The 2011 National Hot Rod Show was held over the weekend at the TSB Arena in Hawera, Taranaki. A huge round of applause must go to event organisers Egmont Rod and Custom Club for putting on what has to be one of the highest quality events in many years.

For a full event report, check out the next issue of NZV8 magazine.

See the full results below and the photos in the gallery at the bottom of the page. (more…)

Last month we brought you news of a special one-off Mustang built for the world’s biggest aviation event, the EAA AirVenture show in Wisconsin, USA (read news). Each year since 2006, Ford has revealed a new tribute car for the event and this year’s vehicle pays homage to the Blue Angels naval aviation demonstration team.

After it is revealed, the car is then auctioned for charity with this year’s beneficiary being the EAA Young Eagles program which gives free introductory flights to young people.

The car sold at auction for a massive $400,000 USD to an anonymous buyer from California. He wanted to stay anonymous, but that may prove difficult when he is cruising around in the one-off Mustang pictured above. (more…)

It’s not very often we sing our own praises here at NZV8, and that’s because you guys generally do it for us. But some new stats have been released that we’re pretty damn proud of, so we thought you should know about.

According to the latest scan data NZV8 has shown powerful growth to become one of the biggest selling motoring magazine in Supermarkets across the country. Better still, NZV8’s sister titles NZ Performance Car and NZ Classic Car are also showing significant growth through key sales channels.

In service stations, NZV8 is now the third largest selling automotive title and at the Supermarket it’s the fifth best selling mag. (more…)

Energy drink juggernaut Red Bull isn’t slowing down its dominance in Formula 1 with five wins from seven races this season, but for NASCAR its a much different story.

Red Bull has been flashing its brand in front of American race fans for five NASCAR seasons now and for just one race win. Now rumours are flying that the Red Bull Racing Team is going to pack it all in and pull out of the racing series for good.

Team officials further fueled the speculation by not denying the move at the Michigan International Speedway where the NASCAR field raced last Sunday. The Red Bull team is expected to see out the current season, and is starting to look for a buyer to step in and take over its pair of Toyota Camry stock cars. Looks like even a massive corporate like Red Bull just can’t win em all.