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1983 Toyota Starlet KP61 Build – 4A-GE-Powered Street-Legal Go-Kart

In a performance car world so wrapped up in prodigious power, gargantuan grip, and tremendous technology, sometimes it’s nice to take a breath and step back to the basics. Agile, frothy, engaging performance on a budget — sorta the full-sized car equivalent of plonking your butt among a bunch of tubes and a two-stroke, then heading to the kart track

FURSTY: Mad Mike Whiddett’s Iconic 808 Wagon Build

Another creation to roll out of the Madlab doors, but this one hits differently. It smells like 2004 Manukau Velodrome smoke, has probably been plastered on your wall, and carries a legacy forged through decades of tyre smoke, scars, and madness. This is the story of FURSTY — the OG wagon that turned a young, broke, rotary-addicted Mike Whiddett into the ‘Mad Mike’ that the world knows today

Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival 2026 – The Full Experience

The Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival returns to Hampton Downs for its 13th instalment. A celebration of the world’s biggest car brand past and present, and a clear “thanks” to the loyalty of Kiwi Toyota fans, it’s a solid argument for why Toyota just might be the best car maker on the planet right now if you’re into more than just going from A to B.

GT-Four Fiend – Custom Widebody Celica GT-Four

We’ve all been there: cutting corners, building on a budget, breaking things and dealing with compromises. It can wear you down and become a burden. Unless you’re Johnny Baxter, whose latest S15 Silvia build channels his education from past missteps, and delivers one hell of a good time on the tarmac …

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