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Enthusiast Essentials: drive the dream this Christmas

17 December, 2015

Give the ultimate motorsport gift experience this Christmas with a Drivers Day experience voucher. Whether you want to feel the incredible acceleration and cornering abilities of a race-prepared V8 Holden at Pukekohe, drive a Formula One–style race car to get your adrenaline pumping, do hot laps in a Ferrari 430, or just drive the new 2014 BMW M3, Drivers Day has a dream motorsport experience option for everyone.

Book for yourself — or give a voucher, valid for 15 months, as a personalized gift — by visiting driversday.nz. Prices start from $175.

Lunch with … Rodger Anderson

22 November, 2024

At first, I wondered if I’d driven up the wrong driveway. The car in the garage was an early Mustang resplendent in royal blue with two broad gold stripes, which was not what I was expecting. I knew that Rodger Anderson, who made his name in Minis and a BMW 2002, was a Porsche man these days — the other end of the spectrum from American muscle. I had no idea of his affection for Detroit iron. It didn’t take long to discover just how passionate this former Saloon Car Champion is about cars, as long as they’re interesting.

Back from the brink – 1968 MGB GT

15 November, 2024

Auckland classic car enthusiast Kerry Bowman soon realised he had a massive job on his hands in restoring his classic 1968 MGB GT. When Kerry and his MGB first appeared in New Zealand Classic Car in March 2021, in “Behind The Garage Door”, the stripped-out shell had revealed some nasty surprises. Once the true extent of the hidden damage was discovered, the work would normally have been handed over to a professional fabricator. However, with the assistance of experts such as MG specialist restorer, Paul Walbran, Kerry has completed an impressive restoration and saved this car from the scrapheap.