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OVERSTEER on The Crowd Goes Wild

While they didn’t mention the name of the website and edited out the bit where I told the New Guy that I was going to crush him like a bug, that was still me on the telly on Prime’s The Crowd Goes Wild looking like a fat git in a pink vest. You may notice […]

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NZRDL attracts more drivers to motorsport

While “42” is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything, it appears the answer to the question of how you encourage more people into motor racing is far more obvious; make it more affordable. Which is exactly what the newly-formed New Zealand Racing Drivers’ League has done and, as a […]

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Mercedes takes the wheel

Ever felt the urge to take your Mercedes for a quick drive over lunch, only to be thwarted when you remember that you don’t actually have a Mercedes? Well, Mercedes-Benz NZ are doing something that may just be a solution to your rather peculiar problem… MBNZ will be holding “Take the Wheel” events in central […]

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Paddon dominates final day of Rally Oz

Kiwi Hayden Paddon and his equally-Kiwi co-driver John Kennard came back from their poor start to Rally Oz to utterly dominate the WRC2 class of the final day of Rally Australia to win all six stages in the category. And even show a few of the WRC boys how it is done. Their outright speed […]

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Peugeot ride the bull

Peugeot NZ has teamed up with Red Bull and 19-year old BMX rider Jaden Leeming in a collaborative marketing campaign that has resulted in one hell of a video… The 90 second clip, that features the 19-year old Leeming facing off against the new Peugeot 208 GTI in a series of increasingly spectacular stunts, will […]

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A tree-crushing rally truck…

The GIF is awesome enough, but check out the on-board video of this Soviet-era GAZ truck competing in the Rally of Estonia! Note at about the 1.45 mark he drives off the road, but instead of crashing into the trees, simply drives over them. That is the way to rally…

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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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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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