Following on from our road test of the 2WD Foton Tunland, we managed to get our sweaty hands on a 4WD one for a bit of farm-based off roading, just to see how well it acquits itself off the sealed stuff. The 2WD Foton Tunland impressed us quite a bit on road with its blend […]
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While it has been easy to dismiss Chinese cars as cheap, nasty and only notable for their cheap prices, those days are rapidly coming to an end. Nowhere is that more evident that the ute segment. While the likes of Great Wall still trade on their low prices – and are very much built down […]
The Volkswagen Golf has always been one of those cars that has covered the entire spectrum of car uses, from basic company rep car to searingly quick high performance icon. And let’s face it, as good as the Golf is in any form, the really hot one is always the most interesting one. It is […]
The WRX has always had the strong whiff of Boy Racer around it, much to Subaru’s displeasure. Sure, no company really minds if complete cocks buy their cars – it means they are selling cars, after all – but pouring billions of dollars into development, winning numerous rally championships and other motorsport accolades and generally […]
Now this is something that could be rather promising… This video is supposedly of the BMW i8 doing a quick run through the gears with its Active Sound Design technology (fake noise…) turned OFF! If that is actually true, then the sound coming from BMW’s little 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine is FREAKIN’ EPIC! If it […]
This sort of thing has been done so many times now it is not funny. But still it is a very cool thing to watch! A single lap handicapped race between a 2011 Red Bull RB7 driven by David Coulthard, a current Triple 8 Red Bull Holden V8 Supercar driven by Steven Richards and the […]
Plug-in Hybrids, Range Extenders – whatever you want to call them depending on quite how they are wired up – are fascinating things to learn about and even more fascinating to drive. The most fascinating part of driving them, however, is how utterly normal the good ones are to drive. And that will be the […]
#MercedesBenz E400: Staggeringly good. Wonderfully luxurious, yet sharp, responsive and FAST. Almost drives itself as well… 9/10 — Understeer (@UndersteerNZ) March 23, 2014
Deja vu is a French term that literally translates into “already seen” and it certainly was a case of deja vu at the launch of the new Renault Clio. Not because the attractive new little Renault was in any way derivative, it was just that we had heard it all before at a Renault launch: […]
While the Alfa Romeo 4C is a thoroughly stunning-looking little car – it was recently voted “Most Beautiful Car of 2013” – and quite frequently stops traffic with those looks, it will now officially be holding up a different sort of traffic. The 4C has just been announced as the official Safety Car for the […]
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