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Racing line: carnage in the wet at Ruapuna

Andre Heimgartner returned to the BNT NZ Touring Car Championship over the weekend of January 16–17 at Ruapuna in great style, capturing the round win at the fourth event of

Prowear NZ Superlap: lap times are up!

The third round of the Prowear NZ Superlap series, held December 12–13, was an intense one. We’ve just had everyone’s fastest lap times come through, so take a look. Pukekohe

Escape to the far north for Autospectacular

Classic car enthusiasts planning to head to the top of the North Island for their summer holidays should be planning to visit this year’s Autospectacular — once again organized by

Moore wins on Touring Cars return

Auckland driver Richard Moore has starred in his debut of the BNT NZ Touring Cars at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park over the weekend of November 28–29, by taking the class

Americarna going full throttle!

After looking like it wasn’t going to happen, the team behind Americarna recently confirmed that not only will Americarna proceed in 2016, but also 2017 and 2018. With Mainstream Global

World’s first Porsche Classic Centre

More than 70 per cent of the vehicles ever produced by Porsche are still running today. Following the lead set by organizations such as Ferrari Classiche, Porsche intends to establish

Emission update: Volkswagen find the answer

Volkswagen have been working as hard as possible to find the solution to put the emissions scandal that they’ve been embroiled in to rest, and it seems they’ve found it.

McMillin turns to nitro!

  NZV8 columnist, and well-known drag racer, Morice McMillin has driven some fast cars during his drag racing career, but last Sunday the Hamilton-based driver had his first taste of

Black Friday: two Zs, a mall, and a pair of Hoonigans

Every time we get sent something from the crowd at Hoonigan, we’re never disappointed. It’s always something wild, loud, and outright Hoon-ish. This time around, Christopher ‘The Force’ Forsberg, and Ryan

Big guns head to Hampton Downs

  “The new-look motor-racing season in New Zealand got off to a great start with the first Premier Motorsport event at Taupo Motorsport Park in October, before the big classes

The tail ‘wagon’ the dog

Don’t tell your copier rep, but Mercedes-Benz’s latest version of the C63 AMG has arrived. Moneyed Kiwis fell in love with the first-generation C63 thanks to its compact frame and