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Renault and Prost extend partnership

  The Renault Group and four-time Formula 1 world champion, Alain Prost, announced today that they will be  continuing their relationship for the coming year. Alain Prost has been the Brand Ambassador for Renault since 2012 and will take on an “enlarged consultancy role” within Renault Sport F1 this year. In addition to his current […]

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Toyota confirms local motorsport support

Fantastic news for New Zealand race fans today when Toyota NZ CEO, Alistair Davis, not only confirmed that the Toyota Racing Series would continue with a new engine and a new chassis, he also confirmed a fully-fledged support series that would be run with the acclaimed Toyota 86 sports car as a basis. Speaking at […]

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McLaren releases some silly numbers and a bunch of pics

McLaren has released some truly silly numbers relating to the forthcoming P1 hyper-car. Truly silly numbers like 0 to 100km/h in less than 3 seconds, 0 to 300km/h in less than 17 seconds, a pricetag of £866,000 (NZ$1.6 million) and, of course, that truly silly 903bhp (673kW). Here is the official press release, packed with […]

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Social Media – we’re all over that!

Today OVERSTEER is proud (and a little bit hungover, but that’s another story) to launch our NEW short road tests feature! Really short, that is. In fact, 140 characters or less short. That’s right, we are now doing road tests via Twitter. Possibly the first (we haven’t really bothered checking) and only website to attempt […]

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Rolls-Royce reveals new Wraith pic. And a hint of humour.

Rolls-Royce today revealed a new picture of its forthcoming two-door coupe version of the Ghost – the Wraith. Rumoured to be the most powerful production Rolls ever built, the Wraith’s V12 is said to be good for around 450kW, leading RR to display this gem of wit in the press release that accompanied the lone […]

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WCOTY finalists announced

The 2013 World Car of the Year, World Performance Car, World Green Car and World Car Design of the Year will all be announced at the New York Auto Show in late March, but in the meantime the finalists in each award have been announced. The 2013 World Car of the Year will be selected […]

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McLaren P1 gate-crashes F1 car launch

McLaren’s new hypercar, the P1, has made its first public appearance, driven by none other than 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button. Button drove the new, still disguised P1 during a drive-through of several cars from McLaren’s history at the launch of the company’s MP4-28 F1 car. Although a very low-speed run, it was […]

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Jaguar F-Type NZ pricing and spec announced

New Zealand Jaguar distributor, Motorcorp, has revealed local pricing and spec for the forthcoming small Jaguar sports car – the F-Type. The long-awaited convertible will be available in three models, with two different engines. The 3.0-litre 250kW/450Nm supercharged V6 kicks off the range at $140,000, while the more powerful 3.0-litre 280kW/460Nm supercharged V6 drops in […]

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