I was just having a look around in some of the local forums in the Middle East section, and I thought, why not. Let's have a thread about expensive cars in NZ. I'll get the ball rolling:

Porsche Cayennes:
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Cayenne GTS:
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Hummer H3:
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Bentley Brooklands:
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Chrysler 300c, official transportation of Tim Shadbolt.

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What do other mayors drive out of interest?

Señor Bob drives an Audi. Those Chryslers are absolute dogs to drive.

I read a review of one where the person who was testing it said that the handbrake handle nearly snapped in his hands and the transmission got stuck so he did about 40km in third gear at 4300rmp.

I don't know about Comrade Marshall but I see Nick Smith driving in a Honda CR-V sometimes.

The 300C SRT-8 is fuckin boss

Chrysler 300c, official transportation of Tim Shadbolt.

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What do other mayors drive out of interest?

Sexy.

I reckon those Cayennes are ugly as, not to mention difficult with parking.

They look more Hyundai than Porche, don't they.

These were all taken in Auckland

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I have many more images - just shout and I will put them up.

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These were all taken in Auckland

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I wonder if this is the 959 Colin Giltrap owned or another more recent import. I thought Giltrap's 959 left the country a long time ago.

Norway might be a stinking rich country but you wouldn't see many cars like the above pictured in Oslo or any other part of Norway.

:applause: Mr KF

If I could ask, Mr KF, how long did it take you to take photos of these high end cars in Auckland? I would see a Lamborghini maybe once a year.

You would (with the exception of the 959 unless you were really lucky) be able to get most of these cars in a day, take a wander around Takapuna, Milford, Remuera, CBD, Newmarket, Mission Bay, Herne Bay, it would be like shooting fish in a barrel. Auckland has a really impressive concentration of supercars, kiwis like expensive cars, per capita we have the biggest Ferrari dealer in the world, most of the Porsches sold here are top models, Giltraps apparently sell more Bentleys than any dealer in Australia.

If I could ask, Mr KF, how long did it take you to take photos of these high end cars in Auckland? I would see a Lamborghini maybe once a year.

These are all taken over the last 8 months to a year. I have an online collection of 489 images in my fast cars set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigsyd/sets/72157614459463988/) on flickr.

There are lots of Bentleys, waaaay to many Porsches - I don't even bother snapping the Porsches anymore there are so many of them. If you want to car spot, go sit in a cafe in Parnell on any day of the week and just watch

This was 30 minutes in Auckland (Taken last Jan)

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wow what a collection.. really does look like we have an infatuation with high end sports cars. The lamborghinis are amazing. Most definitely the favorite..

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I don't like the California, I really hate how they put fake exhausts on it as well, it's a Ferrari god damn it, the exhausts should be real.

I don't like the California, I really hate how they put fake exhausts on it as well, it's a Ferrari god damn it, the exhausts should be real.

OMG the California is sexy as fuck! And equally fast!

Except for the R8, these were all spotted yesterday :)

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The Ugly Betty Custom :bash:

All spotted Saturday 13th March

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Was a nice Bentley Continental on my street before

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Glorious

Weird: I only saw two Jaguars in the set. I guess Chch being a more British-proud city, Jaguars are more popular here.

Piece of automotive trivia; Canterbury has the oldest fleet of vehicles in NZ, Wellington has the newest. Read it in some magazine or something, can't find a source now =(

Hmm im surprised i havent seen my Nissan Bluebird, 2.4l popping up in any of these....

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