Advanced ageing: how to create a faux patina
24 July 2017
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 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 —
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
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
It’s all too easy to get carried away during the process of a big build, and find yourself engulfed in a series of expensive purchases
After eight years of constant development, you’d think Brady would be content with his RX-2 — but, as we found out, he may
The Civic Type R (CTR) range was built on screaming engines, stiff bodies, and solid power-to-weight — an ethos that’s definitely not been
We talk candidly about the state of drifting in New Zealand with D1NZ managing director Brendon White, and consider the future of the
Trying to build a ‘never done’ combo has only become harder, but when you stick a blown 1UZ-FE producing 1000Nm into an
Stopping passers-by in their tracks was surely never a consideration for the designers who penned the 1600 wagon, but, with a build process
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