First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Mercedes-Benz GLC

The luxury vehicle segment in New Zealand has always been a two-way fight between BMW and Audi — but not this year. In 2015 Mercedes has stormed to the top of the sales charts, leaping over both the other Germans. Why? While the magnificent new C-Class sedan will have made up a significant part of […]

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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Victory Lines

For our BLAST FROM THE PAST this week we are thrilled to bring you the latest work from Kieran Roberts – “Victory Lines” From Kieran’s website: “The 1992 DTM championship winning Mercedes-Benz 190E of Klaus Ludwig. The earlier version of these cars were built in the early 80s for rallying. However, when Audi bought out the […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Mercedes-Benz GLE

For a while now Mercedes-Benz has lagged behind obvious rivals BMW and Audi in one key area — SUVs, particularly those in the fast-growing small and medium segments. But Mercedes are determined to fix that particular weak spot in the most German way possible — to jam as many different variants into as many segments […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG Shooting Brake

Quite how AMG manages to get a blistering 265kW out of a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder petrol engine without it exploding into shrapnel after about ten minutes is staggering. How the also get it to be not only useable, but also relatively docile and tractable around town has, quite frankly, got us buggered. Needless to say, however, […]

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Mercedes-Benz C 250 First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Mercedes-Benz C-Class

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class was previously the smallest Benz you could get. But now an entire family based on the new A-Class has popped up below it in the range to take care of the “entry level” duties for the brand, leaving the C-Class to get on with its happy spread into both middle-age and mid-size […]

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New Cars News

More Police awesomeness from Dubai

Clearly having a fleet of some of the sexiest and most expensive supercars in the world isn’t enough for the Dubai police department – now they are turning to pimped-out SUVs. They have just added a Brabus B63S-700 Widestar to the fleet. Packing a Brabus-tweaked 5.5-litre biturbo V8, the Brabus beast is good for 522kW […]

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Mercedes takes the wheel

Ever felt the urge to take your Mercedes for a quick drive over lunch, only to be thwarted when you remember that you don’t actually have a Mercedes? Well, Mercedes-Benz NZ are doing something that may just be a solution to your rather peculiar problem… MBNZ will be holding “Take the Wheel” events in central […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Mercedes-Benz GL500

The first thing you notice about the GL is that it is big. Very big. But don’t let that intimidate you, because lurking inside that huge, towering behemoth is a remarkably capable vehicle that literally does everything it can to help you handle the massive size. The second thing you notice about the GL is […]

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