Cut-price classic: 1975 Vauxhall Viva 1300
4 November, 2009
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 215” View fullsize Tim combats fuel price rises by going back to basics with a Spartan, mid ’70s Viva It was
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 215” View fullsize Tim combats fuel price rises by going back to basics with a Spartan, mid ’70s Viva It was
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 214” Gerard recalls the time when he was seduced by a luridly-coloured Torana XU-1 Ringwood Shopping Mall car park — a
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 214” View fullsize Alfa’s classic combination of an all-alloy V6 mated to a de Dion transaxle produced one of the best-handling
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 226” This replica of Tom Walkinshaw’s famous TWR Jaguar XJ-S will be one of the official cars on this year’s Drive
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 213” View fullsize During our visit to Kaikoura, we met Bob Bell and checked out the veritable Aladdin’s cave that he
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 211” View fullsize Tim travels to Morrinsville to meet a couple waving the ¨‘flying A’ flag for some of the cutest
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 210” Penn has his bias toward Italian cars reinforced by a superb Series 8 Lancia Lambda The sharp end of the vintage
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 222” View fullsize Originally built by famed Kiwi grass-track and hill climb specialist, Doug Bremner, this stylish coupe now goes as
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 206” View fullsize Penn checks out a surprisingly useable antique car, considering it is very nearly a century oldBob Ballentyne is
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 185” View fullsize Penn examines a car hailing from an era when the British made quality cars David Batterton took off
“Published in NZV8 Issue No. 25” In 1959 the American car manufacturing industry was pushing the boundaries of excess. These days Hamilton appears to be doing the same In
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 200” View fullsize Tim once raced his father’s Riley One Point Five at Ohakea. Now he takes a trip back through
View fullsize At the recent Paris Motor Show, Lamborghini surprised everyone by unveiling the four-seater¨Estoque — almost exactly 40 years after it introduced the Espada, its first four-seater GT
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 215” View fullsize Riding on the back of sky-high prices for the legendary GTHO, the Falcon XY GT is now an
“Published in New Zealand Classic Car Issue No. 200” View fullsize Up close and personal with Maserati’s first mid-engined sports car What would you do if, while idly searching