OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Toyota Corolla Levin (AE86) It is the car that virtually invented the sport of drifting in Japan and now its modern successor has just be launched in New Zealand. We take the AE86 from Toyota HQ in Palmerston North to the race track at Taupo for a Top Secret Top Gear NZ […]
Author: Damien O'Carroll
The Lexus LX 570; big, brawny, expensive and suspiciously familiar. That is because it is just a Toyota Land Cruiser with a different engine, more chrome and a lot of plasticky bits stuck to it. Or is it? Stop being a cynical bastard and read the ten reasons why it isn’t in this, the latest in out […]
We here at Oversteer are all about cars. Not just new cars either – that’s why we have started a new section – Blast From The Past – where we test some of the coolest cars from the past! Our first Blast From The Past is a true automotive icon, the legendary BMW M3 E30, […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Lexus RX 350 F Sport The Lexus RX 350 used to be a bit funny looking. And was about as much fun to drive as a bucket of sick on a roller skate. But thanks to the addition of an F Sport kit, this is no longer the case. We spend a […]
The Olympics are upon us again, and as always I want to pose the obvious question: why isn’t motor racing part of the Olympics? Okay, stop laughing and take this in. Back as far as the 1992 Barceona Games there were serious discussions about including motorsport in the Olympics, but nothing came of it. Is […]
Well… okay, there was a bit more to it than that, because they have also announced the reveal of the new Mazda6 at the Moscow Motor Show on August the 29th. Said to be heavily based on the stunning Takeri concept, the new Mazda6 is, according to Mazda’s press release the second of the company’s new […]
Didier Debae, CEO of V8 SuperTourers, today announced that the UDC-sponsored V8 Ute series would run at all six rounds of the SuperTourer series from 2013, as part of a three year category agreement that would see V8 Ute drivers also get the opportunity to compete for the annual V8ST scholarship, as well as having […]
Hyundai’s single biggest-selling model enters its second generation with the release of an all-new i30. The first one was a massive success for Hyundai. We head to Napier – via Wellington – and then back to Wellington again (fog, delays, lots of time sitting in airport lounges…) to find out what it’s like. What is […]
As a rally driver Ken Block is a bit crap, but I bet your there isn’t a better stunt-driving shoe salesman in the world! As such, Block has just released his latest installment in the tyre-smoking insanity that is the Gymkhana series of promotional videos for DC Shoes/excuse for Block to close off public areas […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Ford Falcon XT EcoBoost A four-cylinder Falcon?! The SHOCK! The HORROR! It’s just NOT RIGHT! It simply CAN’T BE TRUE! It must be a TERRIBLE CAR… actually, it’s not. It’s a very impressive car indeed. We know, because we have driven one extensively… Opinions on the idea of a four-cylinder Falcon tend […]
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