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0Video: Red Bull RX-7 goes drift crazy on New Zealand's Crown Range 1368031500
For the first time ever, the Crown Range, New Zealand's highest paved road, was closed off for the drifting pleasure of one man. That man is Mad Mike Whiddett, and the machine he's piloting is a heavily modified Mazda RX-7 sponsored by the energy-rich crew from Red Bull and powered by a ...
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Video: This is how you use a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 to set a lap record at New Zealand's newest track (w/video) 1364832000
New Zealand officially has a new international-standard road track. Highlands Motorsport Park is a 4.5 km (2.8-mile) circuit with three complete tracks that can be safely operated at the same time. Designed to serve as a members-only facility, the boots on the ground say this track is likely one ...
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Video: Hidden car in Australian sea foam storm nearly hits police officers 1359563400
A bizarre sea foam storm brought strange chaos to the shores of Queensland, Australia earlier this week. While local residents flocked to pose for "foam party" photos and capture video of the rare occurrence, police were kept busy directing traffic through the dangerous conditions. While you may ...
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Video: Young sisters crash two cars into each other during underage joyride 1358531100
A 12-year-old New Zealand girl's joyride came to a sudden end when she crashed her car into another vehicle being driven by her 14-year-old sister who was out looking for her. Police say they were initially called by a concerned motorist who reported nearly being hit by another driver who could ...
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Video: Watch these SPCA rescue dogs learning to drive a car 1354729380
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? According to ambitious animal experts at the New Zealand SPCA, you can actually teach a handful of young rescue dogs to drive a MINI Cooper S Countryman... by themselves! The concept behind this publicity stunt video is to draw awareness and change ...
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Video: This is how to fix your car's dents with a GoPro 1353952800
Body shops employ all kinds of sorcery when it comes to correcting crimes against sheetmetal. Their arsenal of tools is wide and varied and almost always includes a massive suction cup or two. You know, just like the powerful GoPro suction mount. A skilled hand can apply the suction cup, give a ...
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Featured: This cat thinks the Toyota Corolla is to die for 1350500580
Cats generally don't like car rides. Cats universally detest veterinarians too. Yet to showcase the die-for-it allure of the Toyota Corolla in New Zealand (which isn't our Corolla but the European Auris), ad house Saatchi and Saatchi asked, "What lengths would a cat go to for a ride if they loved ...
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Featured: Dealership honours $1 Buy-it-Now auction price slip 1344972600
You've probably heard of more than a few eBay or Craigslist specials that sound too good to be true; "Buy it for just $1- today only!" More often than not, its a ruse, luring you in for a far less inciting, yet more realistic transaction. If you are Stadium Cars, you wish it were the latter, but ...
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Video: This is what a six-rotor Wankel looks and sounds like 1343428140
Ah, the Wankel. You magnificent, high-revving feat of unorthodox engineering. Your biggest champion, Mazda, may have left us – at least for the moment – but that doesn't mean some mad mechanics can't rally you and a few friends for a high-horsepower party. The folks over at Pulse ...
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Video: Truck drifting goes all wrong... then all right 1341180060
A New Zealand man, for reasons only clear to himself, decides to attempt a Starsky & Hutch drift around a corner in an old hooptie truck that can only kindly be described as vintage. With that opening, you're no doubt expecting the obligatory "of course it all goes wrong and he crashes." And ...
