Renault 5 E-Tech 100% electric in London
Historic Anglo-Franco rivalries will be celebrated at St Pancras International this summer, as visitors passing through the station are given the chance to explore the hotly anticipated new Renault 5 E-Tech 100% electric in a culture-mixing display where England and France playfully collide. From Monday July 22 to Sunday August 11, a small section of […]
Open for adventure – All-new Hyundai Santa Fe Calligraphy review
Regardless of its polarising boxy new look, the fifth generation Hyundai Santa Fe is a remarkable blend of outdoor adventure and everyday practicality. To say the Santa Fe is important for Hyundai is an understatement of epic proportions, I mean in New Zealand alone, it has seen substantial success, with over 26,000 units sold since […]
Companies join forces to advance solid state batteries
Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCo and QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) today announced they have entered into a groundbreaking agreement to industrialise QuantumScape’s next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology. Upon satisfactory technical progress and certain royalty payments, QuantumScape will grant PowerCo the license to mass produce battery cells based on QuantumScape’s technology platform. Under the non-exclusive license, PowerCo […]
Guess what Europe’s best selling new car is..
The Dacia Sandero is officially Europe’s best-selling new car. While this is a title it has held since 2017 for retail sales, figures for the first half of 2024 show that the affordable supermini now tops the charts across all channels. In fact, worldwide sales for the first six months of 2024 totalled 164,789 units […]
A Brazilian Affair – Volkswagen Fusca
A few months ago, I hopped on a 25 hour journey to go back to my home country of Brazil to spend some time with family and friends, 7 years after leaving on a one-way ticket. There’s nothing like being there again to rekindle some old automotive interests. And that’s where the subject of this […]
Subaru partners with Street Smart
Subaru partners with Street Smart driven by Tony Quinn Foundation Road Safety Subaru of New Zealand is proud to announce their partnership with one of New Zealand’s leading driver education programmes, Street Smart driven by Tony Quinn Foundation Road Safety. Subaru has always been synonymous with safety and the brand is working towards its […]
Ultra Performance Hybrid powertrain for next Flying Spur
Bentley’s Flying Spur sedan – the ultimate four-door Grand Tourer – is set to be reborn with the company’s new 782 PS (771 bhp) Ultra Performance Hybrid powertrain. Launched recently in Bentley’s new Continental GT Speed, the all-new, performance-focused V8 hybrid powertrain will make the new Flying Spur the most powerful, most dynamic and most […]
High-performance Lexus LBX Morizo RR Coming to NZ
Developed alongside Master Driver Akio Toyoda, Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation (AKA Morizo) the high-performance Lexus LBX MORIZO RR is making its way to New Zealand, adding a new dimension to the LBX range. Racing and testing cars under his nom de plume Morizo, means Mr Toyoda can talk more freely and can be a […]
Quartet of MX-5s drive 1,000 miles on sustainable fuel
To celebrate 35 years of the Mazda MX-5, four Mazda MX-5s – one of each generation – drove a 1,000-mile route from Land’s End to John O’ Groats using sustainable fuel. Powered entirely by a 100 per cent biofuel from SUSTAIN, the world’s best-selling two-seater sports car became the first car to complete the end-to-end […]
Nissan launches NISMO Ariya
Just not in NZ With 2024 marking NISMO’s 40th Anniversary and a legacy spanning 30 years in the region, Nissan’s NISMO brand returns to Europe with a spark. European customers will soon be able to purchase the sleek, stylish, yet sporty Ariya NISMO – Nissan’s first fully electric NISMO model in this market. Dynamic, agile […]