The NZFMR Porsche Festival was a huge success during January. To top it off, 402 Porsches — the most ever assembled in one place at one time in New Zealand — lined up on the grid for a parade lap. Porsche 911s seem to be the favoured model, but which is your favourite — the air-cooled or the water-cooled? Tell us in the poll below.
9 April, 2026
The owner of this 1978 GTV, Stephen Perry, with only a skerrick of wishful thinking, says through half-closed eyes, “It is not dissimilar to the Maserati Khamsin”.
The nose is particularly trim and elegant from all angles, featuring cut-outs for the headlights echoing Alfa’s own exotic Montreal. The body is unfussy, lean with lots of glass, and the roofline shows a faint family resemblance — although on a much more angular car — to the curved waistline of the earlier 105s. The slightly hunched rear means there’s much more space in the rear seats than in the cramped rear of 105s — very much a 2+2 — and a generous boot. These more severe lines are not quite as endearing as the 105’s but they are still classy and clearly European.
