First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Subaru Forester

“Smarter, Safer, Further” is the way Subaru NZ are describing the new Forester in their marketing, even going as far to say “It can if you can”. We travel to a summery (but still rather breezy) Queenstown to see if it can… What is it? An SUV, okay? It’s DEFINITELY an SUV and if you […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Range Rover

When it comes to big luxury SUVs, they don’t come any bigger or more luxurious than the Range Rover. Many have tried, but none have beaten the British brand for either sheer luxury or prodigious off-road ability, let alone both in one package. We head over to Rotorua to check out the latest incarnation of […]

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News

Porsche’s New Minder

Porsche recently revealed that it has named it’s forthcoming baby brother to the Cayenne SUV after Arthur Daley’s sidekick. Well, maybe not, because it has actually called it Macan – the Indonesian word for “tiger” – rather than the possibly cooler McCann – a cockney bodyguard’s surname… “The Macan combines all sports car characteristics with […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Mazda CX-9

To say that buyers don’t want large vehicles anymore, and then point to the declining large car segment as proof, is actually somewhat spurious. While the proof would actually seem to be fairly black and white – large cars are selling in far fewer numbers every year – it’s actually more a matter of packaging. […]

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