New Cars Quick Drives

QUICK DRIVE: Renault Megane RS265

To be completely honest, there hasn’t been a hell of a lot that has changed about the Renault Megane RS265 since we last drove it, but it is the sort of car that when a company asks you if you want to drive it again, you simply don’t say no… Since our last experience in […]

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ROAD TEST: Renault Megane RS265

OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Renault Megane RS265 The Renault Megane RS265 is one of the hottest Hot Hatches currently available in the New Zealand market. We take one fresh off the Targa for a thrash. Well, what the hell did you expect us to do with it? Although recently all Renault has seemed to be capable […]

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Motorsport New Cars

Renault sets record

Here’s a little Friday night action for you to enjoy – Andrew Waite setting the Hampton Downs lap record for FWD cars in a brilliantly fantastic little Renault Megane RS 265. The RS 265 is one of our favourite cars, Andrew Waite is a good bastard and Hampton Downs is a brilliant track – so […]

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Motorsport

Racing Ray!

Damien recently sat in the passenger’s seat of a hot Renault Megane RS265 for a few stages in the Targa to have a chat with local racing legend “Racing” Ray Williams for the New Zealand Herald’s Driven motoring section and website – it was one fast interview! Here is the result – to read the entire article […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Mini John Cooper Works

Once upon a time, back when the Mini really was mini, having the Cooper name attached to it meant it was the serious go-fast version. But eventually it became essentially a trim level, a rather sad standing that was only reinforced when BMW took things over and made the Mini less mini, but also far, […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Ford Fiesta ST

Hot Hatches are back in force this year, with a remarkable array of small FWD road rockets scampering out of the showrooms this last year. The mental Renault Megane RS265, the awesome Ford Focus ST, the utterly brilliant VW Golf GTI – all of those have been out favourite at one stage or another over […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Suzuki Swift Sport 3 Door

The Suzuki Swift Sport is a simply brilliant little car. It has been a favourite of motoring journalists and actual buyers since its launch in 2005. Although the latest incarnation of the Swift was a very conservative, gentle revamping of the previous model, the latest-generation Sport bought even more driver involvement. Although its price has […]

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TWEET TEST!

#Renault Megane #RS265: Ergonomically French interior, but MASSIVE fun and utterly addictive through corners! 8/10 http://ift.tt/1wCD6gr — Understeer (@UndersteerNZ) October 15, 2014

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