The Mercedes Benz E-Class has always had a slightly hard road to travel, what with having to cary out multiple duties as a taxi, luxury express and see-you-out car, depending on its market, spec level and perceived place in things in the country it is sold in. While that may seem to make it a […]
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Bentley’s resurgence under Volkswagen’s ownership has been a sometimes-painful, but mostly gratifying thing to observe. The Continental did attract an unfortunate number of footballer’s WAGs to the table, but the strong racing spirit that has been quietly rekindled (the 2003 Le Mans win and the forthcoming Continental GT3 race car) is now starting to shine […]
… Hello BMW 2 Series coupe! While all the attention has been on the new BMW 4 Series coupe, details about its smaller sibling – the replacement for the 1 Series two-door family – have quietly been released. And, it seems, that it is here that the biggest differences between the earlier cars – where […]
For a full Road Test of the Honda Accord 2.4 click here. It is almost like Honda started with the V6 version of the new Accord, then started pulling stuff off it to create the four-cylinder version. “Two cylinders? Yep, get rid of those.” “That extra ratio in the transmission? Lose it.” “Those sexy twin […]
Let’s be honest here; since the original genre-defining 205 GTi, most of the Peugeots that have worn the hallowed Hot Hatch GTi badge have fallen well short of deserving it. That is not to say that Peugeot haven’t built cars worthy of wearing the GTi badge, because they most certainly have – the 306 S16 […]
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’ […]
For a full Road Test of the Lexus IS300h F Sport click here. It is virtually impossible to talk about any IS without mentioning those confrontational looks – personally we here at Oversteer love them, although admittedly not at first. The vibrant blue of the car we tested here perfectly suited the sweeping, aggressive lines […]
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 […]
Bogan-tastic! With the release of a new Commodore comes the inevitable V8-powered SS version! And with the addition of the FE3 sports suspension-equipped Redline model to the permanent line up, things would appear to be very promising indeed for Aussie performance fans. Except… they have made it VERY quiet indeed. With the bogan in us […]
Subaru New Zealand has announced it will mark the end of the line for the current WRX with not one, but two new special editions. The first is the final run of cars in the batches of powered-up specials it has been doing for the last year and a half, starting with the black Ace […]
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