Kei Miura — the artistic automotive genius behind TRA Kyoto/Pandem/Rocket Bunny — is revered for his blister-style overfenders, ducktail spoilers, and appreciation of all things
You have to be brave to book an event in winter, particularly one that revolves around a hardpark and burnouts, but seeing over 5000 punters
“The toughest import street car ever built!” View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize After 30-plus years of people worldwide building heavily modified Mazda
We find out how to fool people into thinking your brand-new paint job is not so new after all View fullsize The finishing
We got our hands on the only 2017 Honda Civic Type R (FK8) currently in New Zealand for the first Australasian road test
So you’re thinking about filling up with ethanol? Stop: there are a few things to consider first View fullsize View fullsize We have all
This TE71 Trueno proves the ’80s have never looked fresher View fullsize Across the 120-odd years the car has been driving the planet’s
Ashleigh sat down with young Joe Kukutai to find out what gives him that infamous aggression View fullsize “Today I received the
If you’re anything like us here in the office, you’ll spend a good chunk of your time imagining what car you’d buy in any given
Toby Nikolas isn’t a guy who simply follows his dreams, he spends his time chasing them down through clouds of tyre smoke —
1971 Triumph 2000 TC View fullsize Name: Jared BuckettAge: 24Location: Lower Hutt, WellingtonOccupation: Manager at Unleashed Automotive View fullsize NZ Performance Car: Hi,
Built 45 years ago in the Southern US, and now a Southern Canterbury resident, Richard Brown’s real-deal Datsun 510 two-door race car represents
Local boy Hayden Paddon, along with new British co-driver Sebastian Marshall, secured their best finish in a WRC rally since Paddon’s win in Argentina last
Words like ‘the best’ get thrown around fairly loosely, and everyone has varying opinions on who the best at anything is, but when it comes
After eight years of constant development, you’d think Brady would be content with his RX-2 — but, as we found out, he may
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