Excited about Gran Turismo 6 yet? No? Well, maybe you should be. Why? No, not because of the new trailer above (and it’s whining, annoying music…), but more for this little snippet of information that has been floating around for a while but has largely gone unnoticed: “The [Course Maker] feature, available at a later […]
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Razor Drift Carts are a thing. A very cool thing. If they are not available in New Zealand, then they should be, because we want one. Then there is the video above – a tribute to Ken Block’s fantastic Gymkhana videos using a Drift Cart. Now we want one even more…
Director and legendary stuntman Hal Needham has died at the age of 82. Over the course of his long career, Needham worked on roughly 310 movies and 4,500 television episodes as a stuntman, developing a lot of the techniques and equipment used in the movie and television industry for stunts today. During all that time […]
… Hello BMW 2 Series coupe! While all the attention has been on the new BMW 4 Series coupe, details about its smaller sibling – the replacement for the 1 Series two-door family – have quietly been released. And, it seems, that it is here that the biggest differences between the earlier cars – where […]
A brilliant ad from an Australian small loan company. Not a lot to say, other than “Engine. Back in…”
The greatest advertising campaign in recent history continues with more of the brilliant Dodge Durango/Ron Burgundy ads surfacing! You can see the first four here! Chrysler have let slip that they have filmed 70 of these Ron Burgundy spots and will be releasing them over the coming months! Here are the latest: “School” “Ballroom Dancers” […]
What do you get if you combine slot cars with video games and throw in a touch of artificial intelligence for good measure? Well, previously it would just be an awful slot car video game, but thanks to some very clever people and a Hollywood movie car designer, we now get an awesome real world […]
Don’t know if any of you caught this in the weekend’s Bathurst coverage, but it bore a striking resemblance to the days when Aussie touring cars were actually good to watch… Seeing Jim Richards belt a Volvo around reminded me of the days when the 2-litre cars mixed it with the V8s and Dick Johnson […]
The Top Ten finalists for the overall AA/NZ Motoring Writers’ Guild New Zealand New Zealand Car of the Year have been announced. They are, in no particular order: Subaru BRZ, Ford Kuga, Lexus IS, Holden Volt, Hyundai Santa Fe, Volkswagen Golf, Subaru Forester, Holden Commodore VF, Mazda6 and Volvo V40. The finalists will now be voted on by members of the NZ Motoring Writers’ […]
Volvo Trucks just seem to be getting sillier and sillier with their promotional videos lately. Not that we think that is a bad thing – their latest vids are great! Take this one for example: someone thought it was a great idea to paint a truck red and have it outrun a herd of bulls […]
