Rock stars, racing gods, rental-car lunacy and F1's great battery babysitting backflip
From Buddy Holly’s coral-pink Impala to Ayrton Senna’s first Formula One car, this week’s car world is a glorious collision of nostalgia, speed, money and stupidity — with F1 scrambling to fix its over-clever 2026 rules, Avis turning into a meme-stock circus, Volkswagen shrinking its future, and Florida thieves proving that even a Lamborghini is vulnerable if Trevor leaves the keys inside.
John Connolly
The Weekend Australian
This week: chrome, chaos and carbon fibre
Three cars, one rental-car meme stock and a governing body in retreat There are cars that get you from A to B, cars that get you into trouble, and cars that somehow end up carrying half the emotional luggage of the 20th …
That'll be the day: Buddy Holly's Impala heads to auction
Peggy Sue, Cay Coral and a Chevrolet with a backbeat Some cars are collectable because they are rare. Some are collectable because they are beautiful. And some are collectable because they come with a story so good you a…
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