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

2024 – A GREAT START TO THE YEAR

JEWEL IN THE CROWN • Always the innovator in the General Motors line-up, Buick and its Century models featured a shorter, lighter body offering its biggest engine. In 1957 and 1958, Buick produced the striking Century Caballero Estate Wagon. A magnificently restored example of this very rare hardtop wagon survives in New Zealand

A CUT ABOVE THEIR STABLEMATES • It didn’t win any prizes for beauty, but the acres of space in Issigonis’s Austin 1800, and its relative toughness, helped convert the world to front-wheel drive. These up-market Wolseley versions add power and finesse

GM’S DAMSELS OF DESIGN • In 1955, General Motors’ vice-president of design Harley Earl brought 11 talented women into the male-dominated field of automotive design. What was their impact?

PATINA PERFECTION PICKUP • New Zealand, like most Western nations, is heavily influenced by US culture, food, music, television, movies – and vehicles

Mustang-Shelby GT500KR 1000

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IN SEARCH OF THE BIG CATS • 2025 will be the 75th anniversary of the MkVII’s introduction at the London Motor Show in October 1950

AMERICA’S GREATEST ROAD TRIP! KEY WEST TO DEADHORSE

FIAT 125T: ITALIAN FLIER • The locally inspired Fiat 125T had the competition ingredients to go far, but its production was short-lived. Donn Anderson got behind the wheel of an early example in 1972 and was highly impressed by the performance

THE PLEASURE OF DRIVING LOUIS • When Simon started researching the history of his 1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith during its restoration, he was unprepared for the royal connections that he discovered

THE MOTHER OF ALL COBRAS PART 2 • We resume the story of British sports car maker Sydney Allard, a pioneer in the field of amalgamating big American V8s with nimble British sports chassis, who led the way for Shelby, Jensen, Bristol, and the Rootes Group

CAPTIVATING SPIDER • Alfa Romeo’s Spider is about as classic as you can get in a two-seat sports car, it’s combination of great looks, fine engineering and driver appeal mean many of those ensnared can never escape

THE BIG BOPPER • Most people who were born before decimal currency know who Buddy Holly was

LUNCHING WITH THE LEGEND • A new, mentally strong, if slightly physically infirm, lunch-based motor sport supporters team forms around the legend that is David Oxton

THE DELIGHTS OF THE MARCONI MUSEUM • My third instalment of Postcard from America is based on a visit I made in Los Angeles last year to the Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin, Orange County. Visit the Marconi. You won’t be disappointed

SMALL CAR BIG HEART • Only a few car builders make it to the big time, but some of those idiosyncratic car makers make exactly the right car for exactly the...