Doug’s FJ40 STORY:In 1970, three of the Muir brothers, Tony, Neville and Guy, started developing a 121-lot subdivision in Ngaio, Wellington. Tony initially owned a 1965 Land Rover and in 1968, he and Guy purchased two new Austin Gypsys. In 1976, the brothers sold the Austin Gypsys and purchased two new Toyota Landcruisers (these...
As we look to the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi this coming weekend it’s a time to reflect on the last race in China, where the young Russian Driver Daniil Kvyat caused the main talking point of the race and left us once again wondering what might have been for Ferrari.At this point in the season I am a little concerned for the...
Bahrain seems to favour the methodical drivers and punish the passionate ones. As Lewis Hamilton can attest to. Not only is he being outshone by team mate Nico Rosberg on the starts but he seems to have a bit of a target painted on his car this year.However the real misfortune in this Grand Prix fell on sebastian Vettel before...
Although to the die hard fan of Formula 1 testing is our first taste of the season to come and we revel in the news of new liveries, nose cones and wing variations we never really learn much until Melbourn. Finally we get to see how the new cars and driver line ups perform under the pressure of a full race weekend. So with the first race...
First ImpressionI got into the driver's seat of this Lexus ES300h and although it was a very comfortable and welcoming place to be, I knew I was sitting in the wrong seat. The ES300h is a car designed to be driven in, not to drive. Nevertheless DriveLife would not give me a driver for the week that I had the ES so I had to...
Auto Clique Nz's F1 podcast returns after a brief hiatus to take a look back at the 2015 Spanish and Monaco Grand Prix ahead of this weekends Canadian Grand Prix.Have your say in the comments or on FaceBook, Twitter or via email. How do you see this years Formula 1 season going. Will Ferrari be able to fight Mercedes all...
The 2016 Formula 1 World Championship season will start date confirmed as April 3rd almost a month later than recent tradition that saw the formula 1 calendar kick off with the Australian Grand Prix in March since since 1988.THis is part of a move by the FOM (The Formula One Group that is responsable for the promotion of...
The Auto Clique NZ F1 Podcast takes a look back at each race as they happen over the 2015 F1 season. This week we take a look at the third race in the calendar, the Chinese Grand Prix.https://soundcloud.com/drivelifenz/autocliquenzf1poadcastchina2015
Have your say in the comments or on FaceBook, Twitter or via email. How...
The return of “Race to the Sky” was the only motivation Cox Motorsport needed to purchase Andrew Hawkeswood’s purpose built hillclimb race car. The team agreed that this car was the perfect choice to give 23 year old Sloan Cox the best chance of victory on his first appearance at the prestigious event. Cox has always...
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