NZ Classic Car

NZ Classic Car – New Zealand’s longest running classic car magazine – celebrated its 200th edition in August 2007, an amazing achievement for a publication which began as a simple idea to put local classic car owners in touch with event organisers, car clubs and trade professionals. NZ Classic Car has been a vital part of the local motoring scene for more than 20 years and features unique and extensive classic motoring coverage. NZCC’s enthusiastic and passionate writers cover the length and breadth of the country ensuring extensive classic motoring coverage. Our coverage of New Zealand’s motoring heritage remains unrivalled, especially in the field of motorsport history, plus we include stunning photography, authoritative features and event reports from throughout the country.

NZ Classic Car

’Tis the season

THE ESSENCE OF FUN • Just one look at the cute and cheeky lines puts a smile on your face. The beach buggy offers as much pure and simple joy as ice cream on a sunny day

Beach Buggy boom • There’s something about the rattle of an air-cooled VW engine that evokes freedom in all three of the radically different vehicles it powered

Racing certainty

Westside story • The Holden Sandman, already as iconic of the ’70s as a Farrah Fawcett-Majors poster, got an extra shot of stardust after appearing in the local cult TV series Westside. This is that car.

Animal magic • It’s getting harder today, as electric vehicles make blistering performance commonplace, to understand the electrifying impact Jaguar had on the motoring public and, especially, aspiring racers

A place in the sun • Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō 2022

Jaguars in New Zealand

Getting ready to race • Some of the classic Jaguars and their owners are battling Covid restrictions on top of the usual challenges but all are aiming for a solid Jaguar turnout at the Classic Grand Prix at Taupō on the 22–23 January 2022

The howling cat is back! • The mountain lion — the V12-powered big cat that dominated Bathurst — clawed its way to what was the pinnacle of achievement for many of Jaguar’s Australasian fans

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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN years young • Cadillac became one of the great luxury marques but it was a focus on quality and practicality in its humble beginnings that set its makers on the right path

A trip around Middle Earth • Patrick Harlow has an unmatched ability to track down and write about the homebuilt and kit cars that add so much character to New Zealand’s rich motoring tapestry. This month he shares the story behind the stories

UNFAMILIAR FAMILIA • If you go back to the turn of the century, the current one that is, there was a particular model of car on the road that probably nobody picked as having classic potential

Insight into the future • New Zealand had a strong presence in a record-breaking economy run held in Britain more than two decades ago that helped shape the future of motoring

THE OTHER McLAREN ROAD CAR • Is that a McLaren M8 I see before me? No, it’s a Mirage

Size doesn’t matter • But what Rodger Anderson did with a Mini — winning New Zealand’s Saloon Car Championship — points to giant-killing talent

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