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 […]
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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 […]
Honda New Zealand has announced that the NSX will be released to the New Zealand market in 2016. Managing Director, Nobuya Sonoda says, “Honda New Zealand is excited to announce the launch of the new NSX in 2016. The NSX is a part of Honda’s DNA, and we are proud to bring this icon to […]
Porsche has made a clear commitment to factory and customer racing at the Night of Champions motorsport gala. “We will be keeping the throttle down, and even shift up a gear! Motorsport is deeply rooted in the Porsche marque and for us it is more than an end in itself. On race tracks around the […]
PHOTO: Mazda New Zealand’s Maria Tsao accepts the NZCOTY trophy The Mazda3 was named as the New Zealand Car of the Year at an event hosted by the AA and the NZ Motoring Writers’ Guild at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre today. The compact car beat the nine other finalists to take the ultimate award which included […]
Autocade (http://autocade.net), the New Zealand-based car cyclopædia, has reached its five millionth page view, and now has data on 2,777 model lines. The website has become an useful resource for car buffs online, and its creator Jack Yan believes it will become even more important as long-running annuals such as the German Auto Katalog come […]
A pack of SUVs dominate the top finalists for the 2014 New Zealand Car of the Year. The New Zealand Automobile Association and New Zealand Motoring Writers’ Guild (NZMWG) will announce the Car of the Year at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland on December 4. Members of the guild and AA judges who have […]
With today’s shakedown sessions now complete, Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are all set for the next three days of international competition as the 2014 World Rally Championship’s tenth round takes place in Australia. Paddon has been looking forward to the 12-14 September running of the Coates Hire Rally Australia all season. […]
Southland’s Ian ‘Inky’ Tulloch is creating another piece of local motorsport history with the brand-new Camaro GT3 race car he’s importing into New Zealand to contest key events such as November’s Highlands 101 endurance race. Tulloch, the former Mayor of Mataura and Gore District and a successful businessman, has won numerous national and Australian motor […]
Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell today (August 13, 2014) announced New Zealand’s iconic Race to the Sky motorsport hill climb will return next year under new management after an eight year hiatus. Held in the Cardrona Valley near Wanaka, the high-profile event known as the Highlands Race to the Sky, will be held 17 – […]
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