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Look ma, no driver!
Thursday, 06 November 2014
Audi calls it “piloted driving” but what it means for you and me is a high degree of hands-off travelling while the car’s “auto pilot” takes over. And to prove the concept Audi set up one of its...
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What makes an M car?
Thursday, 07 August 2014
It was on a road trip from BMW HQ in Munich, Germany, across to the French Camargue, via Italy, that I drove one of the very first M3 sedans, the E30, writes John Oxley. Flash forward nearly 30 years...
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Penrite Honda MX on the podium
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
The Penrite Honda Racing Team will compete in the Monster MX National and the Australian Supercross Championship. The team this year includes two well-known Kiwis, Cody Cooper and Ben Townley, and...
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Young Kiwi designs and builds rally rocket
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
Alex Kelsey, a modest 21-year-old from Coromandel, has designed and built his own rally supercar, yet he has never had any formal training, and quit school early.
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Servicing modern diesels
Sunday, 15 June 2014
When carrying out services on modern vehicles, workshops can no longer afford to take shortcuts to save the client money. It’s been proven a big mistake for workshop owners to act as the client’s...
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Jimny gets a flat deck
Thursday, 05 June 2014
A handy Flatdeck version of the Jimny JX is now available, offering useful load-carrying capacity as well as the go-anywhere capabilities of this iconic practical vehicle.
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Cut-price Jaguar
Thursday, 05 June 2014
Jaguar New Zealand has just launched a new derivative in the multi-award winning XF line – the XF 2.0i4 SE, which sells for an incredible $75,000.
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Goss partners with BNT
Wednesday, 07 May 2014
Goss has been serving the Australian automotive industry for more than 60 years, and will now be partnering with BNT to service the fuel pump requirements of the diverse automotive aftermarket in New...
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Lancer races to top
Wednesday, 07 May 2014
Mitsubishi’s 2-litre Lancer sedan has raced to the top of the popularity charts.   According to official motor industry figures*, in the 12 months to March 31 more buyers in the car market’s ‘small...
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Honda boosts CRZ
Wednesday, 07 May 2014
Honda has uplifted its CRZ hybrid with a power boost, plus styling changes and more features.
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Abarth road-racer
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Abarth has unveiled its new “race car for the road”, the 695 biposto, at the Geneva Motor Show, 50 years after the launch of the first 695.
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Kiwi drivers for world rally
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Hamilton Rally driver Gary Smith and his co-driver, and fellow Caltex Service Station dealer, Christchurch’s Grant Ford are currently in the throngs of preparing their Historic Ford Escort RS1800...
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Winning Ranger at Geneva
Wednesday, 09 April 2014
The Ford Ranger which competed in the Dakar Rally, the world’s toughest motorsport event, in South America on its debut earlier this year, was on Ford’s stand at the Geneva International Motor Show.
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McLaren at Geneva
Wednesday, 05 March 2014
McLaren Automotive will return to the International Geneva Motor Show this year with its fastest, most engaging, best equipped and most beautiful series-production supercar yet.
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Aussie drag girl cracks NZ record
Wednesday, 05 March 2014
Australian girl racer Kelly Corbett is New Zealand’s quickest “four cylinder” drag racer aboard her Jett Racing Datsun 1200 Ute.
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Galloping around the globe since 1964
Wednesday, 05 February 2014
Ford recently revealed the new Mustang around the globe well ahead of its official debut in April 2014...
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Commodore turns 35
Tuesday, 03 December 2013
Holden celebrates the 35th anniversary of its Commodore nameplate in 2013
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Van Gisbergen joins endurance season
Tuesday, 01 October 2013
Kiwi V8 Supercar driver Shane Van Gisbergen has confirmed a racing partnership with NZ based tyre company Carters Tyre Service which supported by GT Radial New Zealand. 
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Joint force Nitro shootout
Wednesday, 04 September 2013
Mount Shop and United Oils have joined forces to bring racing fans an event that will go down in the annals of New Zealand drag racing history.
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D1NZ Champion uses Xtreme Clutch
Wednesday, 07 August 2013
Xtreme-Clutch sponsored driver Daniel ‘Fanga Dan’ Woolhouse (Castrol Edge Holden Commodore V8) recently won the 2012/2013 Cody’s D1NZ national drifting championship.
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