Cars

Who’s the Boss?

The Auckland Mustang Owners Club bolted off with the top two prizes at the 2020 Intermarque Concours d’Elegance, winning both the team prize and individual prizes at the Ellerslie Classic

Phenomenon of Ford Mustang popularity

    The Ford Mustang can be seen appearing in hundreds of movies. Starting with the 70s movie Bullitt and ending with the well-known Need for Speed movie. According to

Subtle muscle

If there is such a thing as a subtle muscle car, the AMC Javelin is a strong contender     View fullsize Its lines are undeniably muscular with period-correct bulging

Watcha gonna do?

There is scarcely a car on the planet more polarizing than the Porsche 911      View fullsize Those in the Porsche camp will generally be firmly so, and will

Money in the bank

    A gentleman’s express, a race-winning touring car legend, and a London bank robber’s getaway car of choice — the Mark 2 Jag remains iconic Jaguar’s motto of “grace,

Aero Worship – Aston Martin Vulcan

The Aston Martin Vulcan — a track-only limited-edition supercar, and the British marque’s most extreme and exhilarating creation to date      View fullsize A couple of years ago, three very

Flower power

    Some think Lotuses are delicate. They have their fans here but the Elise could always handle more Lotus founder Colin Chapman was a bright fellow to say the

Charging more!

    American Charger or Australian Charger? It’s not all about Ford vs GM. Both variants of Mopar Chargers have their fans among Kiwis so where do they cross over?

The time is right for Z cars

    As modern sports cars go retro-plus-electronics, appreciation is growing for genuine originals. Nissan got it right first time with its Z car but even the more wayward examples

A true survivor – 1962 EJ Holden

    I’m still standing! Among others, this survivor has had two careful lady owners, but it also spent several years waiting in the wings, all dressed up with no

Green magic – a Datsun game changer

    The Chris Stephens Datsun 240Z is a brilliant example of a model that changed the way we think about Japanese cars View fullsize  Is Japan about to become

Hurricane force – 1974 Maserati Bora

    Maserati named a number of its cars after winds because, in its opinion, that’s what the cars go like — the wind! View fullsize The dramatic mid-engine Bora,

Better than new – 1938 MG TA Tickford

    John Hancock’s 1938 MG TA Tickford garnered the highest score of all the cars entered in the 2019 Concours D’Elegance at the Ellerslie Classic Car Show. It’s easy