New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Toyota Corolla GX

What can be said about the Corolla that hasn’t really already been said before. Many, many times before. It’s a car. Not a particularly exciting car, but far from being offensively awful. Well engineered. Reliable. User friendly. Solid resale. A bit dull. Kind of like those processed, individually wrapped cheese slices really; you know what […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Isuzu D-Max

So let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way first: the Isuzu D-Max is the same ute that we have known and loved here in New Zealand as the Holden Rodeo. And then as the Holden Colorado. The whole Rodeo/D-Max thing was a collaboration between Holden and Isuzu, until a few years ago when […]

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News

Mazda takes to the road with Anika Moa

Hot on the heels of being crowned Mazda Best Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, Anika Moa has hit the road with Zoom-Zoom power behind her nationwide Solo Tour. Over the seven week tour Moa will be driving a Mazda CX-7 decked out with stunning visuals of the artist and […]

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Random Stuff!

Bike Shorts: They’re Just Wrong.

In a stunning scientific breakthrough, researchers have announced the discovery of a link between wearing tight, brightly coloured lycra and a drastic reduction of mental function, common sense and understanding of the laws of physics. The results of the study were released at a press conference where head of the project, Dr. Karl Hassfahrrader, briefed […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Holden Cruze CDX diesel

Good news for everyone out there who looked at the top-spec Cruze CDX, admired the leather interior, high level of specification and chrome bits, but thought “Hmm… I just wish it was a bit noisier…” Well now it is, because Holden has made the CDX available with the 2-litre common-rail diesel engine, previously only available […]

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Motorsport New Cars News

Mini Unveils WRC Challenger.

Okay, so maybe things have gotten a bit too Mini-ish around here recently, but then they keep doing cool things… But this is probably the coolest of all – they have released photos of their official entry into the World Rally Championship. And just look at it! Okay, so when they first announced that the […]

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News

Big Day Out: Up To Eleven For 2011!

Crank it up to eleven, because Rock is back at the Big Day Out for 2011! The first announcement has been made confirming some of the line up for Big Day Out 2011 and the big news is that the Big Day Out has decided to rock again with the inclusion of some heavyweight heavyness […]

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New Cars News

All Scooters Are Shit? Meet The Exception To The Rule.

“Would you buy a Mini-branded electric scooter?” was the question lobbed at Oversteer when the press release announcing just that possibility landed in our inbox the other day. “Dear God NO!” was the reply. Which is actually just the standard reply to any scooter-based questions, so rightfully applied here too. Until we wrapped our eyes […]

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Other Games

REVIEW: Mafia 2 (PS3)

Mafia 2 is a game that plays games with you. On the surface it seems like an intoxicating blend of post-war mobster drama and open-world sandbox-style action, like some kind of wonderful Grand Theft Auto-alike set in an optimistic birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll-era USA. But that’s where it tricks you, because the rigid storyline […]

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OK Go Release Possibly Coolest Music Video Ever

How could you possibly make a one-take video more difficult than the complex Rube Goldberg-inspired contraption that OK Go used for their single This Too Shall Pass? One word; dogs. Yup, the new video for Ok Go’s latest single – White Knuckles – features the band synchronising their dance moves with a bunch of trained […]

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