The Lexus IS is the car that scared the hell out of BMW when it first car out. With a choice of a screaming four-cylinder or a refined V6, the IS was the car that looked set to challenge the 3 Series as the ruler of the medium sporty sedan segment. Except that never really […]
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OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Lexus LS 600hL It’s massive, impossibly quiet and unsettlingly brown and we here at OVERSTEER love it to bits; the Lexus LS 600hL is the biggest Lexus on the block and it just keeps getting quieter and more high-tech. But has a recent infusion of bling hurt it at all? We take […]
Following on from Elon Musk’s habit of suing anyone who criticises a Tesla, the ups and downs of building bespoke electric/hybrid cars in the US continue with the surprise resignation of Henrik Fisker from the company he founded; Fisker Automotive, makers of the luxury Fisker Karma. While Fisker has sold 1,800 examples of its luxurious […]
The stunning Lexus LF-LC ,that first appeared at the Detroit Motor Show in January and was recently updated as the LF-LC Blue at the recent Australian International Motor Show, could well make it into production, according to Toyota Production Manager Karl Schlicht. According to Schlicht, the reaction to the concept at the Detroit show had […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Lexus GS450h Big, luxurious and bristling with power and high-tech gadgets, the Lexus GS 450h is the flagship of the mid-size GS range. But does it possess the soul and passion Lexus claim it has? We weren’t so sure after the launch and, after a week with one, we are even less […]
OVERSTEER COMPARISON: Toyota Aurion Sportivo SX6 vs Toyota Camry Hybrid i-Tech vs Toyota Camry Atara SX So you have a lazy 50-odd grand lying around and want to drop it on a top-of-the-line Toyota sedan? Well then you have a choice – namely two Camrys and a Camry-based, V6-engined alternative. We look at the options […]
The least interesting model in the Lexus sedan line up gets an extreme makeover and a new image as sporty, exciting and packed full of soul… We head to the North Waikato to find out if this is a load of old marketing bollocks or not. WHAT IS IT? The over-looked middle child of the […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Honda CR-Z Honda has looked back to its past for the new CR-Z, resurrecting the spirit of the classic CR-X for what could potentially be the most exciting Honda in years. Hondas used to be exciting. Even the boring ones like the Civic. Honda gave us VTEC engines that revved up to […]
A hybrid you could actually like? Sounds impossible, but Toyota may well have managed it with its new compact hybrid, the Prius C; a new entry in the Prius family and Toyota’s first attempt to expand the Prius name into a family rather than a single model. What is it? Basically a smaller Prius that […]
Honda has chosen to market the Insight in New Zealand as a small 5-door hatchback that just happens to be a hybrid, rather than just focus on the fact that it is a hybrid, a-la Prius. This may well prove to be a very smart strategy from Honda New Zealand, but probably not for the […]
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