Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk – Off the page
Located in the Sierra Nevada desert, West of the beautiful Lake Tahoe California is a 35km part road part 4×4 trail called Rubicon. The Rubicon trail is an unforgiving ride through treacherous arid and rocky countryside along a route that demands the best from any vehicle that dares to venture up it – just the […]
Kia Niro – Cross Traffic
The Kia Niro brochure boasts of this planet saving hybrid doing 3.8Litres/100km, which all sounds well and good but these numbers can often only be achieved in ‘ideal’ conditions and environments and not REAL world. I (accidentally) made the Niro’s efficiency part of my review and I’m actually pleased I did. Ask any commuter and […]
Ford Escape SUVeee
Naming your children is often fraught with danger, there can be so many people to appease along the way. Grandparents, Parents, In Laws, friends you even (at some point) should consider the child itself and the name they have to live with. Even our esteemed celebrities can get it wrong – Moxie Crimefighter, Princess Tiaamii, […]
Audi Q2 and S4 Launch – Untaggable Stepping Stones
The invite to the launch of any new (or even updated) Audi vehicle always brings on a sense of excitement. You can be relatively sure it’s going to be stylish and good looking (inside and out), it’s going to be technologically advanced, prestigious and undoubtedly well designed to fit the market perfectly. So you can […]
Maserati Levante – Natural Habitat
Virtually the moment that Winger Maserati handed me the keys to their new Lavante in their ultra posh showroom in Auckland the heavens opened up outside and not in a good way. Rain had been forecasted (but not to this extent) and I had no way of altering the booking date – why would I […]
Mercedes-Benz GLC 250 Coupe review – Blue Steel
Have you ever wondered how there are some people that never have a bad photo taken of them? Their social media feeds or even family pics for that matter always seem to catch these people at their best. Well rest assured, like everything else; for most of them it takes work. From Models and wannabee […]
Maserati Levante Launch – Bet the Farm
On the whole; when you think of farm vehicles images of rusted out tractors, harvesters or hay balers come to mind. These are workhorses that get up before the crack of dawn and work until the early hours – not exactly glamorous but definitely get the job done. When you think of farms themselves, they […]
Peugeot 2008 Review – Parlez vous SUV
Accents are a wonderful thing, they can truly transform a conversation. They can enhance virtually any discussion topic and command attention … New Zealand has it’s own way of pronouncing vowels and as such endears us to the rest of the globe the moment we open our mouths but there is something about the way […]
Hyundai i20 Cross Review – Crossing the i’s
Attending a car launch within a hair’s breath of Christmas is always going to be a tough call but Hyundai wanted to get us behind the wheel of their new i20 Cross as soon as it landed and although the timing wasn’t the best, it did give us all an excuse to combine a launch […]
Mazda CX-9 Review – Dressed to the Nines
Silly season is almost upon us, a chance to spend quality time with loved ones and family (sometimes they are even both). You buy presents, eat copious amounts of food and get the invite to attend parties and events where you have an excuse to dress up in flashy attire. Now although I complain about […]