“Smarter, Safer, Further” is the way Subaru NZ are describing the new Forester in their marketing, even going as far to say “It can if you can”. We travel to a summery (but still rather breezy) Queenstown to see if it can… What is it? An SUV, okay? It’s DEFINITELY an SUV and if you […]
Category: First Drives
The Mitsubishi Mirage was once the sales hero of the Japanese manufacturer’s range in New Zealand, at one stage even claiming a massive 35 percent segment share. Now, after an absence of more than a decade the Mirage name is back to replace the un-lovely Colt. We head to Wellington to take it for a […]
Two additional body shapes for existing models and a facelift made up Hyundai’s recent “i-Model launch” – the introduction of the i30 wagon, the i40 sedan and a refreshed i45. We spent a day checking them all out. i30 Wagon Based on the same platform as the i30 hatch (the previous generation wagon had a […]
When it comes to big luxury SUVs, they don’t come any bigger or more luxurious than the Range Rover. Many have tried, but none have beaten the British brand for either sheer luxury or prodigious off-road ability, let alone both in one package. We head over to Rotorua to check out the latest incarnation of […]
Once upon a time Audi said it would only ever have one RS model in its line up at any one time. Then people started buying quite a lot of them, so they changed their mind on that. We head out to Ardmore – via the winding roads of the Clevedon coast – to drive […]
Somewhere, sometime, some unkind soul will no doubt have accused the Toyota Corolla of being dull. To be honest, no one outside of the company would have argued with you. And the people in the company only thought it was exciting because it made them so much money. Now there is a new Corolla. One […]
BMW’s M Performance range of cars have been conceived to plug that irritating gap (slight sarcasm there…) between ordinary BMWs and the full-fat M cars. One could see this as a cynical money-grabbing exercise to cash in on the cachet of the M badge without actually having to put in the effort. Except for the […]
Audi recently unleashed a whole new generation of performance S-cars at the Hampton Downs race track. It was an invitation we couldn’t say no to… What are they? The S versions of Audis have traditionally been strong sellers in New Zealand, so it should come as no surprise that when they become available, Audi NZ […]
Small Peugeots have always needed to be driven like you are late for your mid-afternoon coffee in central Paris to get the best out of them. We head off to the launch of the new 208 to see if that still applies. What is it? The littlest Peugeot has had a chequered recent history since […]
The name MG conjures up images of flat caps, tweed jackets with elbow patches, pipes, handlebar moustaches and British car reliability. And while the “new” MG wants you to forget about that last bit, it still rather likes the association of the rest. Albeit with a far more modern (and very Chinese) twist. We take […]
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