“For a small country, we’ve got not only an amazing number of cars, but also an amazing amount of things we can do with them. In part three, we
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
“Gerard examines the emergence of the Japanese performance car in New Zealand during the ’70s and ’80s, and makes a case for a new breed of classic car” Right
“Donn is reunited with the actual Datsun 240Z he road-tested more than four decades ago” View fullsize Cover of the November 1971 edition of Motorman, shot at Ardmore airport
Ask me, if money is no object, what car I’d most like to own and you’ll always get the same answer — Aston Martin’s gorgeous, and incredibly rare, DB4GT Zagato.
“Every month NZV8 ask their cover car owner for the concept that they’d most like to build, or see someone build” Lyndon Hakopa had Matamata Panelworks build a
“Trevor Stanley-Joblin recalls memories of camping and caravanning from the 1950s to 1970s — backed up by recollections from his family” Back in the September 2006 issue of New
“Gerard Richards travels back in time to Auckland in the ’60s and recalls the career of Peter Lodge — the man who built a hot rod that was, at the
“Donn Anderson recalls the 15-year Kiwi love affair with the Triumph 2000/2500, a car that did better here than anywhere else in the world” Solid, safe, conservative — owners
“The Chevette was the last hurrah for Vauxhall in New Zealand, and was a better car than most people realized, as Donn Anderson recalls” You know an advertising agency
“Denny Hulme was the oldest of the ‘trio at the top’, but the last to make his Formula 1 debut — that came 50 years ago at Monaco” When
“Donn has stayed in rotary mode since last month’s column on Mazda’s RX-7, and now recalls driving the NSU Ro80 on loose-surface roads, pointing out that while Mazda made
“Early Range Rover prices are rising — Donn Anderson explains why these unique vehicles are destined to become desirable classic cars” Being first is not always the best outcome.
“Since the Tasman Championship started, Kiwi drivers have dominated the series, and an Australian had never won overall honours. That changed in 1975” To say that Jim Murdoch adapted
“Donn’s been out on the road in both the UK and New Zealand with a pair of Mini Cooper S hatches, and compares them to the original classic Cooper 1275S”
