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Enthusiast Essentials: get your hands on our must-have products
With the diverse range of vehicles covered by our motoring titles, New Zealand Classic Car, NZV8, and NZ Performance Car, it’s clear that the car

Ace of spades: Blair Watson’s demonic Dodge Charger
“Is there anything tougher than a big, black, blown Hemi-powered Dodge Charger?” Like many other Kiwi blokes, Blair Watson’s love of cars was inspired

Kiwi invasion: the NZ team tackling Tread Cemetery
Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud — a common reference in the local burnout scene. But, as keen as New Zealand’s skidders might be,

Enthusiast Essentials: Sandbrooks’ clear solutions
Struggling to find factory replacement windscreens for your classic road or race car? There’s now a simple solution. Sandbrooks — the company well known

Pure class at the Nagoya Speed and Custom Show
By now, you probably already know that Japan is car obsessed — perhaps more so than anywhere else in the world. But while everyone is

Metamorphosis: the drag racing one-tonner
It may be a cliché, but good things do take time. Steve Walsh’s ute definitely falls into that category. Believe it or not, it started

Rat rod love
Some people love them, some people hate them, but when done right, there’s no denying a rat rod can look damn cool, and better still,

The dream shed: The Wilson’s collection obsession
“I don’t find the stuff; the stuff finds me!” laughs Frank Wilson, and, in a way, he’s actually telling the truth. While he and

Hollywood nights: the historic images of this 1957 Bel Air
From being a Kiwi’s classic cruiser in America to an ’80s show rod, and now to a total restoration with a modern twist, this 1957

The slip ’n’ slide that was Mahindra North Island Endurance Series round two
Click here to view the results Over the weekend of June 25, Hampton Downs Motorsport Park hosted the second round of the Mahindra North Island

Weekly Motor Fix: some kind of Monza …
The ’70s — a time of big hair, too-tight T-shirts, bell-bottom jeans, and funky-smelling ciggies. It was also a period where an oil embargo

The July issue of NZV8 hits a store near you
NZV8 Issue No. 134 has hit shelves! Check out what you have to look forward to: Hemi power View fullsize It was Andrew Sinclair’s dream

Equal righteousness: the women of the National Hot Rod Show
Among the standouts at the 2016 National Hot Rod Show, more of the cars belonged to women than ever before. We decided to catch

Winter Blow Out sets Meeanee alight
Tyres and cars were tortured while being smoked and blown apart on June 11 at Lack-A-Traction’s Winter Blow Out, held at Meeanee Speedway.

The bad and the ugly: get a double dose of Cadillac
“The only thing cooler than a matte black late-1940s roof-chopped Cadillac, is another one” John and Robyn Dellamura are familiar names on these pages,