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Category: First Drives

First Drives New Cars

First drive review: Seat and Cupra Leon

September 1, 2021

The all-new Leon hatch and wagon have arrived in New Zealand in both standard Seat and hot Cupra forms.

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: BMW X3 M and X4 M Competition

September 6, 2019

BMW took its M Town concept to the Australian outback for the launch of the X3 M and X4 M. And we went along too.

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First Drives New Cars

Beyond the black stump in the big BMW X7

August 27, 2019

The X7 is the biggest vehicle BMW has even built, so it makes sense to drive it in a big place then. And places don’t come much bigger than the outback.

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First Drives New Cars

A drive to the dairy in Tesla Model 3

August 2, 2019

Only got an hour in a RHD Model 3? We do the most Kiwi thing we can think of and head to the dairy.

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First Drives New Cars

The tiny Merc with more power than a V8 Holden

August 1, 2019

Mercedes-Benz invented the “hyper hatch” segment. Now it has taken it to a whole new level.

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Nissan turns over a new Leaf in NZ

July 12, 2019

Forget blatantly weird looks, the latest version of Nissan’s Leaf goes mainstream.

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First Drives New Cars

Rhino charges into New Zealand

January 25, 2019

A Korean ute? While Hyundai and Kia don’t bother, that’s what SsangYong does best. And now it has a new one – the Rhino.

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First Drives New Cars

BMW M340i on track and on form

January 4, 2019

We do the hard stuff so you don’t have to. Like thrashing the BMW M340i on a race track.

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More range, no more money for electric BMW

November 22, 2018

BMW has upgraded the i3 with a bigger battery and more gear for 2019. We drive it first.

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First Drives New Cars

Mitsubishi Triton becomes a rock star

November 12, 2018

Heavily revised version of Triton is sharper, more aggressive and more versatile off-road.

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