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Silverado 1500 Is Coming
View fullsize HSV successfully introduced the Silverado 2500 heavy-duty truck into the Aussie market back in 2018. Now, the Victoria-based company has decided
Legends of rock at Beach Hop
View fullsize The crew behind Beach Hop has just announced the ‘Kiwi Rock’n’Roll Legends’ show at Repco Beach Hop 20. Although we sometimes
Shelby brings the horsepower
View fullsize Following on from our in-depth interview with the guys behind Shelby New Zealand in NZV8 issue 177 a couple of months
GM announces end of Holden brand
View fullsize After 72 years of operations in Australia, the Holden brand will be retired at the end of 2020 — an announcement
Masterton Motorplex ready to rip
The sights. The sounds. The smell. As far as motorsport spectacles go, it doesn’t get much better than side-by-side nitro funny car racing.
Targa Drops MSNZ for AASA
View fullsize Last year we covered the new motorsports sanctioning body, Australian AutoSport Alliance (AASA), launched locally by LeMons organizer Jacob Simonsen. The
Supercars driver Richie Stanaway retires from racing
View fullsize After his recent exit from Garry Rogers Motorsport within the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship series, 28-year-old Kiwi racer Richie Stanaway has
Safety first: Simpson Racing Products founder, Bill Simpson, dead at 79
View fullsize While his on-track career saw him make 52 starts in IndyCar between 1968 and 1977, and a start at the Indianapolis
Holden Commodore is no more
View fullsize In 12 months’ time, the Commodore will be pulled from Australian showrooms after a 42-year production run and back-to-back titles as
AMC AMX/3 chassis No. 1 to be finished
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Back in 1969, BMW engineers took delivery of an aggressively styled mid-engine coupe, code named ‘E18’, for
Return of Mustang Mach 1?!
View fullsize With the recent launch of the Mustang Mach-E — originally tabled as the ‘Mach 1’ — the rumour mill has gone
Barry Big Skids: Guinness scraps world record
View fullsize Is there anything better than a big ol’ smoky burnout? Few would argue against it, and down here in Oceania the
Star for Chevrolet Suburban
View fullsize While Hollywood conjures up thoughts of iconic cars from our favourite high-speed action movies, perhaps one of the least memorable would
Hot August Nights: see the USA hot rod style with Scottz Tours
For anyone with an affection for Amercian muscle and a love for all things hot rod, getting over and seeing the land where it all started will have always been on that to-do list, but actually making it happen can easily be pushed to the side and forgotten.
Bumper cars: Waikaraka Family Speedway Demolition Derby Grand Final
Hell bent on destroying eachother, the driver’s in the Waikaraka Family Speedway Demolition Derby will have you splitting your sides with laughter until there’s just one car left capable of moving. For the first time, you’ll see derby car teams smash it out with two teams of five cars each go head to head.