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We were keen to explore the northern half of the Forgotten World Highway on our way to the centre of the North Island. While at Bushlands, we had heard rumours [...]

To many, very many in fact, the Ford Everest is a large family-sized SUV that takes the kids to school, handles daily chores with aplomb and since it boasts a [...]

Some of my fondest memories as a kid are of camping in the mountains of Northern California with my family. Dad making campfires, going hiking, canoeing, falling overboard, and generally [...]

It's not often NZ4WD gets a fully loaded 4WD to test. Canopies, racks and storage systems are usually left to the aftermarket which means magazines seldom get to try out [...]

In Aussie, they call it the 'XL'. Realistically, it's more of an 'L'. At the beginning of 2024, Suzuki's Jimny 4WD became a more practical compact 4x4 off-roader with the [...]

In last month's column I revealed my latest acquisition: a manual 1997 Arctic silver 993 Carrera Coupe. Initial impressions are extremely positive. The car had been meticulously prepared by the [...]

History has a tendency to repeat itself. The economic, social, environmental and political issues littering modern mainstream media reports paint a picture that's often difficult to digest. But we don't [...]

B4391, WALES We couldn't not have this little gem in our top 10, seeing as we've road tested so many Porsche 911s along this sensational stretch of blacktop over the [...]

911s in the data file are organised in rows according to release date, beginning with the very first model in 1964. Many models were available in Coupe, Targa and Cabriolet [...]

Philip Raby Editor 2005 - 2011 Creator of the magazine and long-time journalist, Phil edited 85 issues of Total 911 before opting to buy and sell Porsche When Lee rang [...]

Like so many things in life, car-care divides opinion. In one corner are the dedicated enthusiasts delighting in every hour spent polishing and primping. In the other, those drivers who [...]

Over 249 issues of Total 911, we've driven every conceivable production Porsche 911 model. This means, in the long-running debate as to which is the best 911 of all time, [...]

Michael Mauer is celebrating 20 years as head of design at Porsche. The company has changed dramatically in that time, with the Panamera, Macan and all-electric Taycan joining its line-up [...]

Tuthill Porsche is arguably one of the most respected Porsche specialists in the UK. The company has vast experience in terms of air-cooled Porsche, especially when it comes to building [...]

Rain hammered Auckland all Saturday. In the evening, there was lightning and gusty wind. Prospects for a beach drive and photography on the Sunday were not great. But with patches [...]

It's our first chance to sample the 2024 Hilux Cruiser, and it impresses. The 2.8-litre 1GD four-cylinder turbodiesel in this vehicle is finding homes in other Toyota 4WDs, notably the [...]

After driving 2,700kms in two days to get to Alice Springs for the 2024 Finke Desert Race, Kiwi photographer Mike Peffers and mate Jack Talbot had time to take a [...]

Brandon Braybrook's dad Colin introduced him to 4WDing. The family's 1985 Land Rover 110 took them on many off-roading, touring and camping adventures. Based in Featherston, the Braybrooks were members [...]

It was the 996 that started the GT3 RS dynasty, fusing a new GT3 platform with those hallowed RS letters which have long signified a Porsche to be significantly special. [...]

911s in the data file are organised in rows according to release date, beginning with the very first model in 1964. Many models were available in Coupe, Targa and Cabriolet [...]

During the 1974 and 1975 seasons, Porsche's 3.0-litre 911 Carrera RSR reigned supreme in international GT competitions, helping Weissach to win titles on both sides of the Atlantic. During each [...]

Nick Jeffery Surrey, UK Model 991.1 GTS Year 2015 Acquired AUGUST 2022 Model 993 CARRERA Year 1997 Acquired AUGUST 2024 The 991.1 GTS went into Paragon for a service, MOT [...]

Imagine if you could combine the characteristics of the greatest 911s to create your perfect Porsche. That was Hal Walter's vision and--two years and 6,000 hours later--the European RS is [...]

HISTORY & TECH Necessity is the mother of invention. The Targa idea came about when, as 356 production ran out in 1965, Porsche discovered that the 911 shell lost critical [...]

Full disclosure here. The 996 GT3 RS was the first RS I ever drove and it left something of an impression--so much so that I'll always look for an excuse [...]

Total 911: Porsche as a company was much smaller during the 1980s and 1990s than it is today. Did this mean you saw more of the Porsche family and other [...]

We bug out of the city with the Land Rover Defender 130 and the Lexus GX550 to see which pampers us deepest into the backcountry: Sometimes you just need to [...]

WE ARE IN A CRISIS OF CREATION. Not just an ebbing of knowledge and practical skills but a cultural dismissal of why learning how to make something is important. 'Let [...]

STARTING A SUCCESSFUL CAR COMPANY is hard, as Henrik Fisker well knows. After working at BMW and Aston Martin, the talented designer struck out with Fisker Coach-build (the Fisker Tramonto [...]

Gone are the days when an EV in the driveway marked you as the neighborhood eccentric. And although early sales projections have revealed themselves to be more than a tad [...]

Our EV of the Year evaluation is rife with debate Sentry mode would capture a conversation when we parked them next to each other one but we never thought the [...]

Welcome to the fourth installment of our annual test of new electric vehicles. The intent of this contest is to keep you in the know on the latest advancements as [...]

AFTER 47 YEARS at General Motors, Tadge Juechter, longtime chief engineer of the Chevrolet Corvette, is retiring. But Juechter is going out with a bang, sticking around just long enough [...]

WE TAKE A McLAREN 750S FOR A IN A 115--DEGREE SWELTER. RUN UP A CALIFORNIA CANYON WE NEGLECTED TO CHECK THE WEATHER-- FORECAST BEFORE WE HEADED TO NINE MILE CANYON [...]

Known by many in the drag-and-drive world as the Canadian Chuck Norris, Richard Guido has been at this game for quite some time, and he does drag-and-drive in a style [...]

A trip to the west coast of Australia has been on our bucket list for a few years now. So six months ago we decided to get serious and make [...]

For the 50th Anniversary of the NZFWDA it was decided to take it all back to where it started and host the event at Wairakei Resort just north of Taupo [...]

This is without doubt the biggest 4WD that the magazine has ever tested. Power, payload and towing capability are what Silverado is about. Having said that, it's only the second-biggest [...]

It's as tough as its squared-off profile, brand heritage and 40-year model history suggest. Real tough. Quite simply, Toyota's Land Cruiser 70 Series has been engineered to be the toughest [...]

911s in the data file are organised in rows according to release date, beginning with the very first model in 1964. Many models were available in Coupe, Targa and Cabriolet [...]

Total 911: Ben, Cheryl, when did you start at Porsche? Cheryl Dimson: I was there from the start of 1982 to 1992. Ben Dimson: I started in 1981 to 1988. [...]

Back in issue 242, I shared my interest in the 3.2 Carreras with the M491 package. As a fan of the 911 GTS, I can't help but notice the similarities: [...]

The pro manual viewpoint Despite my relative youth, when it comes to driving I like to think I'm in the 'traditionalist' category; a recent car purchase sees me driving around [...]

HISTORY & TECH The 993's predecessor, the 964, was the first significant departure from the 1963 original. In replacing the torsion bar suspension with conventional struts and dampers, the 911 [...]

Behind Kazuki Ohashi's desk are numerous model cars, and the Porsche 935s among them are eagerly pointed out over the course of our online interview. However, the 29-year-old founder of [...]

The Porsche 911 Turbo is 50, but the only thing here today that's 50 years old is the driver. Actually that's not entirely accurate, but as near as damn it, [...]

In one of his classic throwaway remarks, in March 1988 Tony Lapine was quoted in Panorama, a popular political magazine that was similar to the Radio Times, saying that it [...]