Summer Loving – 2020 BMW M850i xDrive Convertible review
With the great big orange ball in the sky finally appearing (it’s been a long Winter), thanks to BMW New Zealand I ‘had me a blast’ in the 2020 M850i Convertible. Sun shining overhead, top down, V8 roaring and miles of NZ countryside to play with, seriously, does it get any better than this? It […]
Breaking Barriers
What happens when Mercedes take their GLC and add an AMG tuned V8? Speed and power!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oh it’s really Swift!
It’s always been the case that some cars are simply more fun than others and one of the perennial Kiwi “fun car” favourites, the Suzuki Swift Sport, just got an update. It’s broken through the $30k barrier and comes with all manner of gadgets from satnav to adaptive cruise control, so is it still as […]
Look a Wrangler UTE – 2020 Jeep Gladiator Review
There are several ways to describe the new addition to the Jeep family, huge Jeep, goliath off-roader, even Wrangler UTE, but all you need to know is that Jeep is calling it the most capable 4×4 in its class and to be fair, there’s probably not a mountain out there it can’t conquer – but […]