Howard Astill’s SMOTY-winning XA Ford Falcon hardtop
Howard Astill set out to build a car capable of winning Street Machine of the Year. He got it right
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Here’s a goodly helping of some of the most-iconic cars to win the Street Machine of the Year award! Founded in 1988, with Alan Cooper’s BLOBAK2 being the first winner, SMOTY 2026 sponsored by Enthusiast Motor Insurance is open for voting now at smoty.au
Howard Astill set out to build a car capable of winning Street Machine of the Year. He got it right
Video: Blown Noonan Hemi HTKO Monaro wins Enthusiast Motor Insurance Street Machine of the Year 2025
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Vote to win: Enthusiast Motor Insurance Street Machine of the Year 2025
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Street Machine of the Year 2024: Heath van der Waerden’s Torana hatch
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Myers’s GM176/S1CKO Mustang wins Milwaukee Street Machine of the Year 2023
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Jasmine Green’s HiLux wins Milwaukee Street Machine of the Year for 2022
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Video: Jasmine Green’s HiLux wins Milwaukee Street Machine of the Year
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Street Machine of the Year 2021 VIP Party
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Chad Ribbons’s HD ute wins SMOTY 2021
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Aaron Gregory’s Memphis Hell wins SMOTY 2020
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Matt Morgillo’s Holden HQ Statesman wins SMOTY 2019
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Ben Judd’s EH Holden wagon wins SMOTY 2018
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Gary Myers’s AGROXA Falcon hardtop wins SMOTY 2017
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SMOTY 2017 #1: GARY MYERS’S FORD XA COUPE
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2016 STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR WINNER – XBOSS
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SMOTY 2016 #3: CHRIS BITMEAD’S FALCON XB XBOSS
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