Anyone yearning for the feel of a Formula One car now has the chance to make their dreams a reality thanks to a new company based in New Zealand. The company is called Rodin, and for $650,000 it will ...
With eyes wide open, I slowly pull into the garage. Blood flows through my body like the Colorado River, every muscle engaged, tense and ready to contract—yet I just need to pull the hand clutch with ...
Back in 2011 Lotus unveiled the T125. This was a near-F1 spec’ single-seater, whose million-dollar price tag bought you not just the car, but entry into a kind of private racing league, a team of ...
Normally, only a fortunate few get to experience a Formula 1 machine, but New Zealand–based Rodin Cars is trying to change that. All that’s required, besides a trip to the island nation, are nerves of ...
We went to New Zealand last fall to sample the company’s first project, the FZed, and left impressed with Dicker’s engineering prowess, attention to detail and resolve to realize his dream. Since our ...
When it comes to small-scale manufacturers, their number is actually far greater than you might think, and many of them may well have slipped under the radar, unknown to the vast majority of people.
Up-and-coming New Zealand car manufacturer Rodin Cars isn’t just developing a claimed ‘Valkyrie-beating’ hypercar, but has also built a track-only weapon which it says is as fast as a current Formula ...
The Rodin FZED has turned a wheel in anger for the first time in the UK. The black and gold single seater enjoyed a handful of laps at Donington Park, having been wheeled out to the track the short ...
The car was born out of the ashes of Lotus' aborted T125 program and tweaked to make it a slightly more economical proposition. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but ...
Remember the defunct Lotus T125 project that attempted to bring F1-like performance to the wealthy track day enthusiast back in 2010? Well, it turns out all the work from that Bahar-era programme has ...