Practically Perfect: 2025 Honda Civic Hatch SR e:HEV Review
Honda’s crowd pleasing Civic Hybrid steps into a new generation but it’s been tasked with big shoes to fill.
AC Cobra’s New GT Roadster Slithers Off the Line, Finally Ready to Bite
Lately the car world is seemingly hell-bent on sensible electric crossovers and autonomous pods, but fear not, a glorious, V8-powered roar from the past (with a very modern twist) is making itself heard. Britain’s oldest operating vehicle manufacturer, AC Cars, a nameplate that’s been around since 1901, has just announced that the first examples of […]
Evasive Motorsports and Hyundai Plot to Conquer Pikes Peak with an IONIQ 5 N
Get ready to clutch your pearls, internal combustion traditionalists, because Evasive Motorsports is teaming up with Hyundai to unleash a specially-engineered 2025 IONIQ 5 N on the unsuspecting slopes of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 22, 2025. This isn’t just another Sunday drive; it’s Evasive’s “most ambitious EV project to date,” and […]
Solid Gold Ego Trip – Rolls-Royce Celebrates Phantom’s 100th
Alright, gather ’round, aspirational motorists and connoisseurs of the comically opulent. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a company not exactly known for its understated approach to personal transportation, decided to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its most iconic nameplate, the Phantom, in a manner so on-the-nose it’s practically gilded. How, you ask? By unveiling a one-of-a-kind “Phantom […]
VW’s Golf GTI EDITION 50 Spanks the Nordschleife!
Alright, hold onto your Recaros, folks, because Volkswagen has just dropped a bombshell that’s sent a seismic shockwave through the hot hatch world. Remember how the Golf GTI is turning the big five-oh? Well, VW, in a move that screams “mid-life crisis in the best possible way,” decided to celebrate a bit early by letting […]
The “Piloti Ferrari” 296 Speciale – Because Your Other Ferraris Weren’t Special Enough
So, you thought you were hot stuff with your “regular” Ferrari? Bless your cotton socks. On the eve of what we can only assume is another wallet-emptying weekend at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ferrari has magnanimously bestowed upon us (well, not us, obviously) the 296 Speciale with the “Piloti Ferrari” configuration. It’s the […]
Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, This Rolls Costs a Fortune, Just For You (Daughter, Dear!)
In today’s episode of “How the Other 0.001% Live,” Rolls-Royce has once again reminded us that some folks express affection not with a thoughtfully chosen bunch of flowers from the petrol station, but with a “singular expression of Bespoke craftsmanship” in the form of a multi-hundred-thousand-pound (we assume, they never tell) electric super-coupé. Feast your […]
Ford NZ Family Gets Twins – all-new Ford Tourneo Courier and Transit
Hold onto your jandals, New Zealand, because Ford is delivering not one, but two bundles of joy, and they’re set to make a splash! With their grand entrance at Fieldays 2025, the all-new Ford Tourneo Courier and its equally fresh sibling, the Ford Transit Courier, are here to prove that good things really do come […]
The LDV TERRON 9 Elite – So Much Ute!
Hold onto your Swanndris, New Zealand, because LDV is unleashing a new beast upon your shores, and it’s aiming to be more Kiwi than a pavlova at a rugby match. Say “kia ora” to the LDV TERRON 9 Elite, a ute that’s “big, bold and ready for action” and probably ready to politely hold the […]
KGM’s TORRES Hybrid – And its Kiwi Flirtation at Fieldays
South Korean marque KGM, the artist formerly known as SsangYong, is currently playing a tantalizing game of “will they, won’t they” with the New Zealand market. The object of this vehicular flirtation? The rather dashing, and potentially quite sensible, TORRES Hybrid. This “future-focused” manufacturer is giving Kiwis a cheeky sneak peek of a European market […]