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Speedshow photo gallery

The CRC Speedshow was on this past weekend and, as with previous years, just keeps getting bigger and better every year. The sheer range of incredible cars on show is staggering, and the amount of interesting stuff to spend vast amounts of money on in between the cars is more than a little tempting. OVERSTEER […]

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Tackling the Rubicon Trail!

You may have noticed the pace has dropped off a bit here at OVERSTEER recently – that is because we have been frantically busy preparing to go to the USA to drive the legendary Jeep Wrangler Rubicon up the even more legendary Rubicon Trail, where the hardcore version of the Wrangler gets its name! This […]

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A Toyota 86 for less! And more.

At an event held in the Emirates Team New Zealand headquarters in Auckland today, Toyota New Zealand announced the details and pricing of the long-awaited stripped-out Toyota 86 RC, as well as details of the new one-make racing series for the TR 86 racing car that is based on the RC. The 86 RC is, […]

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Mercedes power for Williams F1

The Williams F1 Team and Mercedes-Benz are pleased to announce the signature of a long-term engine partnership from the 2014 Formula One World Championship season onwards. Under the terms of the agreement, Williams will be supplied with a Mercedes-Benz Power Unit (Internal Combustion Engine plus Energy Recovery System) by Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP) […]

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V8 SuperTourers head up new series

Hankook – one of the fastest growing tyre brands in the world both on the road and on the track – has today confirmed that the BNT V8 SuperTourers will be the principal category in a brand new series, the Hankook Super Series. The BNT V8 SuperTourer field runs exclusively on Hankook racing rubber and […]

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Don’t speed in Dubai…

When you can boast the tallest building in the world, it makes sense that you should have the world’s fastest, most expensive police cars as well. As much as something like that can ever make sense. However, “sense” has never been as important as “blatant demonstrations of wealth” in Dubai, and in keeping with that, […]

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The winners on their Ultimate Drive!

Congratulations to Stephen Gyde and Ben Keng on winning our BMW Ultimate Drive Day competition. Stephen and Ben (plus their guests, Stephen’s father Murray and Ben’s wife Audrey) enjoyed an afternoon of driving a wide range of BMWs across three modules – track, road and off-road. The weather was kind and a good day was […]

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Win an Ultimate Drive Day!

  To celebrate the release of the brilliant new BMW M135i, OVERSTEER has TWO double passes to a BMW Ultimate Drive Day to give away to our readers! Made up of three modules, the BMW Ultimate Drive Days are designed to give a taste of BMW range across three different areas: Module 1: Track Driving […]

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Wedge profile with heavily raked windscreen almost makes this a one-box shape — but still unconvincing as a performance car! Seriously though, it’s got four big doors, a reasonable amount of room inside for four adults and an attaché case of luggage. News

Daihatsu bites the dust!

  Bad news for Kiwi Daihatsu fans (and that includes OVERSTEER’s very own Allan Dick…) today, when Toyota New Zealand announced that it was discontinuing the brand in New Zealand. According to TNZ’s General Manager of sales and operations, Steve Prangnell, the company is “regretfully unable to secure Daihatsu products that comply with future regulatory standards […]

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Local SLS AMG Black Series price announced

Got a lazy half a mil lying about? Better start checking down the side of the couch then, because Mercedes-Benz has just announced the price of the Black Series version of the SLS AMG Coupe. NZ$528,150 will get your necessarily narrow buttocks wedged into the SLS Black Series’ racing seat and it will no doubt […]

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