The Toyota Yaris is one of those cars, like its big brother Corolla, that is hard to get particularly excited by, but is also equally hard to go past when it comes to actually laying money down and buying it. It is not exciting, but that legendary Toyota reputation, paired up with the fact that […]
Author: Damien O'Carroll
Back in the ‘70s and ‘80s, when they first appeared, the recipe for a Hot Hatch was fairly simple – take the smallest car in your range and stuff the biggest engine you can make fit into it. That was all you needed, and in most cases it worked well. In others, not so much, […]
We are very proud and excited to announce a new collaboration between OVERSTEER and the fantastic YouTube channel XCAR! OVERSTEER will now be among the first worldwide to bring you new XCAR content the moment it is available – including their latest video of the gorgeous Ferrari 458 Spyder you will see above. For those of you […]
Now, I must admit that I am something of a fan of the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe, despite its silly name, but even I seriously doubt that something like this ever happened: Customer: “Excuse me Salesman, do you have something like this [points to 3 Series sedan] but a bit lower and sportier?” Salesman: “Ah, […]
We are currently in France on a Peugeot launch (and to attend the Paris Motor Show) and today we were lucky enough to have a guided tour of the Musee de l’Aventure Peugeot (Peugeot museum) in Sochaux. While it was full of utterly fantastic cars (and tools, weapons, coffee grinders, bicycles, bombs, sewing machines, kitchen appliances […]
Okay, here it is – our latest Photo Gallery Road Test, this time of the Subaru WRX STi! Which may be slightly confusing because our last one was of a Subaru WRX… Actually, this one is of the hotter, nastier (in a good way) WRX STi, but there is still room for confusion. So why have […]
The Volkswagen Polo has alway been one of our favourite small cars, but the car buying public in New Zealand seems less convinced. To them, the Polo is pretty much their seventh favourite small car, as that is exactly where it sits in the sales charts. But Volkswagen NZ is determined to change this situation […]
It was here, then it left. Now the Renault Megane Renaultsport 265 is back, this time with a new face and an increase in spec. What is the same is the mental amounts of fun the little fast Frenchie is on the road. We headed out to Hampton Downs race track just to make sure… […]
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class was previously the smallest Benz you could get. But now an entire family based on the new A-Class has popped up below it in the range to take care of the “entry level” duties for the brand, leaving the C-Class to get on with its happy spread into both middle-age and mid-size […]
We have done our first podcast! Well… sort of… On a recent Ford event I was a invited to be a guest on the NZ Tech Podcast by host Paul Spain who was also attending. We talk about car-related tech stuff, some non-car gadgets and about the reason we were there – a visit to […]
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