All posts tagged "Feature Cars"
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/ 3 months agoFEATURE CAR: 280bhp Hayabusa powered Toyota Starlet
If the Datsun 1600 is Australia’s clubman rally car, then it’s fair to say that (the Ford Escort aside), New Zealand’s...
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/ 3 months agoRetrospective: Ford RS200 – the rally winner that never was
Ford were in a quandary in the 1980s. After the brilliant success of the Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts, the blue oval’s...
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/ 4 months agoFeature car: Works replica Datsun 710 SSS a true classic
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, yet Datsuns of the 1960s and 70s never really jumped...
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/ 4 months agoFeature car: The world’s first (and only?) Rovenger
When choosing a car for classic rallying, there are plenty of options. You can go the standard route and build a...
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/ 4 months agoStrapped in: Ford Fiesta AP4 vs Ford Escort RS1800
At the recent Otago Rally shakedown, RallySport Magazine’s Matthew Whitten had the chance to ride with Brendan Reeves in a Ford...
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/ 5 months agoThe Rise and Rise of Hyundai: a rallying history
The Hyundai i20 World Rally Car is now respected as a regular outright contender in the World Rally Championship in the...
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/ 5 months agoThe Himalayan Hero – Wes Nalder’s RA60 Celica
Wes Nalder is probably typical of an Australian who lives outside the large cities and of people who prepare their own...
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/ 5 months agoIn the beginning: 39 years of the Audi Quattro
Thirty-nine years ago, a car that was to change the automobile engineering world went on display for the first time: on...
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/ 6 months agoFeature: Triumph TR7 V8 – a history
Anyone who’s seen the film “The Vatanen Touch” will know all about Tony Pond and the thundering Triumph TR7 V8 in...
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/ 6 months agoRemembered: Colin Bond’s awesome Triumph TR7 V8
British Leyland’s ugly duckling sports car, which started out as the TR7 in the late 1970s with a lethargic 4-cylinder engine...
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/ 6 months agoRetrospective: A Datsun 1600 called ‘Son of Grunter’
Of all the rally cars that ruled the forests in the 1970s and ‘80s, with the possible exception of the BDA...
