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Photos / Supplied While a lot of brands have tried their hand at modifying Ford's Mustang over the years, none have been more successful than Shelby with its ridiculous supercharged line-up.  Just recently, the American brand released a handful of new models to celebrate what would have been Carol Shelby's 98th birthday, with every model having a production cap of 98.  Arguably the most interesting model in this bunch is the new Speedster Super Snake which takes a page out of Porsche's book, and adds an all-American muscle look to the style.  It not only forgoes the rear seats for a pair o...

Over the past decade or so, Mustang drivers have gained a reputation of not being able to handle the V8's power, and spinning out while leaving car meets around the world. Just recently, a video emerged out of Turkey showing almost exactly the same scenario, but instead of leaving a meet, it was a car wash, and instead of a Ford crashing, it was a far more expensive Ferrari. It's easy to see what went wrong as the driver of the 458 gives it some boot as he's pulling out of the driveway. Almost instantly, he loses the rear end, and the chaos commences.

Photos / Supplied The Land Rover Defender has been chosen as the Women's World Car of the Year (WWCOTY). It was announced to coincide with International Women's Day (IWD) in the Northern Hemisphere (March 8). The Defender was initially selected as Top Medium SUV, one of nine class winners in different categories that had to "represent excellence in their segments based on safety, comfort, technology, and value for the money". But the Land Rover has now claimed the overall award. The other category winners were Peugeot 208 (Urban Car), Skoda Octavia (Family Car), Lexus LC500 cabriolet (Luxury ...

As far as Japanese performance cars go, few are more significant than Nissan's R32 Skyline GT-R, thanks to its blistering performance around Bathurst back in day.  Once a common sight on NZ roads, the R32 GT-R is now quite a rarity, and is worth a pretty penny. But would you drop $600K restoring one to factory spec? It turns out that a fair few owners would.  Late last year, Nissan announced a special restoration service that would allow owners to have their GT-Rs built from the ground up again, using only brand new, genuine Nissan/NISMO parts.  Just recently, the Japanese brand released a...

Due to the nature of off-road driving, there's a high chance that things are going to go wrong, so drivers have to be prepared for any situation, and carry the correct gear.  Just recently a video emerged out of America showing exactly what not to do when exploring the great outdoors and things go haywire. According to a local report, the Toyota Tacoma truck was driving through the Cleghorn trails when it lost its brakes before tipping onto its roof at the top of a precarious ridge.  Despite the video being titled as a "recovery", the driver of the Dodge does little to save the poor Toyota,...