The Volkswagen Golf has always been one of those cars that has covered the entire spectrum of car uses, from basic company rep car to searingly quick high performance icon. And let’s face it, as good as the Golf is in any form, the really hot one is always the most interesting one. It is […]
Author: Damien O'Carroll
The WRX has always had the strong whiff of Boy Racer around it, much to Subaru’s displeasure. Sure, no company really minds if complete cocks buy their cars – it means they are selling cars, after all – but pouring billions of dollars into development, winning numerous rally championships and other motorsport accolades and generally […]
Plug-in Hybrids, Range Extenders – whatever you want to call them depending on quite how they are wired up – are fascinating things to learn about and even more fascinating to drive. The most fascinating part of driving them, however, is how utterly normal the good ones are to drive. And that will be the […]
#MercedesBenz E400: Staggeringly good. Wonderfully luxurious, yet sharp, responsive and FAST. Almost drives itself as well… 9/10 — Understeer (@UndersteerNZ) March 23, 2014
Deja vu is a French term that literally translates into “already seen” and it certainly was a case of deja vu at the launch of the new Renault Clio. Not because the attractive new little Renault was in any way derivative, it was just that we had heard it all before at a Renault launch: […]
Big noise and big power. The American manufacturers understand the appeal of this concept and so do the Aussie manufacturers. But you know who else understands the appeal of big, fast, noisy cars? The Germans. The Mercedes-Benz E 63S AMG is one of the biggest, noisiest, fastest cars to come out of Germany and it […]
People movers. Once upon a time buying one pretty much told the world that you had given up on the idea of fun and had fully embraced the idea of functional. They were a sensible mode of transport for people who, when asked what kind of car they drove answered with the colour. However, that […]
#VW #Golf R: Utterly, insanely, addictively quick. Sounds mental. Grips the road like a fat kid on a cake. Brilliant! 10/10 — Understeer (@UndersteerNZ) March 5, 2014
#RangeRover Sport S/C: FAAAAAARRK! Brutally fast and angry, the s/c #V8 in the Sport is mental. In a very, very good way! Just awesome. 9/10 — Understeer (@UndersteerNZ) March 5, 2014
#VW #Golf wagon: An honest small wagon. Nothing to get excited about until you remember it is a Golf still, which means it’s FUN! 8/10 — Understeer (@UndersteerNZ) March 5, 2014
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