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If you've seen the latest episodes, where Marty and MOOG have been jamming a specially-built EZ30 three-litre flat-six into Marty's STI-swapped Levorg, then you'd have heard the name Possum Bourne a bit. If this is all news to you, maybe watch these episodes, STARTING HERE, then check out these episodes with Turbo Yoda, Mechanical Stig and Woody joining the party (PART 1, PART 2).  Peter "Possum" Bourne is one of New Zealand's great motorsport heroes, having dominated rallying in NZ, Australia and the South East Asia area in the 1990s and early 2000s. While he passed away in a road crash 19...

One of the cornerstones of Mighty Car Mods has been undertaking adventures to see car culture the world over. If you like a particular style of car, a particular race, or a particular show or event, then work out where the heartland for that scene is and travel there.  Marty and MOOG have now been back to Japan to make the epic Turbos & Temples III, which is a Christmas Day movie featuring a super-special secret car they bought sight-unseen recently.  If you can't wait for Christmas Day and you're all fired up for Turbos & Temples III you can also pre-order...

My first car had an Isuzu Badge, it also had a Holden badge but it stuck with me. My first import was a JDM Isuzu Gemini I should never have sold. Between Moog and myself we've tried out a few different dual cab utes. There's many reasons why they are so popular in Australia and i'll rattle off a few that might seem obvious. Firstly, Australia is HUGE and some of the roads are not great, a bigger vehicle with bigger tyres and decent power means you can go just about anywhere and these days, you can do it comfortably...

If you haven't WATCHED THE LATEST EPISODE (CLICK HERE) then you'd have seen Marty and MOOG debate whether MOOG's top-of-the-line all-wheel-drive Mk8 Golf R is the best way to VAG, or if Marty gamed the system with his front-drive Mk7 GTI. While both cars are nice, sensible daily drivers which go quick, they're both wrong about them being the best Golf GTI.  Launched back in 1975 the original Mk1 Golf GTI still ranks as the best, even though it is nowhere near as safe, practical or reliable as the modern-era variants. But it brought pure, undistilled driving joy to an era where...

There are times being a car enthusiast causes confusion. Other people in our lives who don't share our love of maaaad nuggets will question why we love these expensive things that test and stress us out, and why we want to spend all our spare time on them. They can have opinions about car parts, or car magazines and books, being left inside the house, or why we only seem to wear clothing that represents our love of the particular style of car scene we enjoy. But there can be a way to introduce our awesome hobby to others in your...