OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Porsche 911 Carrera 4S While the overall shape hasn’t exactly evolved a lot over 50 years, the bits stuffed underneath the familiar shape have got better and better. And the familiar shape has, of course, had to grow to fit more bits and pieces jammed into it. This means the 911 is […]
Author: Damien O'Carroll
The Toyota RAV4 has come a long way since its inception as the first of the small crossover SUVs based on a car platform – the Corolla to be exact. Many followed and the market for such vehicles exploded globally, but particularly here in New Zealand. The RAV4’s success was almost assured. Now Toyota launches […]
Here in New Zealand all things wagon-y in the Euro sector tend to be utterly dominated by Audi. This is something that really rips BMW’s and Mercedes’ undies, as they simply cannot make inroads into Audi’s wagon dominance. BMW are giving it another go, with the new wagon version of the sexy 3 Series. But […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Holden Barina CDX It doesn’t happen very often, but sometimes a version of a car comes along that changes your original perception of it. The CDX version of the Holden Barina actually seems to be one of those cars… Originally, I didn’t like the Barina very much. It looked great, but was […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Holden Colorado 7 Okay, so the Colorado ute missed the target somewhat, but how about the seven-seat SUV version? It’s got a more sophisticated rear suspensions set up for a start, so it shouldn’t be as crap, right? Turns out that actually IS right! We take the Holden Colorado 7 for a […]
Fantastic news for New Zealand race fans today when Toyota NZ CEO, Alistair Davis, not only confirmed that the Toyota Racing Series would continue with a new engine and a new chassis, he also confirmed a fully-fledged support series that would be run with the acclaimed Toyota 86 sports car as a basis. Speaking at […]
The Hyundai Santa Fe has proven itself to be a very popular model in New Zealand, particularly in the last year of the last model – can the new one continue the sales success?We go on a stunning drive from Queenstown to Aoraki Mount Cook and back to find out… What is it? Pretty much […]
The Mazda6 has grown up – both dimensionally and dynamically – so is it still as good a steer as it has always been? We have always been fans of the 6’s abilities here at OVERSTEER, so we leapt at the chance to head to Tauranga to check out the new one. What is it? Well, if […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Jaguar XF 2.0i4 It’s an XF, Jim, but not as we know it… The XF gets a boost from Ford. An EcoBoost, that is, as the XF becomes the latest car to appear on our shores with Ford’s fantastic 2.0-litre four-cylinder giant killer under its bonnet. Although Jaguar would prefer it if […]
The Mercedes-Benz A-Class was once a funny little people mover-shaped car that fell over at the sight of a Moose, but now it isn’t. It is a far, far better car than it has ever been before too. We head to Melbourne to check it out. What is it? This is almost certainly the question […]
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