Articles

Ferdinand Porsche arrived at Daimler in 1923 after many years at Austro-Daimler and was immediately involved in developing a new straight-six engine.  Described in 1924 as a money-no-object engineering exercise [...]

Sue started it. With a bit of an online shopping habit, she discovered a blingy handbag complete with Mercedes logo and accessories, in a range of glorious metallic colours.  She [...]

As I sit here writing, and now reading, my first President’s report I reflect back on the last 12 months. It has certainly been a challenging time for everyone, personally, [...]

A total of 45 cars took part this year. We were car 14 and Tom O’Hagan and his navigator Kevin Plunkett were number 12. Among the cars were 7 Mercedes [...]

The National Lockdown of the country in 2020 meant that the Final Autumn Colours Trip was postponed to this year. David and Christine Merthens have been doing these events for [...]

Mercedes engineers were given three specifications to design a joint replacement for the very popular 190SL and the 300SL (which was a legend in its own lifetime). The new car [...]

The tale: After a period of seven years living between Dunedin and Auckland, my partner Cally and I decided it was     time to drive from Dunedin to Auckland [...]

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and thank you all for attending our 2020 AGM, the first Club event after Covid 19. It is good to see you all bright and [...]

Ken Williams Ken has a long association with our club from the day he answered an advertisement in the  paper suggesting those with an interest meet with other like-minded people [...]

The Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart is new Open for Business! To celebrate they create this amazing video - Flying Through the Collection View it - here Thanks Ken for finding and [...]