Driving force
Rather than regrets, Sir John Key remembers his time in Parliament as the most remarkable and exciting time in an eventful life.
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Lamborghini partners with Mad Mike
Internationally renowned drift racer, ‘Mad’ Mike Whiddett, recently appointed global Lamborghini ambassador has taken a modified Huracán to this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Find out moreBlue Sky Thinking
Think you already have a pretty accurate handle on what to expect from a big Bentley GT convertible? Steve Vermeulen did too. And then he drove it.
Find out moreIndelible
Facing some of the most capable premium sportscar competition it its 56-year history, Porsche’s eighth-generation 911 can’t afford to sit still. Steve Vermeulen gets behind the wheel of the latest Carrera 2S and finds it has no intention of...
Leading From The Front
A career in law beckoned the young Richard Izard. But he saw opportunity almost everywhere else. And through the years, opportunity has helped shape his love of the Bentley marque.
Hot New Thing
Hong Kong boasts 7.4 million people and two motorsport circuits. One is for radio control cars, the other exists for just 1 weekend a year. Steve Vermeulen joins Panasonic Jaguar Racing to understand how Formula E is helping change the face...
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100 Years of Extraordinary
July 2019 marks Bentley’s 100th year.
Helping keep KartSport on track
A vibrant karting scene in New Zealand has helped foster some of the country’s best on-track talent for many decades. But skills learnt as youngsters in competition are thoroughly translatable into other facets of later life, says KartSport...
1929 Bentley Blower
The supercharged ‘Blower’ Bentley is synonymous with pre-war racing in all its glory. And all its danger.
Safe as Volvos
Volvo is celebrating over 60 years of thought-leadership in the automotive safety space.
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All Black Captain and Prime Minister. Without doubt the two toughest jobs in New Zealand.
Of course, there are plenty of upsides to both positions. But they also share a hefty amount of scrapping in the mud and of being under intense public scrutiny.
In addition to featuring some of the legendary moments and models that have helped shape Bentley through the decades (see p50), we’re also in Spain to experience the brand new Continental GT convertible (p54).
We also meet a passionate Kiwi who has owned no less than 20 Bentleys over the years: Richard Izard. The man behind one of New Zealand’s great manufacturing successes, he shares some of his career adventures including a stint behind the Iron Curtain and his brief time as a factory sponsored racing driver (see p58).
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