More performance, more R – 2021 Honda Civic Type R
The redesigned 2021 Civic Type R, Honda’s highly acclaimed Hot Hatch is confirmed as launching in New Zealand with notable upgrades to ride and handling, braking performance and engine cooling. Officially on sale Monday 12th October, vehicles for test driving will be available this month, ahead of first stock arrival late November 2020. Since its introduction […]
A Grand Staycation – VW Grand California unveiled in NZ
According to TV ratings, the programme Grand Designs boasts a viewership of over nigh-on 5 million and the VW Kombi has since 1950 produced (in some shape or form) produced over 10 million units, so to me, it was inevitable that at some point a Grand Kombi or Grand California would be produced – and […]
A new normal – Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 review
Lately, things have been so messed up that it’s hard to know what is normal anymore. Stay in, go out, book and plan or bunker down and wait for things to blow over, it’s seriously a mystery to me (thanks Toyah). Anyway, the sea of change is evident (or is that prevalent) in the automotive […]
A New Sensation
Is it a hot hatch? Is it a budget supercar? All we know is that the Mercedes A45 S AMG has gone where no hatch has been before!
The A-class of 7 seat SUVs – Mercedes-Benz GLB 250 review
Having a small family of just the three of us has many benefits, (the weekly grocery bill alone should clinch the deal), however, my son is a popular chap and ‘dad’s taxi’ is seldom just our small nucleus, in saying that, the need for a 7-seat road-going behemoth is equally rare. What we need is […]
Bond; unbreakable bond – 2021 Toyota Hilux Launch NZ
Attack helicopters, powerboats, a flying shark, dramatic waterfalls and some fridge raiding is all in a day’s work when it comes to launching the new Toyota Hilux in New Zealand it would seem, and all done with some help by the unbreakable bond from their friends. With all that’s been going on lately, it’s good […]
Car Technology- What Works and What Doesn’t
Car owners tell us what’s useful and useless in a modern vehicle.
Mission accomplished – Porsche Taycan Turbo review
One of the joys of getting a little longer in the tooth (there aren’t that many to be honest) is that, based on history and experience, you tend to be right much more than wrong. Take EVs for instance, sure they are good for the environment and fine for toodling around the town but they […]
Avid Group Hub Launch
by Ben Selby We all love cars, right? It doesn’t matter whether we are the proud owner of a million-horsepower carbon fibre supercar, or a stripped-out supermini, what unites us all is the passion we have for all things automotive. We want nothing more than to work hard all week in order to partake in […]
When lockdown is a good thing – 2021 Audi RSQ8 review NZ
In so many ways, Lockdown has become the swear word of 2020. It’s cut us off from travelling overseas and stopped us socialising with extended family and friends, it’s had us staring at four walls (and climbing them too) and essentially forced many of us to hibernate. But my time, (or make that two times […]
