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One step closer to autonomous travel on New Zealand roads
You’ve seen the self-driving cars running people over on the internet, and the likes of newspapers being read on main highways thanks to autonomous technology.

The little details: WRX STi gets the Rota treatment
Not long ago NZ Performance Car ran a feature on the history of the WRX in celebration of the model’s 25th birthday, but we found

Future tech: touch-sensitive window tints
Running the right level of window tints, or should we say darkest legal level, can be a frustrating task, especially when it’s late at night

Enthusiast Essentials: HEL Performance’s high-performance braided hoses
Believe it or not, there’s something more important than power — your brakes! Make sure you can trust your brake system by using high-quality HEL

Climatic end to WRC Rally Australia
There couldn’t have been a more dramatic end to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Mere seconds separated the top three at Kennards Hire Rally

Drivers fire up at Rally Australia
As the weather got hotter in Coffs Harbour, so did the action. As expected, every single driver is pushing themselves and their cars to the

WRC Rally Australia: Paddon still favourite to win
“With the Kennards Hire Rally Australia the closest World Rally Championship event to home, it’s no surprise that Hayden Paddon is still the favourite

Why Rally Legend has become the world’s best rally event
We have all seen those rally videos (although some will have lived it), of the Group B and Group A days of rally where fans

Keeping keen, by treating her mean
If you have been to a burnout comp in the upper North Island in the past 10 years, then chances are you may have seen

The DK Keiichi Tsuchiya drifting Beau Yates’ AE86
If we were to say the name Keiichi Tsuchiya and asked you what car first springs to mind, it would have to be the Toyota

Contesting Bonneville Speed Week in a Mini
Kiwis and the salt flats in Utah, USA have a love affair that stretches back to the 1960s with Burt Munroe and his 1920 Indian.

Kiwis infiltrate WRC Rally Australia
“How do you know when the WRC is in Australia? There are more Kiwis in it than Australians” Ha. Just kidding, but seriously there

Good deeds: Dunedin cruising for charity
The terms ‘boy racer’ and ‘Skyline’ seem to be synonymous in the eyes of johnny law and the general public. Wanting to shift such outdated

The splendour of SEMA: in search of SEMA’s greatest performance cars
My feet ache, my back is stiff, I am on an oxygenated high while suffering the withdrawals of a Red Bull overdose. I have survived

How well do you know the Toyota Supra?
Ah, the Toyota Supra. What a classic, in all its forms. It’s hard to say that out of all Japanese makes and models the Supra



