New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Subaru WRX manual

Like most living things, cars also grow up. Some “evolve”, some “mature” and some just get old and useless. The Subaru WRX has grown up a lot with its latest incarnation and the best word to use would probably be “mature”. But don’t take that to mean it has come over all serious and sober […]

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Random Stuff!

Grand Theft Fido

Now, we are not entirely sure if this is a genuine ad from Subaru Russia or a clever amateur attempt – we don’t read Russian, after all – but it is brilliant either way! Set up like a ubiquitous Russian dash-cam video, it features a woman running over a dog. Not the best premise for […]

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New Cars Random Stuff!

Proof of how slow we are…

Here is the complete, unedited footage of our run up the Leadfoot Ranch driveway. As you will no doubt notice, the GPS is pretty dodgy at times, especially going through the trees at the top! Not exactly a record-setting time – one minute and ten seconds, in case you were wondering – but MASSIVE fun!

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Subaru WRX

The WRX has always had the strong whiff of Boy Racer around it, much to Subaru’s displeasure. Sure, no company really minds if complete cocks buy their cars – it means they are selling cars, after all – but pouring billions of dollars into development, winning numerous rally championships and other motorsport accolades and generally […]

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New Cars Quick Drives

QUICK DRIVE: Subaru Legacy 2.5X

While we initially questioned the need for a Subaru Legacy sedan with the jacked-up ride height of the Outback, we did fall for the Legacy 3.6X when we road tested it just over a year ago. It was a car that didn’t seem to serve a logical purpose, but worked remarkably well anyway. It was […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Subaru Legacy GT Spec.B Premium wagon

The Subaru Legacy turbo wagon has been something of a performance icon in New Zealand since they poured into the country in their thousands back in the Japanese imports days of the early ’90s. Since then the used imports have dried up and Subaru have moved out of their “enthusiast” niche in a concerted effort […]

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New Cars News

NZ Car of the Year finalists announced

The Top Ten finalists for the overall AA/NZ Motoring Writers’ Guild New Zealand New Zealand Car of the Year have been announced. They are, in no particular order: Subaru BRZ, Ford Kuga, Lexus IS, Holden Volt, Hyundai Santa Fe, Volkswagen Golf, Subaru Forester, Holden Commodore VF, Mazda6 and Volvo V40. The finalists will now be voted on by members of the NZ Motoring Writers’ […]

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New Cars News

End of the line for Impreza WRX. Soon.

Subaru New Zealand has announced it will mark the end of the line for the current WRX with not one, but two new special editions. The first is the final run of cars in the batches of powered-up specials it has been doing for the last year and a half, starting with the black Ace […]

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ROAD TEST: Subaru Outback diesel

  The current Subaru Outback diesel was a thoroughly brilliant car that was really only let down in one way: it was too expensive. Now, at a recent launch of the MY14 line up on a beautifully sunny Waiheke Island, Subaru have fixed that particular issue by gouging $5K out of the Outback diesel’s asking […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Subaru BRZ

This is a proper sports car. Small, RWD, razor sharp and not encumbered by the stretch to pack too much power into its delicately perfect package, the Subaru BRZ (and its Toyota 86 twin) represent a purity of concept that is exceedingly rare these day. It is a car that has a single purpose in […]

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