Classics Revisited
We return to the ever-changing Classics Museum in Hamilton, home to a trove of collectible automotive treasure. It had been a while since we last visited the Classics Museum. And it was personally my first time when we trekked there recently to pay homage to the great Bugatti recreation, featured last month. The Classics Museum has been in operation since late 2012, a 2500 square metre two-storey building in Hamilton that owner...
Read moreDetailsBugatti Type 57S Atlantic Coupe
Here we tell the tale of a mammoth undertaking to recreate a famous lost Bugatti. While having one rare and...
2005 BMW M3
Each enthusiast will have their favourite generation of BMW’s M3. This clean-looking E46 is the gen-three version, the one with...
1941 Ford GPW Jeep
As the clouds of an impending Second World War began to gather during the late 1930s, Allied Governments began to...
1995 TVR Chimaera 500
TVR mashes together a mix of parts to deliver a sportscar low in weight and heavy with power. The Chimaera,...
1978 Ford Capri 3.0i Group 1
Mention the words ‘Ford’ and ‘touring car’, and most enthusiasts will likely think of the Falcon, Sierra or Escort. Few...
1994 Mitsubishi GTO
The Mitsubishi GTO is one of the forgotten Japanese heroes. It was a technological showpiece packing equal amounts of power...
1986 Toyota Corolla GT
The hot-hatch revolution never really kicked off here like it did in Europe. Nonetheless, TNZ developed the ripper little Corolla GT, ensuring Kiwi’s had their own slice of hot-hatch heaven. As the 1980s dawned, the notion of performance motoring being exclusive to sports cars and GTs had largely evaporated. A few years earlier, a new segment had formed...
Read moreDetails1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith claims ‘Best in Show’ at inaugural Ayrburn Classic in Queenstown
A brand-new motoring festival has cruised into Queenstown’s event calendar with style, as the Ayrburn Classic made a roaring debut...
2004 Aston Martin Vanquish
As Aston Martin entered the new millennium, it had a fresh flagship offering. The V12 Vanquish was a new machine...
MG100 – The Centenary of MG
The MG brand began in 1924 as a dealer of Morris cars in Oxford. This is where Cecil Kimber, the...
Government proposes longer WOFs for classics
The government is moving to ease compliance requirements for vintage vehicles and privately owned motorhomes, proposing a reduction in the...
1993 Mazda Autozam AZ-1 Mazdaspeed
A tiny mid-engined kei car wouldn’t be our first choice for a commuter but that doesn’t stop the owner of...
Ford Thunderbird Haven
Birds flock together, and on a once rural property in South Auckland, we check out a colony of Ford Thunderbirds...
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