New Cars News

Maloo goes mental

HSV today released details of the latest bout of supercharged silliness that has gripped them, possessing them to build and released the GTS Maloo – a 430kW/740Nm ute. Yes, that is now a thing, thanks to the frenzied, clearly disturbed minds at HSV in Australia jamming the 6.2-litre supercharged LSA V8 into the company’s already-extreme […]

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Classic Random Stuff!

Release the Draguar!

It’s over a year old, but this video from the guys at Roadkill where they buy an elderly Jaguar XJ for $1,000, throw a blower on it in a parking lot then drive it across California to go drag racing (using car washes to cool the engine along the way!) is brilliant! It’s painfully slow, […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Range Rover Vogue S/C V8

Big, but most assuredly not dumb, the latest Range Rover Vogue is a startling example of what can happen when you have something to prove and the will to prove it. Indian owners, Tata, couldn’t afford to get this one wrong. After all, Range Rover was on a roll and it and sister company Jaguar […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Jaguar XFR

Despite its somewhat elderly underpinnings (it is, after all, based on the same – admittedly modified – platform as the S-Type) the XF Jaguar is truly every bit the modern mid-size executive/luxury sedan. With engines ranging from an absolutely brilliant 2-litre four-cylinder engine up to the monstrous 5-litre supercharged V8 in this XFR, the XF […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Range Rover

When it comes to big luxury SUVs, they don’t come any bigger or more luxurious than the Range Rover. Many have tried, but none have beaten the British brand for either sheer luxury or prodigious off-road ability, let alone both in one package. We head over to Rotorua to check out the latest incarnation of […]

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