News Podcast

Finally! A new Podcast episode!

Yes, we realise it has been quite a while, but the 11th and latest episode of the NZ Motoring Podcast is available now! In it Damien and David discuss the Top Ten cars eligible for the NZ Motoring Writers’ Guild/AA Car of the Year award and 12-cylinder cars – all from inside a Bentley Continental GT […]

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New Cars

12 cylinders of awesome and the wind in your hair

Sometimes a car is completely wrong for the conditions you have it in. When that happens you just have to tough it out and drive it anyway, just like the XCAR lads did when they had the awesome Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster during a snowy British winter. Life is hard sometimes…

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Aston Martin DB9

OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Aston Martin DB9 It has been nearly a decade since Aston Martin replaced the company-saving DB7 with the cutting edge DB9, a car that wowed all who drove it. recently the DB9 has been extensively updated, so we felt it right that we should spend a bit of time with one… The […]

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Classic

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Lamborghini Murcielago

OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Lamborghini Murcielago The Lamborghini Murcielago was a car that had to be outrageous – it was the latest in line following the original definition of “Outrageous Supercar” – the mighty Countach. The Countach’s successor was the equally outrageous Diablo. The Murcielago simply HAD to be outrageous. Luckily it was. Ben Selby checks […]

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News

Rolls-Royce reveals new Wraith pic. And a hint of humour.

Rolls-Royce today revealed a new picture of its forthcoming two-door coupe version of the Ghost – the Wraith. Rumoured to be the most powerful production Rolls ever built, the Wraith’s V12 is said to be good for around 450kW, leading RR to display this gem of wit in the press release that accompanied the lone […]

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News

You Wouldn’t Mess With This Hairdresser…

What do you get if you combine 1,000Nm of torque, 463kW of power and a serious lack of taste? Possibly the hairiest hairdresser’s car on the planet. Mercedes-Benz have just released details of the completely silly SL65 AMG, a convertible packing AMG’s colossal 6-litre twin-turbo V12 engine. Along with the new face, the uber-SL now […]

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