Podcast

The latest NZ MOTORING PODCAST is available!

The third episode of the NZ Motoring Podcast is now available to download or stream! In this episode Damien and David discuss the yearly sales figures for 2014, a new Mitsubishi dealership and some old Mercedes! But don’t panic, it’s NOT boring because we make fun of Toyota for being sore losers and the Mitsubishi dealership belongs […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Mercedes-Benz GLA 200 CDI

Small and Medium SUVs are where it is at, in an automotive sense, with the demand for tall hatchbacks the little guys going through the roof. This has been a problem for Mercedes-Benz, especially in New Zealand. While they are on a roll in the luxury passenger car segment, they are lagging behind Audi and […]

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Motorsport

The same old race…

This sort of thing has been done so many times now it is not funny. But still it is a very cool thing to watch! A single lap handicapped race between a 2011 Red Bull RB7 driven by David Coulthard, a current Triple 8 Red Bull Holden V8 Supercar driven by Steven Richards and the […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Mercedes-Benz E 63S AMG

Big noise and big power. The American manufacturers understand the appeal of this concept and so do the Aussie manufacturers. But you know who else understands the appeal of big, fast, noisy cars? The Germans. The Mercedes-Benz E 63S AMG is one of the biggest, noisiest, fastest cars to come out of Germany and it […]

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News

It’s a vision…

That sexy shape under a sheet you’ve looked longingly at on the preview cover/poster/ad for the forthcoming PS3 game Gran Turismo 6? Well, this is it; the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision GT. Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi approached several car makers to come up with something special for the legendary game’s 15th anniversary, and the Vision […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Mercedes-Benz E400 Estate

The Mercedes Benz E-Class has always had a slightly hard road to travel, what with having to cary out multiple duties as a taxi, luxury express and see-you-out car, depending on its market, spec level and perceived place in things in the country it is sold in. While that may seem to make it a […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Mercedes-Benz E 63S AMG

When it comes to truly world-class performance machinery derived from lesser, but still brilliant, cars there are really only two names that count. Or, rather, four letters: “M” and “AMG”. The Germans know how to squeeze utterly mental power out of otherwise “standard” cars better than anyone else on the planet. I mean, take the […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Mercedes-Benz CLA

Small sedans; we don’t really get what they are all about here and they avoid them like Ben Affleck movies in Asian countries (except for China). However, they are VERY popular in the USA and they would seem poised to be The Next Big Thing in Europe. So does that mean the Mercedes-Benz CLA is […]

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