Reviews

For those not into urban trucks or high-rise double-cabs, wagons continue to be a viable alternative. We check out a...

The most driver-focused premium sedans used to hail from Germany but not any longer. So which ‘executive class sedan’ is...

Aventador. Even the name of Lamborghini’s flagship sounds dramatic. And adding an S? It’s like turning the 6.5-litre V12-powered supercar...

Utes are mainstream vehicles nowadays, and so buyers like options that will help their rig stand out in the crowd....

After spending some time in the AMG E 43, we can see the method to the multiple model madness of...

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...