Its first race was at the Mallala Race Circuit which gave its name to the car.

The chassis was designed to give a low overall height to the car by dipping down by 2.75 inches (70 mm) between the axles.

But with some malevolent help from the auto and real estate industries, the trolleys gave way to the almighty car.

He would give us the keys to the car and tell us to drive it around, but not to wreck it.

They, too, noticed the attention being given to the experimental car.

-and you arranged somehow to give him the keys to the car.

"Parents are blissfully ignorant of the rules and give the kids the keys to the car without knowing the rules," she said.

Kelly gives Chuck the keys to the car they once shared.

Priority is still given to the car and to motorways, while crumbs are given to the railways.

"I'd like to have a village here, from about 1860 to 1920 when the horse gave way finally to the car, like a satellite college of 19th-century transportation."