The Volkswagen Amarok has been around for a couple of years now, but that hasn’t dulled the impact of just how damn good it is. It came in to the ute segment with a bang and drastically shook up the concept of just what it was we expected from our workhorses. They no longer had […]
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OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: BMW X6 xDrive40d BMW has always taken a quiet approach to mid-life refreshments of its vehicles, even down to the term it uses to describe them. Where pretty much everyone else calls it a facelift, BMW prefer the term “Life Cycle Impulse” or LCI for short (and because they also love acronyms…) […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: BMW 320d When BMW launched the new 3 Series earlier this year, the company also resurrected its long-time “Ultimate Driving Machine” marketing tag. At the launch we concluded that the new 3 Series did indeed live up to the tried and true line, with a great mix of ride quality and tenacious […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Audi A5 Sportback 3.0 TDI quattro If one was feeling particularly unkind, it would be easy to suggest that the Audi A5 Sportback is an answer to a question that nobody had asked. It is, after all, fairly unlikely that someone would walk into an Audi dealership and say “Hmmm… I really […]
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 […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Audi Q3 2.0TDI quattro Audi’s baby SUV blends A3 size with Q5 looks, which sounds a bit odd. And let’s face it; it does look a bit odd too. But how does it drive? We spend a few days with one to find out. White is not the Audi Q3’s best colour. […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Range Rover Evoque Dynamic SD4 The smallest Range Rover ever (or should that be so far?) has recently worried the bearded, wooly knitted hat-wearing traditionalists by daring to be modern. Is it all style and no substance or can the Evoque give the boring gits something to stick in their pipes? We […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Toyota Land Cruiser VX Limited The latest incarnation of the Toyota Land Cruiser VX Limited maintains the model’s formidable off road ability, while adding to its ever-increasing on road prowess. “I know what this is!” cried the smart-arsed blonde as she walked past the massive white Toyota Land Cruiser I was climbing […]
Well, the holiday is over and reality will soon start to set back in (although a few beers tonight should hold that off for a while longer yet…) so here’s a quick rundown of the i40’s time in Queenstown and the run back up the West Coast of the South Island! After a day relaxing […]
Spending a few days motoring around Auckland in the Hyundai i40 may not be the best way to get an idea of how economical its 1.7-litre four-cylinder diesel engine actually is. It is still relatively decent, returning mid-to-high 8’s in terms of litres per 100km, but after a bit of typically shit Auckland traffic and […]
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