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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Chevrolet Impala

OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Chevrolet Impala I wonder just how many times I have seen the Chevrolet Impala in Hip Hop and Rap music videos. They are usually painted in a nice shade of psychedelic purple, or maybe lime green with gold rims, and the compulsory hydraulic suspension, for when these “Playas” want to raise the […]

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ROAD TRIP: BMW M6

Recently we were lucky enough to spend four days with the mighty BMW M6 down in the South Island. This wasn’t a true road test – that will come later – what we were doing was taking it on a road trip from Christchurch to Dunedin, with a bypass on the way to check out […]

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New Cars Quick Drives

QUICK DRIVE: Bentley Continental GT

OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Bentley Continental GT It isn’t every day that someone hands you the key to a $325,000 Bentley just after lunch and says “Go where you like, dinner is at 7.30”. It is even less frequent that this happens within an hour’s drive of one of the greatest motor racing circuits in the […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Audi RS4 Avant

Once upon a time Audi said it would only ever have one RS model in its line up at any one time. Then people started buying quite a lot of them, so they changed their mind on that. We head out to Ardmore – via the winding roads of the Clevedon coast – to drive […]

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Blast From The Past: Ford Mustang

OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Ford Mustang The Ford Mustang stands to this day as the fastest selling car of all time. When the car made its debut at the New York World’s Fair on the 17th of April 1964, Ford sold 100,000 in the first three months of production. People like Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Audi S6, S7 and S8

Audi recently unleashed a whole new generation of performance S-cars at the Hampton Downs race track. It was an invitation we couldn’t say no to… What are they? The S versions of Audis have traditionally been strong sellers in New Zealand, so it should come as no surprise that when they become available, Audi NZ […]

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News

McLaren lops the top off

McLaren Automotive has released the second model in the MP4-12C family: the new 12C Spider. Far more than “just” an MP4-12C with the roof chopped off, the Spider features a folding roof system that can be operated while on the move. The 12C Spider boasts the same impressive 460kW output from McLaren’s M838T 3.8-litre V8 twin […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Toyota Land Cruiser VX Limited

OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Toyota Land Cruiser VX Limited The latest incarnation of the Toyota Land Cruiser VX Limited maintains the model’s formidable off road ability, while adding to its ever-increasing on road prowess. “I know what this is!” cried the smart-arsed blonde as she walked past the massive white Toyota Land Cruiser I was climbing […]

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