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As the story of Bruce McLaren hits cinemas, we’re all looking at the legacy that he created. His name is now synonymous with some of

Concepts the world forgot: Nissan Testarossa/NSX (MID4)
Developed as Nissan’s answer to the Ferrari Testarossa, the Nissan MID4 — MID being an abbreviation for “Mid-Engine Four Wheel Drive” — takes a lot

McLaren biopic in Cinemas today
“An honest and in-depth account of the Auckland boy that took on the world, and won: McLaren.“ View fullsize View fullsize While the name McLaren moniker

Video: Paddon goes HAM freeestyling his AP4
Kiwi WRC extraordinaire Hayden Paddon knows how to pedal, there is no denying that. So when you give Hayden some fresh tracks to slay you

Torana tales: Chev 350-powered LX SS Hatchback
Following our orange theme for this month’s Targa New Zealand issue, we decided to head south to the small Manawatu town of

Anglo-American Alvis: ’34 Speed Twenty-resto
We’ve featured two of John and Sandy Graham’s cars in the past — a 1949 Ford woody wagon and a 1948 Chrysler Town

Porsche 911 RSR with 10km on the clock nabs a cool $2.25 million USD
Earlier in the month you may have seen reports floating around of an exceptionally rare Porsche 911 that had, for all intents and purposes, never

Scott Dixon walks away from massive accident at Indianapolis 500
View fullsize After claiming pole position last Monday, Scott Dixon looked hopeful to win the 101st Indianapolis 500 and repeat his success of 2008

Take a look at Sir Roger Moore’s best on-screen cars
Roger Moore was a true great of the big screen and one that was so closely linked with so many great cars of years gone

Guy shows us exactly how to sell a used piece of crap
Injecting a healthy dose of comedy in the ad for your used piece of crap is a sure fire way to get people looking at

How to tailor your garage door to suit your classic-steel
View fullsize A classic car owner can find joy in two areas of what they do with their machines. First, the process of buying/restoring/owning

Nicky Hayden, former MotoGP champion, passes away after cycling accident
News broke last week that 35-year-old Honda rider and former MotoGP champion, Nicky “The Kentucky Kid” Hayden, was involved in an incident with a car while

Take a journey back in time with the latest New Zealand Classic Car!
The latest issue of New Zealand Classic Car is out now. We’ve got our usual array of excellent content, including a celebration of 50 years

Win an AMT 1/25 scale 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
Win an AMT 1/25 scale 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28

Meguiar’s Car Crazy Charity Cruise is back!
Is your ride itching for a mid-winter cruise? Is your ride a hot rod, modified or a god damn big-rig?!? Well Meguiar’s have something coming

Renault/Nissan hit by ransomware attack
“The ransomware was said to have exploited a Windows security weakness, encrypting data on computers and holding it at ransom” View fullsize For

Porsche Cayenne S Diesel breaks production car towing record
For your general SUV market, towing capacity is a nice bonus, but for some it can make or break a vehicle purchase. Recognising such a

General excellence: GMs galore at Clevedon
For those whose tastes in automobiles tend more towards products produced by the General, have we got an event for you. The GM Classic Car

Bay display: 25 years of the Marineland Hot Rod & Classic Car Festival
For those who don’t count duck shooting among their list of hobbies, the Sunday of May 7 may still have held a reason to load

Leading up to Targa Hawke’s Bay’s new two day format
The Hawke’s Bay leg has proved a popular staging post and end point for Targa New Zealand events over the last several years; so when

Ex-Bob Morris 1979 ATCC-winning Torana heads Mossgreen Australia auction
Racecars in general can sell for silly money at auction, but it’s not every day you are presented the opportunity to own a small chunk

Score a massive prize-pack with Play Dead and Teng Tools
Everybody loves a bit of free stuff and thanks to the team at Play Dead, you can go into the draw to win a massive

May the 4th be with you: missing Star Wars Toyota Celica GT
Major motion pictures, custom car giveaways, scandal, and a missing Toyota May 4th each year marks the unofficial Star Wars holiday

Shavin’ seconds: Porsche 911 GT3 goes 12s faster on its Nurburgring record
The news is rather ironic, considering that Andreas Preuninger, head of Porsche’s GT road car department, was quoted not a month ago claiming that Porsche

Super sport special: extremely rare L89-optioned ’68 Camaro
This extremely rare and desirable, L89-optioned Camaro SS was one of the stars at this year’s Ellerslie Intermarque Concours View fullsize Back in 1964,

The Z factor: the last genuine Group 5 Zakspeed Escort in the world
This genuine ’70s race car is believed to be the only genuine Group 5 Zakspeed car competing anywhere in the world today,

Get your hands on the latest issue of New Zealand Classic Car!
In this issue of New Zealand Classic Car we spend some time with Jaguar’s game-changing XJ220, and discover there’s more to this rare machine than

Win a Corgi Daimler Sovereign (Series 1)
Win a Corgi Daimler Sovereign (Series 1)

Aussie muscle: ’87 Holden VL Group A Plus Pack
The SS Group A series existed primarily as a homologation special, created specifically so that a racing-optimized version could be used for

Time warp: back in the day at Nostalgia Drags 2017
There’s none of the underlying tension prevalent on competition race days where points are at stake and expensive breakages are a very real

Record price for ’96 Mercedes-Benz SL500 after owner loses the key
Picture this: it’s 1996, you’ve just received your brand-new Mercedes-Benz SL500 and taken it for a brisk drive around a few blocks. 80-miles now adorns

June baby: the Denny Hulme story
Denny spent his 30th birthday in France — at Le Mans, to be exact — as part of the big-budget eight-car Ford

Kits and pieces: the fast and the furi
Naturally, there will always be things to tinker with, but, for now, Brian is more than happy to be out on the

Happy 40th, Lada Niva!
The indestructible Lada Niva first rolled off the production line 40 years ago — on April 5, 1977, to be exact — and was

Striking a cord: 1936 Cord 810 Westchester
“One of the great triumphs of American automotive design, simply nothing else could measure up to the Cord 810” View fullsize The

Ground zero: Toyota heritage museum
We take a walk back into Toyota’s history, to a time before it became the automotive giant we know today View fullsize It

Price on: raising the speed limit
“Are we there yet?” View fullsize The short answer is an emphatic ‘No, we’re not’! Just prior to Christmas, NZTA announced that it

Fuego — a fiery French coupé or not?
Renault’s swoopy Fuego was much more than a styling exercise, as Donn Anderson recalls. But where are they all today? View fullsize As

Spruce up your interior with Luxxio
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Your car’s interior may see more wear and tear than its exterior, depending on how you treat it,