Cars

Weekly Motor Fix: jet-age Rover

Although most will have heard of JET1 — the gas turbine–powered version of Rover’s venerable P4 — few are aware that Rover got involved with the Whittle jet engine as

Aero warriors: three Nascar icons

  “The glory days of Nascar racing may never happen again, but that hasn’t stopped one dedicated Auckland family from reliving them” From moonshine runners racing to get their fresh

Concept Corner: Aero Challenger

  “Every month we ask the NZV8 cover car over for the concept they’d most like to build, or see built ” On the cover of NZV8 Issue No. 121,

Giugiaro’s gem: 1967 Maserati Ghibli

  “Back to the swinging sixties with Maserati’s iconic supercar” View fullsize When we travelled to Queenstown for our South Island Special issue, we got the opportunity to meet some incredibly friendly

A Rover in the octagon: 1974 MGB GT V8

  View fullsize The addition of Rover’s 3.5-litre V8 was intended to give MG’s hardtop GT a fresh lease of life — but was it too little, too late? MG’s

Whipped Up: Maserati Bora

I frequent the Caffeine and Classics event. It’s what appeals to me and it’s growing on me more and more as ‘my scene’. I guess with my move away from the

Weekly Motor Fix: Mazda RX-3 coupe

Are Japanese cars from the early ’70s destined to become the next big thing when it comes to classic car collectability? A few years ago the down-under classic-car market went

Rising sun classic: 1971 Datsun 240Z

  View fullsize Aimed squarely at the US market, the Datsun 240Z played a starring role in changing the world’s perception of Japanese performance cars Graham Lindsay remembers visiting his

Taking a look at the new Land Rover Discovery

We’ve just finished featuring the classic ‘Landy’ Land Rover on the front page of New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 293, and funnily enough we were invited to check out the new