BYD’s cheapest EV to get rear wheel drive and independent suspension
Regulatory filings show the second-generation BYD Seagull switching from a 55kW front wheel drive layout to a 95kW rear motor, multi-link rear suspension, and a front boot! A serious upgrade at the bottom of China’s EV market. The BYD Seagull, the tiny EV that undercuts almost everything else on sale in China, is getting a […]
Electrified Vehicles Pass 60 Per Cent of New Zealand’s Passenger Market
August registrations of battery-electric cars and plug-in hybrids nearly tripled, taking electrified models past three-fifths of New Zealand’s new passenger vehicle sales so far this year. For the first time, most new passenger cars sold in New Zealand this year have some form of electrification. In August, registrations of battery-electric cars and plug-in hybrids nearly […]
Longines Adds Four Blue Chronometer Watches to Its Spirit Pilot Range
Longines has added two Spirit Pilot watches and two Spirit Pilot Flyback chronographs to its Spirit collection for 2026, all finished in blue and all certified as chronometers. Longines is adding to its aviation-themed Spirit collection, and this time it has picked one colour for the whole release. Four new watches join the range for […]
Yamaha Marks Yamaha Day 2026 With “Own the Moment, Take Actions” Theme
Yamaha Motor has named “Own the Moment, Take Actions” as its 2026 Yamaha Day theme, and its Australia and New Zealand arm has made a film built around the brand’s idea of Kando. There’s no new bike and no spec sheet this time. Yamaha Motor has named “Own the Moment, Take Actions” as the theme […]
Nissan is putting self-driving cars on Cambridge’s streets
A £3 million, government-backed project will use a modified Leaf to test autonomous mobility services on real Cambridge roads as an actual passenger service. Nissan has launched a research project that will put a self-driving car on public roads in Cambridge, in one of the more concrete steps yet toward autonomous passenger services in the […]
Polestar and Oxford Researchers Set Out to Measure the Thrill of Driving
Polestar has teamed up with the University of Oxford’s SDG Impact Lab to study drivers’ brain activity, heart rate and eye movement at Sweden’s Gotland Ring, aiming to put numbers on the thrill of driving. Power outputs, acceleration times and lap records are easy to print on a spec sheet. The buzz a driver gets […]
Mon Dieu – Look At This Renault 8 Gordini Concept
We’ve all heard the tired old story about heritage brands “reimagining classics” for the modern era. Usually it’s a polished turd wrapped in nostalgia and slapped with a hefty price tag. But every once in a while, someone actually gets it right. And mon dieu Renault just nailed it with the 8 Gordini Concept. A […]
Alfa Romeo Teases New Concept Car
The Italian marque is calling it a “manifesto” to inspire their future designs.
More or Less? 2026 MG S6 EV RWD & AWD Review
MG continues to progress its EV offering with the new S6 but is there too little to separate the RWD from the AWD range topper?
Call of the Outback: 2026 Subaru Outback Touring Review
Next to the Impreza, the Outback is one of the most revered names in Subaru’s back catalogue. Chances are you probably have one or two which reside in your neighbourhood and you probably had a friend, family member or work colleague who owned one. Six generations of Outback have passed and now in 2026, we […]