Automotive20 February 2024
GM hasn’t produced too many cars under the Buick marque of late, but reminiscing about how they used to is a good reason to bring Marin Leusink’s Wildcat out of the shadows. By Mat Mortimer. In the ’60s Buick was butting heads with the Mustang and Thunderbird, Corvette, Impala, and many oth...
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Automotive20 February 2024
Italian style, Japanese engineering, and, in some cases, English handling — surely a recipe for success? Yet not. So now you can add another virtue — rarity By Ian Parkes. Photography: High Art Photography. They do say if you can make your passion your work you are pretty lucky. By that definit...
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Automotive17 November 2023
With an immense knowledge of all things Mopar it may come as a surprise that this numbers-matching, Hemi-powered ’66 Charger represents Rodney and Zeta Holland’s first full build of their own, there is no better way it could have come together In 1964, Chrysler created a legend. Its highly effi...
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Automotive17 November 2023
Having built a reputation for technologically brilliant and inspirational design, the Mazda management team, which always dared to be different, decided to take its new engine into the mainstream market and take on the fuel crisis of the early ’70s at the same time. It almost worked. By Quinton T...
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Automotive17 November 2023
Star Insurance Marketplace: . Ben Selby checks out the perception that our European classics are being sold overseas while the cars coming in are American. In New Zealand, it’s common knowledge that there is borderline obsession with classic Aussie and American cars. With the possible exception ...
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Enthusiast17 August 2023
Caffeine & Gasoline, proudly brought to you by Star Insure and Hampton Downs, is the ultimate car and bike show! . Held on the last Sunday of each month in the top carpark, next to Aoraki Coffee Roasters Café, it's a gathering of enthusiasts and their beloved vehicles. From bikes to supercars...
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Automotive16 August 2023
When Ferrari decided to build a special-edition car and name it after ‘il Commendatore’ — Ferrari’s famously irascible boss — it put the acid on itself to produce something very special indeed. By Ian Parkes. . . . Besides routinely building some of the world’s most desirable c...
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Automotive16 August 2023
Renault Alpine GTA, Clio V6 Phase 1 and Spider. While other makers rely on a consistent look and feel to create a brand identity these very different cars show that at Renault, creativity and flair is their core identity. By Ian Parkes. Photographs: Stephen Perry. The Renault Alpine GTA is a c...
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