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The Peugeot RCZ R has a unique profile. Photos/ Ted Baghurst What causes a car to be judged as being "girly"? Picking up the new Peugeot RCZ R and doing research on the sports coupe, I noticed that it is often accused of being too feminine-looking. But you shouldn't judge a car by its looks - it's the driving experience that matters most when you are looking for a car. So picture this: You're in the market for a European sports car. It has to look great, have performance credentials that are up to track-day standards and be economical enough to run every day. What do you spend your hard-earned dosh on? • Read more Driven's test of the base Peugeot RCZ Luckily for a select few Kiwis with that particular list of requirements, Peugeot distributors Sime Darby have landed the Peugeot RCZ-R - Peugeot Sport's heated-up version of the RCZ sports coupe. When I say a select few, I mean it - there are only six $77,490 RCZ-Rs coming to...

Go baby, go! Nicolas Cage hits the button on his shifter in 2000's Gone in 60 Seconds remake and flies away from the chasing police as nitrous kicks in. Watching this you can't help but wish you had a car half as cool as the hero GT500, nicknamed 'Eleanor' that stars in the film. Some people, like Te Awamutu's Frazer McKenzie, don't sit about dreaming but front up and actually do something. The result is what has to be the best GT500E clone in the country, and it was built in Matamata. It was certainly a zero-to-hero transformation for 'Eleanor', which arrived in NZ in pieces as a rolling body Movie replica cars come in various shapes, sizes, and importantly, varying degrees of quality and this car was no exception. Arriving in country as a little more than a rolling body the team at Matamata Panelworks 2000 ltd set to work rebuilding the 1967 Mustang from the ground up. 10 The interior of the Mustang is comple...