Driving the 'world’s most beautiful highway'

On the 27th of July after visiting Dracula’s residence at Bran’s Castle in Transylvania we faced the Transfăgărășan highway, with our 1.0L engines. Dubbed the world’s most beautiful highway, we crossed a 2000m pass through an incredible mountain r; Read More

In the driver’s seat

Mosgiel’s Nigel Lawson has made a successful switch from co­driver to driver, finishing last Saturday’s Catlins Coast Rally as the first Otago Sports Car Club member home, earning himself the Glen Shirlaw Memorial Trophy. After nearly two ; Read More

Nissan turns a new Leaf

The days of used imports being the only Nissan Leafs (or is that Leaves) on the road have come to an end, with Nissan New Zealand now offering the country’s most popular EV as a new car. Officially on sale since yesterday, th; Read More

Hunting for second title

The New Zealand Rally Championship has reached the pointy end of the season with the penultimate round today at the Rally of Coromandel. Auckland-based Subaru WRX STi driver Ben Hunt will lead out the 70-car field for the one; Read More

An overloaded lemon

It has now been more than a week since the Pulled Up In A Lemon girls convened in London to load (read overload) our mighty Toyota Yaris. With the suspension maxed out, we have tackled France, the Unesco World Heritage town of Bruges in Be; Read More

Ogier adds weight to extreme series

It’s still a long way off from the action starting, but the Extreme E off-road electric SUV racing series has signed world rally heavyweight Sebastien Ogier as its ambassador.     Ogier has thrown his expert; Read More

Family, friends get behind MacAskill

A Cromwell crew is utilising the age-old combination of family and sponsors to run in the Catlins Coast Rally on August 10.  Corey MacAskill has moved up from his earlier days of driving his Subaru Impreza WRX as the pop; Read More

Get your motor running

Aston Martin’s hypercar, developed with Red Bull, was given wings for its first public demonstration last weekend when it took to England’s Silverstone circuit ahead of the 2019 British Grand Prix. Named after a female figure in Norse myth; Read More

Is driving feeling like a chore?

Have these school holidays, or just family life in general, got you feeling like a taxi service for your kids? If so, Skoda has an app to help you claim some payback for the seemingly endless drop-offs and pick-ups. The Skoda Paren; Read More

Women on epic overland journey

Having absolutely no car maintenance experience has not daunted a group of intrepid women, who will undertake a completely unsupported rally across one-third of the world. From July 22, Team Pulled Up In A Lemon consisting of Lucy Pringle ; Read More

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