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 […]
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OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Hyundai i30 Elite The small hatch segment is an ultra-competitive market where the weak are quickly cast to one side. The Hyundai i30 has been a consistently strong performer in a segment dominated by the all-conquering Toyota Corolla, but also features the impressive Ford Focus, VW Golf and Mazda3. Now there is […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Audi A1 Sportback While “Sportback” may sound like some kind of injury that a firmly-suspended German car might cause if you drive one for too long, it is actually Audi’s term to describe it’s… erm… five-door hatches. Probably because it sounds far more sexy and exciting that “five-door hatch”. The diminutive A1 […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Mitsubishi Starion It is arguably the car that started the avalanche of RWD Japanese GTs in the 1980s and remains one of the more enigmatic today. The Mitsubishi Starion may have a funny name, but it has passed into the realms of desirable classic remarkably easily. We take one for a blast! […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Lexus GS450h Big, luxurious and bristling with power and high-tech gadgets, the Lexus GS 450h is the flagship of the mid-size GS range. But does it possess the soul and passion Lexus claim it has? We weren’t so sure after the launch and, after a week with one, we are even less […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Audi A4 Avant 1.8T FSI The Audi A4 gets a slight facelift and a new engine, but is this enough to take on a startlingly good new BMW 3 Series? Well, in the looks department, the sexiest Euro-wagon in the business has it sewn up, but the rest… after a week with […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Toyota Corolla Levin (AE86) It is the car that virtually invented the sport of drifting in Japan and now its modern successor has just be launched in New Zealand. We take the AE86 from Toyota HQ in Palmerston North to the race track at Taupo for a Top Secret Top Gear NZ […]
The Lexus LX 570; big, brawny, expensive and suspiciously familiar. That is because it is just a Toyota Land Cruiser with a different engine, more chrome and a lot of plasticky bits stuck to it. Or is it? Stop being a cynical bastard and read the ten reasons why it isn’t in this, the latest in out […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: BMW M3 E30 Legendary, Iconic, Freakin’ Awesome – all of these phrases and more have been applied to BMW’s M cars over the years, and rightfully so too. But as awesome as all the M cars are, none are more legendary or iconic than the original E30 M3. We are lucky enough […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Ford Falcon XT EcoBoost A four-cylinder Falcon?! The SHOCK! The HORROR! It’s just NOT RIGHT! It simply CAN’T BE TRUE! It must be a TERRIBLE CAR… actually, it’s not. It’s a very impressive car indeed. We know, because we have driven one extensively… Opinions on the idea of a four-cylinder Falcon tend […]
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