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Ford Ranger Tremor front side shot, parked in thick mud

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2024 Ford Ranger Tremor review

January 25, 2025

The Ranger Tremor is one of the many variations of Ford’s best selling ute. This version follows on from the likes of the Ranger FX4 Max. It’s one that builds on the Raptor’s reputation for living large in the rough. But this is not quite as extreme, trading some dune-jumping prowess for extra capability when it comes to hauling and towing. That’s the one downside of the Raptor; its coil-sprung, desert-racer rear end sees its towing capacity and payload reduced compared with regular Rangers. And so the Ford Ranger Tremor steps in to fill...

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Mahindra XUV700 AX7L in black, parked in front of Auckland's skyline

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2024 Mahindra XUV700 AX7L review

The XUV700 was and still is the only Mahindra I’ve driven. The firm has produced a few odd, upright models...

by Peter Louisson

January 19, 2025

BYD Atto 3 Extended front quarter main shot, pictured in black

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2024 BYD Atto 3 Extended review

Funny the things you stumble upon by accident. I’d never really considered why BYD called its first offering the Atto...

by Peter Louisson

January 18, 2025

BYD sealion 6 shown from the rear end, parked next to Nins Bin caravan

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2024 BYD Sealion 6 Dynamic PHEV review and range test

Timaru; I don’t know much about the place other than it was the subject of the alt-anthem “Today, Tomorrow, Timaru”....

by Richard Edwards

January 12, 2025

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2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Ti review and Alfa Romeo Festa

The Alfa Romeo Owners Club of New Zealand celebrated its 50th birthday earlier this year. We made the trip to...

by Alex Schultz

January 11, 2025

Cornering in a blue Subaru WRX Todoroki edition

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2024 Subaru WRX Todoroki review

The WRX has been dishing out dynamic goodness for more than three decades. We take a spin in another special...

by Kyle Cassidy

January 5, 2025

MG ZS Hybrid Essence in red, front quarter view, parked in large carpark

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2024 MG ZS Hybrid+ Essence review

Last year EVs were hot to trot but now hybrids are the must have wheels. MG has a good one...

by Peter Louisson

January 4, 2025

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2024 Fuso Canter 616T City Tipper review

by Richard Edwards

January 2, 2025

As work loads increase, is your ute still up to the task? We check out the capability of the Fuso Canter 616T City Tipper For many tradespeople and contractors, the trusty ute has been the go-to work vehicle. It’s versatile, familiar, and easy to drive, often doubling as a personal car when needed. But as workloads increase and the demands of the job grow heavier, at what point does a ute simply not cut it? It is a big discussion and one that has become problematic, particularly for our friends across the Tasman. They’ve developed a habit of loading their Rangers...

Autozam AZ-1 Mazdaspeed with gullwing doors open, in red

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1993 Mazda Autozam AZ-1 Mazdaspeed

A tiny mid-engined kei car wouldn’t be our first choice for a commuter but that doesn’t stop the owner of...

by Kyle Cassidy

January 1, 2025

Leapmotor C10 cornering shot in black, while raining

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2024 Leapmotor C10 review

A few months back I’d not heard of Leapmotor. Now the sizeable C10 is about to go on sale here....

by Peter Louisson

December 29, 2024

Mitsubishi Triton VRX 4x4 in black, parked next to a wildflower patch

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2024 Mitsubishi Triton VRX 4X4 review

Not all utes are destined for a life of hard yakka. Some are intended for a mixed role of light...

by Kyle Cassidy

December 28, 2024

Ford Thunderbird third generation bullet bird, in blue, M-code

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Ford Thunderbird Haven

Birds flock together, and on a once rural property in South Auckland, we check out a colony of Ford Thunderbirds...

by Kyle Cassidy

December 26, 2024

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Santa’s Sleigh: A New Zealand Autocar Exclusive Review

It’s not every day we get to put a brand-new (well, centuries-old, but freshly upgraded) ride through its paces for...

by Richard Edwards

December 25, 2024

BSA Gold Star 650 LAMS approved bike parked next to the Auckland waterfront

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2024 BSA Gold Star 650 review

BSA is back, baby. Its first product is the Gold Star, a 650 single LAMS retromodern standard bike. At $11k,...

by Peter Louisson

December 24, 2024

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