The original Audi TT is indeed a timeless classic of design. The Bauhaus-inspired design was clean, simple and geometric, yet staggeringly fresh and original when it shocked the automotive world in 1995 at the Frankfurt motor show. The second generation was not so revolutionary in styling, but upped the TT’s quality and performance dramatically. Now […]
Category: New Cars
All Wheel Drive is there to keep you planted in a variety of circumstances but with modern engineering being what it is do you really need it? XCAR took an example of each type of drive to see how they tackle some challenging environments.
Tiny A-segment SUVs are the thing every manufacturer wants to have right now, with the explosion in interest in SUV generally, but the smaller end in particular. So it makes sense that the most SUV-ish car maker on the planet would want to get in on that action. We head over to the USA for […]
We here at OVERSTEER love nothing more than a GOOD Hot Hatch – and the Audi S1 is a Hot Hatch done properly! Taking the basic premise of jamming a big, powerful engine into a very small car, the Audi S1 packs the 170kW turbo engine out of the VW Golf GTi, slaps a quattro 4WD system […]
Only 100 will ever be made and it’s lighter, faster and stiffer than any standard Vantage. Even though not a lot of them will be made, there is rather a lot to like about the Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Especially that noise. The lads from XCAR get to spend some exclusive time with it in […]
The Ford Focus ST is one of our favourite-ever cars here at OVERSTEER and it seems the good blokes at XCAR agree with us – it offers utterly HUGE amounts of adrenaline-pumping thrills for comparatively little money. And that is the beauty of the ST. Well, that and the fact it is very, very orange!
The Porsche 911 Carrera GTS is THE Porsche you want, according to this latest video from XCAR. The 911 Carrera GTS stretches what the original GTS stood for but in real world terms it might be the best 911 if the standard car isn’t quite enough for you but you need something you can drive every […]
A few days back we bought you a teaser video with an excerpt from the next episode of the NZ Motoring Podcast (due very shortly!) where David Linklater shares his experiences on the international launch of the Land Rover Discovery in Iceland. Well, it seems our friends from XCAR were there too, so here is their […]
The latest episode of the NZ MOTORING PODCAST will be out shortly and in it David Linklater talks about his recent trip to Iceland to drive the new Land Rover Discovery Sport on its international launch. Today we bring you a quick video of footage from the launch and some of David’s thoughts as a […]
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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