NZV8

NZV8 Magazine was conceived when the passionate muscle car scene was in need of an authority. Thanks to a large population of baby boomers, muscle car and V8 culture is booming in New Zealand. NZV8 is not only riding that wave, but leading the way by providing a world class magazine that features the cars, events, like the annual Beach Hop and people that make the scene so exciting. NZV8 covers an extensive range of high-performance V8-engined vehicles. Wherever the local ground shakes to the beat of a tuned eight-cylinder machine, from a drag race meeting to a car show, NZV8 is there and bringing you all the action.

ROUNDING OUT THE YEAR

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LEGEND ALLAN MOFFAT PASSES

FORD RETURNS TO F1

LIAM LAWSON BACK FOR 2026

SUNDAY DRIVE Q&A REPCO BEACH HOP 2026 LIVE AUCTION • THE SUNDAY DRIVE AUCTION AT REPCO BEACH HOP 2025 WAS CERTAINLY A HIGHLIGHT, AND AFTER SELLING THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF INVENTORY ON THE DAY, WE CAUGHT UP WITH TAYLOR FROM SUNDAY DRIVE FOR A CHAT AROUND WHAT MAKES THE AUCTION PROCESS AT THE FESTIVAL SO SUCCESSFUL.

EVENTS GUIDE • WANT YOUR GRASS-ROOTS EVENT LISTED? EMAIL EDITOR@NZV8.CO.NZ WITH YOUR EVENT DETAILS

MAYHEM IN THE DNA • ONE FOR THE STREET AND ONE FOR THE STRIP, THE OLDFIELD FAMILY’S LOVE OF CHEV NOVAS HAS ALL BASES COVERED!

Beating THE CLOCK • IN 2023, LUKE MILLER WAS GIVEN VERY, VERY BAD NEWS. SINCE THEN, HE’S BEEN FIGHTING HARD TO FULFILL HIS DRAG RACING DREAM, WITH SOME INCREDIBLE MATES AND A LARGE CHUNK OF THE RACING COMMUNITY BEHIND HIM

FUTURE FALCON • FAMILY HEIRLOOMS AREN’T ALWAYS BORING OLD CLOCKS OR VASES; JAMIE ETRIDGE BUILT THIS 1969 FORD FALCON XT WITH THE NEXT GENERATION IN MIND

AUTOFEST 2025 BAYPARK BECOMES HOME

A FAMILY LEGACY REIGNITED

CORTINA WITH BITE

HANNIBAL EATING TIME

NZ’S 100 QUICKEST V8 DRAG RACERS • Yellow text denotes a new entry or bettered ET/*Currently competing vehicles only listed

YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME • NOT EVERYTHING GOES THE WAY YOU WANT IN RACING, BUT WE STILL HAD THE CHANCE TO REFLECT ON WHAT’S BEEN A RECORD-SETTING YEAR.

LIVING THE DREAM

FROM BAYPARK TO THE BIG TIME • THE ROAD TO SUMMERNATS 38

Blown AWAY • ROBERT’S SUPERCHARGED VK COMMODORE IS ANY RED-BLOODED HOLDEN FANATIC’S DREAM. IT STAYS TRUE TO THE RAW SOUND OF THE IRON LION, SHIFTS WITH THREE PEDALS, AND PUTS OUT A HEALTHY 600HP AT THE WHEELS.

OLD SKOOL RYDZ 25 YEARS DEEP AND STILL ROLLING • OLD SKOOL RYDZ HAS JUST TICKED OVER 25 YEARS, STARTING AS NEW ZEALAND’S VERY FIRST LOW RIDER CLUB. WE ASKED LONG-STANDING MEMBER JOSH TRYBULA TO DETAIL THEIR RECENT CELEBRATION EVENT AND RECOUNT SOME OF WHAT’S HAPPENED OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES.

WHERE DOES LOW RIDING COME FROM?

C10 • TIME CRUNCH TRIUMPH

NZV8 READERS RIDES • WANT TO GET YOUR CAR IN READERS’ RIDES? FLICK US AN EMAIL, ALONG WITH FOUR TO SIX IMAGES OF YOUR CAR, TO EDITOR@NZV8.CO.NZ

IN THE BUILD • WHAT’S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AROUND THE COUNTRY

DECADE AGO • ISSUE NOS. 122 AND 123 JULY AND AUGUST 2015

CARGO • THIS ISSUE’S MUST-HAVES

KIWI SOCIAL SCENE • On the NZV8 Facebook page we asked you, the reader, to share photos of your prized rides with us so that we could feature those shots in the magazine. You blew us away with the result, so here’s a handful of those photos.