Dongfeng’s Voyah Passion S Goes Full Looney Tunes Loop

Dongfeng’s Voyah Passion S Goes Full Looney Tunes Loop

There are many ways to launch a new car. You could put it on a stage, you could wheel it into a fancy hotel, employ a mildly enthusiastic presenter and tell journalists about its revolutionary new infotainment system. Or, if you’re Dongfeng, you could point your new electric SUV at a tunnel, wind it up […]

Family Matters – How ADHL is Redefining the Kiwi Automotive Landscape

Family Matters - How ADHL is Redefining the Kiwi Automotive Landscape

As many of you may know, the New Zealand automotive industry is currently navigating its most turbulent and transformative period in three decades. For the average motorist, the shift is visible on the showroom floor, a sudden influx of new badges, a pivot toward electrification, and the slow, steady decline of some familiar legacy names. […]

Mercedes-Benz NZ Nets the ASB Classic

Mercedes-Benz NZ Nets the ASB Classic

Sometimes you just know when two brands were destined to collide on the same court. Enter Mercedes-Benz New Zealand and the ASB Classic, a collaboration that feels less like a sponsorship deal and more like a natural evolution of excellence meeting excellence. Why This Partnership Actually Makes Sense Let’s cut through the corporate speak for […]

Leapmotor intend to be ‘unignorable’

Leapmotor’s B03X NZ Launch and Price

It’s fair to say that in New Zealand, Leapmotor has been doing a bit of a “ziggy zaggy” dance. It’s a brand with plenty of promise, but let’s be honest, it hasn’t quite hit the stride we (or they) expected. Well, the team at ADHL has finally called time on the excuses, and they’ve got […]

Leapmotor’s B03X NZ Launch and Price

Leapmotor’s B03X NZ Launch and Price

The Leapmotor B03X is the latest all-electric crossover to join the brand’s expanding line up, and if the buzz at the launch is anything to go by, it’s here to make some serious noise. When introducing the Leapmotor B03X, local distributors ADHL’s message was clear, “Excellence within reach.” It’s a bold tagline about this value […]

Cool as.. Zeekr On ICE experience

Why the Inaugural Zeekr on Ice Experience is soo ‘Remarkable’ 

Zeekr gains traction while losing it too There are car launches, there are driving experiences, and then there’s Zeekr On Ice, an event where someone clearly decided that driving electric cars sideways on a mountain top wasn’t quite enough, so they added five-star accommodation, gourmet hospitality, world-class instructors AND, because apparently normal transport is now […]

Gordon Murray’s S1 – Manual V12 That Actually Lets You Enjoy the Drive

Gordon Murray's S1 - Manual V12 That Actually Lets You Enjoy the Drive

So, let’s be honest, most supercars are about bragging rights and weekend car-park heroics. But Gordon Murray’s new S1? This thing is different. It’s a V12 manual supercar designed for people who actually want to drive, not just own a trophy. The Anti-Hypercar Supercar In a world obsessed with hybrid systems, paddle shifters, and downforce […]

The Geely EX2 is Here And It’s Shockingly Good Value

Geely EX2 First Drive and NZ Price

Starting at just $32,990, Geely’s world-beating EX2 EV proves you don’t need a fat wallet to go electric The Geely EX2, already the world’s best-selling small battery-electric vehicle across the A and B segments in 2025, has just landed in New Zealand, and it’s here to shake things up in the most delightfully accessible way […]

Zeekr’s Evolved ‘No Mouth’ Design Language Speaks Volumes

Why the Inaugural Zeekr on Ice Experience is soo ‘Remarkable’ 

According to Javier Garcia-Gallardo (Zeekr’s Head of Design Studio Shanghai), For decades, the automotive face was predictable, two eyes and a mouth. It was the universal language of the internal combustion engine. Then came the EV revolution, which largely gave us two eyes, no mouth, a clean, minimalist slate.  But Zeekr is pushing the conversation […]

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