First Drives

FIRST DRIVE: Hyundai Tucson

Someone at Hyundai must like cowboys. Nothing wrong with that, cowboys are cool. But, seriously, someone at Hyundai must really like them. Why else would they have chosen to name their SUVs Santa Fe and Tucson after towns in the cowboy states Arizona and New Mexico? From this naming convention, we can assume that if […]

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Podcast

The luxury car special Podcast!

In what is very possibly a world-first we bring you the latest episode of the NZ Motoring Podcast from the inside of a moving Rolls-Royce! Well… at the very least it is the first NZ-based motoring podcast recorded inside a moving Rolls-Royce Ghost II… on a Wednesday… In this special episode Damien and David discuss […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Hyundai Sonata

Mid-size cars are starting to suffer the same fate as their larger cousins at the moment – they are not selling in anywhere the numbers they used to. Why? Three letters – SUV. People are deserting traditional family-sized sedans in favour of the more practical SUV segment. But there is still a decent amount of life […]

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New Zealand’s Emma Gilmour flies over a jump in her Rhys Millen Racing Hyundai Veloster Turbo at the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship’s (GRC) first round in Barbados this weekend. Photo credit Nigel Browne. Press Release

PRESS RELEASE: Emma Enjoys GRC Opener

Lining up against some of the biggest names in the business at the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship’s (GRC) first round in Barbados, Emma Gilmour did herself and New Zealand proud. She was not only the first woman to ever race in this testosterone-fuelled series, she hit jumps, battled for corners with the Ken Block, […]

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First Drives New Cars

A bunch of Hyundais

Or should that be “A bunch of Hyundai”? Pffft… plurals. Who cares? Anyway, a low-key series of revamps was there order of the day for the Hyundai MY14 range launch in a wet, miserable Auckland the other day. The ix35, i40 wagon, Accent and Elantra all got upgrades for the forthcoming sales year, adding more […]

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New Cars News

NZ Car of the Year finalists announced

The Top Ten finalists for the overall AA/NZ Motoring Writers’ Guild New Zealand New Zealand Car of the Year have been announced. They are, in no particular order: Subaru BRZ, Ford Kuga, Lexus IS, Holden Volt, Hyundai Santa Fe, Volkswagen Golf, Subaru Forester, Holden Commodore VF, Mazda6 and Volvo V40. The finalists will now be voted on by members of the NZ Motoring Writers’ […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Hyundai i30 wagon

The Hyundai i30 is one of our favourite small hatches here at OVERSTEER. We like it for its dynamic nature and value-for-money appeal, as well as its swoopy looks. The wagon version is based on the same platform as the hatch – the previous generation had a longer wheelbase than the hatch version – so […]

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