End of iconic car brand in NZ

The Holden brand will disappear at the end of the year after its owner General Motors announced it will no longer make cars suitable for New Zealand roads. GM International Operations Senior Vice President Julian Blissett revealed that the; Read More

Brass Monkey Rally Planning Swan Song

The final Brass Monkey Rally will be held this year. Rally committee member John Willems, of Dunedin, said The Otago Motorcycle Club’s 40th rally on Saturday, May 30 in Central Otago would be the last. The rally had “run its course; Read More

Begg’s legacy a story of family

George Begg lived in Drummond where he built world-class cars for a little more than a decade. He is now to be honoured with an exhibition at Classic Motorcycle Mecca in Invercargill. Invercargill bureau chief Karen Pasco was at the openin; Read More

Jeep sticking to formula

Richard Bosselman gets behind the wheel of the new Jeep Wrangler. What’s new?Wrangler’s story is a tale fittingly true to the simplicity of the type. We’re talking a long heritage with just a; Read More

What a person can achieve with 750cc

Amid a drama-filled top-10 shootout at last weekend’s Leadfoot Festival, Hayden Paddon pulled off a runner-up result in his ‘‘pocket rocket’’ Semog Crosskart. The 1.6km sprint up ex-pat Rod Millen’s driveway in Hahei, Coromandel, saw the h; Read More

South Otago man behind Murphy

Former South Otago man Garry Orton believes his Kiwi Motorsport team has what it takes to help Ronan Murphy’s international career take flight. Son of four-time Bathurst 100-winner Grey Murphy, Ronan (18) will make his overseas racing debu; Read More

Herald of electric dreams

Richard Bosselman takes the new e-Golf for a spin. What's new? The battle has commenced: Volkswagen is coming for Tesla and Volkswagen Group board of management chairman Herbert Diess can smell blo; Read More

Brothers to honour their uncle at speedfest

Lining up on the Teretonga Park grid for the George Begg Classic Speedfest next weekend will be a poignant moment for Invercargill siblings Bradley and Jeremy Dawson. They will share driving duties of their late uncle Colin Dawson’s 1968 C; Read More

Power and pomp

Richard Bosselman gets behind the wheel of the HSV Camaro ZL1 and holds on for his life. What’s new?It’s not so much the car — it’s the sixth-generati; Read More

Hard work comes to fruition

Many months of hard work by the South Otago Motorcycle Club will come to fruition today as it hosts the opening round of the motocross nationals. The track at Riverside Reserve in Glasgow St, Balclutha, has not hosted a motocross event of ; Read More

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