First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Mini 5-door hatch

It’s a Mini Jim, but not as we know it. Well, actually, it kind of is. But then it also kind of isn’t. The Mini 5-door hatch treads the narrow ground between the 3-door hatch, the 5-door Countryman SUV and the even intrudes slightly on the Clubman’s territory by being similarly a-bit-longer and sort-of more spacious […]

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FIRST DRIVE: Peugeot 308

The replacement for the Peugeot 308 was released in Europe last year and is also called the Peugeot 308. This blatant break with naming tradition is all something to do with the French company’s new naming convention that is quite complicated and has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that Peugeot was running out […]

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Through the South of France in Peugeot’s new 308

The launch of the new Peugeot 308 was a good excuse to spend a few days driving around France in a bunch of them. We didn’t expect driving around the 308’s home land would prove just how good it would be in New Zealand though!   NOTE: This link opens a page on the NZ Herald website.

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Peugeot 508

The 508 has been around since 2010, when it was introduced to replace both the smaller 407 and the larger 607 and has struggled to make much of an impact in the local medium sedan/wagon segment. This is disappointing – as it is a very good car that deserves better – and yet not unexpected, as […]

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Tweet Test!

#BMW #M3: Magnificently fast and aggressive. Looks brutal and has performance to back it up. Sensational. 10/10 http://t.co/GTDO7jMrqh

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TWEET TEST!

#Renault Megane #RS265: Ergonomically French interior, but MASSIVE fun and utterly addictive through corners! 8/10 http://ift.tt/1wCD6gr — Understeer (@UndersteerNZ) October 15, 2014

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Toyota Yaris

The Toyota Yaris is one of those cars, like its big brother Corolla, that is hard to get particularly excited by, but is also equally hard to go past when it comes to actually laying money down and buying it. It is not exciting, but that legendary Toyota reputation, paired up with the fact that […]

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