Street Machine cover design timelapse!

The July 2026 Street Machine starts rolling out into newsagents and supermarkets across Australia on Monday, and will be on sale everywhere from Byron Bay to WA by Thursday. Most subscribers will have their copy already! The cover of each issue is a big deal for us. We need the car, the shoot and the design to be just right in order for it to jump out on the newsstand. It is also a really fun challenge and takes a great collaboration between the photographer, car owner, art director and wordsmiths to get right. Our July cover car is Jayden Grimshaw's HQ Holden ute. At first glance, you could be excused for thinking it was Ron Barclay's immortal SMOTY winner, but Jayden's HQ has a lot more horsepower than Ron's sparkling 308! Street Machine photographer Chris Thorogood drove up from Geelong to Jayden's hometown of Wangaratta for the shoot and managed to nail enough of a winter sunset to blag a killer car-to-car driving shot for the cover. Chris also tried some indoor cover options, using the light-painting technique, including one starring Jayden's fluffy best mate, Reyne! We came very close to making Reyne a Street Machine cover girl, but decided we needed an action shot to make it sing. Did we get it right? Fingers crossed! With the cover shot and processed, it was time for artist Povi Pullinen to get busy on the cover design. You can get an insight into his process in the video here. Grab a subscription and get the mag first: https://subscribe.streetmachine.com.au/index.aspx Facebook | https://fb.me/streetmachinemagazine Twitter | https://twitter.com/streetmachine1 Instagram | https://instagram.com/streetmachinemag TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@streetmachinemag Join the conversation: #streetmachinemag #streetmachinetv