New Zealand has a long and proud relationship with the automobile, from the dizzy heights of world-beating racing drivers to our love affair with the hearty paddock-bashers that can be found from the Cape to the Bluff.
But in Ahipara last week, a truly outstanding vehicle emerged, standing head andshoulders above its peers.
A video, posted with the caption "only in the Far North", was shared to a popular Facebook group and showed a Subaru WRX making its way across the sand on Ninety Mile Beach at Ahipara.
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