Yes, we realise it has been quite a while, but the 11th and latest episode of the NZ Motoring Podcast is available now! In it Damien and David discuss the Top Ten cars eligible for the NZ Motoring Writers’ Guild/AA Car of the Year award and 12-cylinder cars – all from inside a Bentley Continental GT […]
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Every week Damien does The Good Oil column for the NZ Herald’s DRIVEN magazine – here are a few highlights from the latest one, with a link to the entire thing! This is the PERFECT car … apparently A professor of psychology at the Scotland’s Stirling University, Peter Hancock, thinks this is the perfect car. He […]
The fantastically angry-looking little Lotus 3-Eleven would seem to be every bit as fast as its looks suggest following its first public outing at a two-week test session during the industry pool test weeks at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit, in which over 2,000kms were covered as part of the car’s test and development programme. Jean-Marc Gales, Chief […]
Forza 6 is here soon (or now, if you forked over for the digital “Ultimate Edition”) and it has the potential to be the greatest racing game ever, if past editions are anything to go by. But the news is even better if you are an Xbox One-owning V8 Supercar fan, as Xbox has announced […]
Here is a new video that poses some very interesting questions – will the car manufacturers become merely “contract manufacturers” building different shells that will be filled with technology from tech companies like Google? It is a question that the Financial Times asks in this short video, but don’t imagine that the manufacturers (who have spent […]
Tony Quinn, the owner of Highlands Motorsport Park, is excited about seeing the full potential of his recently-acquired Hampton Downs facility realised over the next 16 months, and how it will complement his existing motorsport venue in Central Otago. Quinn confirms that the purchase of the north Waikato race track and its surrounding 150 hectares […]
If you are into serious machines going very quickly over ground they have no business going so quickly on, then get yourself out to Woodhill forest (north of Auckland, by Muriwai beach) this weekend for the brilliant Woodhill 100! The organisers are promising a “titanic battle under the pines” for the event, as a record […]
TARGA BAMBINA WIN PART OF SEASON PLAN – INKSTER Winning this year’s Targa Bambina which finished in Rotorua on Sunday May 17 was all part of a plan for the country’s top tarmac motor rally duo, Glenn Inkster and Spencer Winn and their Ecolight Mitsubishi Evo 8. Inkster, from Patumahoe near Pukekohe, and Winn, from […]
With the internet currently melting because a loud Englishman got fired, we reckon we should stoke the flames a bit. Whether or not you care about Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear, there is no doubt that the show and the presenters are a huge influence in the car world. As an entertainment show, Top Gear was […]
Every year before the its annual Safari event at Moab, Utah, Jeep unveils a bunch of drivable concepts to highlight its range of Jeep Performance Parts from Mopar. They are always drivable (Oversteer has even driven some!) and they are always awesome. While at least half of the concepts each year are more upgraded production […]
