Cars

Porsche aims to save gas, cash, and environment

German automaker Porsche have announced that they will be unveiling the latest incarnation of their Panamera luxury-saloon range, which features a new 243kW (330hp) V6 turbo petrol engine, claimed to

Get to know Tony Quinn’s Aston Martin Vulcan

This incredible piece of automotive machinery got a fair amount of PR when it arrived in New Zealand last year. Its owner is businessman, racing driver, and race-track owner Tony

Valuable steel: the £500,000 BMW M1

Have you ever wondered why the 2009 BMW 1M was never called the M1, like every other M-series car that the automaker has ever produced? It’s because of this car

Revisiting Love’s Lost Studebaker

The near-mint, seldom-driven 1958 Studebaker Champion saloon that inspired Love’s Lost Studebaker (featured in the September 2006 issue of New Zealand Classic Car, Issue No. 189) sold on Trade Me

Larry Price recreates the car of his dreams

Larry Price still clearly remembers the excitement he felt as he heard the news — live — of the D-Type Jaguar crossing the finishing line in second place during 1954.

The Cord found up in the rafters

In 1987, whilst visiting a friend, Graham Gibson happened to glance up into the rafters of the large shed and noticed a pair of front mudguards that belonged to a

Wizard of Aus: an Airbnb barn find?

“Alright, alright,” I said, agreeing to a weekend away without cars. What was I thinking? What would I do? My wife and our two friends had booked an Airbnb in