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Americarna: day one
View fullsize Considering the struggles Americarna 2015 faced late last year, including being cancelled for a short while, the festival turned out to be

The people of the 2015 NZ International Tattoo and Art Expo
“Here’s something a bit different that NZV8 managed to get along to and see what the buzz was all about. We talk to the

Full house: 1960 Ford Thunderbird
The most in-your-face Ford Thunderbird wasn’t always destined to be that way Growing up in the rotary scene in Tauranga, Kelvin Keleher was living

The latest NZV8 will suck you in like an 8-71
You might want to get out and about and make the most of summer while it’s still here. If that’s your plan, don’t buy the latest

1,000,000 Facebook fans! Thanks, from NZV8
Well, it’s happened — NZV8’s hit one of those great modern-day milestones, and have cracked 1,000,000 Facebook likes. View fullsize We didn’t ever think that

Simon Evans to join V8 Supercars with Super Black Racing
Super Black Racing, New Zealand’s only V8 Supercar team, has gained another driver — Simon Evans, the talented BNT NZ SuperTourer racer. Evans will soon

Nine years of Morrinsville Motorama
Last weekend saw the ninth annual running of what has become one of the biggest motoring events in the Waikato — Morrinsville Motorama. Organized by

Nitro fumes infiltrate Wairarapa
While some drag-racing enthusiasts thought they’d never see a round of the IHRA National Drag Racing Series at Wairarapa’s Masterton Motorplex, they were proved wrong on the

Weekly Motor Fix: hardcore Monaro is more than it seems
The car the team over at NZV8 has chosen as their Weekly Motor Fix is a strange one — it’s no show pony; in fact it’s rough

From a land down under: All Aussie Car Day
A gathering of like-minded individuals congregated on the morning of Saturday, February 7 in Feilding, Manuwatu for the annual All Aussie Car Day. As the gates were

NZV8 Concept Corner: ’33 Coupe
“Every month we ask the cover car owner for the concept they’d most like to build, or see built” You’ve seen what Warren Black

Keep a piece of automotive history in your garage
The new Ford Falcon FPV GT F is the most powerful production Falcon GT ever built — the supercharged five-litre quad-cam V8 boasts all-alloy construction

America brings its history and style to Trentham Racecourse
The brainchild of Upper Hutt’s Moonshine Rod and Custom Club, the Annual American Vehicle Day has appeared on the car show calendar for the last

Nelson sees flames at the Pre ’49 Street Rod Nationals
With the dry conditions throughout the country, firefighters have been kept busy with fire breakouts all over the place; none more so than the huge bush

Barry Meguiar to film at the 2015 Repco Beach Hop
The head of the Meguiar’s car-care empire, Barry Meguiar, and his Car Crazy film crew are headed to the Repco Beach Hop to film two very