Reviews

When does a diesel SUV get away with not paying road user charges? When it’s a plug-in hybrid, for under...

Kia’s smallest car in third-generation guise sports an updated look and chassis, and a retuned 1.2l four-cylinder engine but retains...

Well bugger me, as Colin ‘Pinetree’ Meads (RIP) might once have said. We’d just gotten over our surprise and delight...

A core Mazda engineering philosophy is Jinba Ittai, which roughly translates to rider and horse as one. The company is...

For some time sedans haven’t been great sellers here, Kiwis preferring the practicality of SUVs and hatches, but that’s changing...

For those who bemoan the lack of new cars with a manual transmission, have we got a deal for you?...

Mazda’s current diminutive 2 has been around for three years, which means it’s facelift time. Not that you’re going to...

The Golf’s Czech cousin, the Skoda Octavia, is also in mid-life refresh mode. Like Golf, the makeover centres around new...

Mercedes-Benz will soon be battling it out in the ute market with its new X-Class. It won’t, however, be an...

Here we sample a ute that ditches the chrome for a more streetworthy look. It’s the Nissan Navara R-Sport. Truck...

Honda’s new CR-V arrives packing turbo power and more tech. Can it challenge the SUV front runners? We drive the...

RS used to be reserved for fireball models but not any more, as there are now mildly wild RS versions...

On the wane their light may be but there’s still plenty of life left for the humble hatchback. We assemble...

Both these fine European marques have wealthy foreign owners whose investment has helped deliver two pedigree SUVs. Which is the...

Volkswagen’s Golf GTI has been a Kiwi favourite hot hatch but with the mildest of makeovers is it still the...

Honda NZ has consistently rejected importing the Civic Type R. Too radical for its customers? Under new management they’ve relented.We...

Boxster in a bomb. A weather bomb that is, but Porsche’s entry level convertible still proves a riot, even in...

The top of the new Swift range, the RS, goes forced induction for the first time, with a 1.0-litre direct...

Wagons aren’t big movers in the luxury market but add a dose of SUV-ness to their mix and you’re bound...

Discovery enters another generation and stakes a claim to be the most versatile luxury vehicle yet. Does it tick all...