiled, some after months of...
Jamboree, an event run by Ray Box and the Sport Compact Group, has been the premier event, if not the only event for Australian sport compact drag racing for over 20 years. Being held inaugurally in Queensland at Willowbank Dragway and holding a special place in the hearts of those who have raced there since...
I’ve personally known Brandon since the 7th grade. We actually went to high school together for that matter. But as many have experienced in their lifetime, things happen, people move away and sometimes you just lose contact with your friends and family. My stark memory of Brandon was that he was a Rugby League player...
8am was the start of the day for Team Cars For Hope on the last day of March as we were all set for Jamboree Sydney at Sydney Dragway, however by 3pm after our shirts were covered in a nice film of black carbon and rubber residue we left for our ITR for the popular...
“I believe that depression is a serious issue and not many people really understand what it is. People need to be educated about depression so that they can see the signs in friends or family and take action. The majority of people suffering depression don’t seek treatment or speak about it, so by educating people...
