One of my most memorable drives on any road ever, is not in a $250,000 BMW M5, or a Honda Type R, or a Mercedes Benz AMG. The year was 1986, and I drove a Hertz rental front-wheel drive Toyota Corolla 1.3 manual – the base model – from Auckland to Wellington. The best part of that trip was the road from Kihikihi to Mangakino in south...
Tell me this design doesn't get your heart racing. Yet another two AMG models for New Zealand, both equally impressive in design and specifications - not to mention power trains.The first four-door sports coupé solely developed by Mercedes-AMG is set to arrive in New Zealand with the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4MATIC+ able to sprint from...
The Kodiaq has gathered a strong following in New Zealand, due mainly to its sharp initial pricing and also of course taking out the 2017 Car of the Year award.For 2019, ŠKODA is bringing us an RS model - apparently the fastest 7-seater to go around Nürburgring’s Nordschleife track. That some claim to fame, and we are now looking...
Every year the Tokyo Auto Salon gets bigger and better. But bigger and better also means more hectic crowds and cars displayed in tighter spots. That makes it hard to be able to see all the cars without any interruptions. That is, until the show ends and everything gets packed up. The pack up of TAS is just as impressive as...
McLaren is on a roll. Last year they launched the track-oriented version of the Senna, the Senna GTR, at the Geneva Motor Show. In the summer, the 600LT was introduced to compliment the Sports Series range, while the Speedtail became the third model in the Ultimate Series. 2018 saw McLaren sell 4806 cars worldwide, a 43.9% increase over...
The Touareg feels like it's been around since the dark ages. We all know the shape, and since 2002’s first-gen model and the 2010 second-gen model it’s really not changed that much. The third-gen 2018 model has put a stop to that with a whole new redesigned look to the interior and exterior. The much loved Touareg is back, but will...
Back in September 2018, John from Drive Life tested out the Mitsubishi Outlander VRX PHEV, and overall he was pretty impressed, giving it a 4.5 chevron rating. High praise from the man who has an Audi RS6 as a Daily Driver.Then in December, I had to drive from Wellington to Auckland and back – and was lined up to take the Outlander...
It's finally happened, 17 years since the last one, the new Toyota Supra has been revealed in Detroit. This is may be one of the most anticipated cars for the last few years. The Supra has been a legend right from the start; can the 2019 version live up to the previous generations?We can't say much about how it goes, just how it...
Hyundai’s first foray into the hot hatch market has been getting a lot of attention around the world. I was a little underwhelmed by the 1.6T version, but with over 200kW through the front wheels, the i30N promised to be a handful of fun. We were all pretty excited to get one to drive around for a couple of weeks.In case you’re...
Late 2018 sees the launch of the 2019-spec Mitsubishi Outlander. A quiet achiever in the SUV segment, the Outlander seems to have a reasonable following – the fact that all models (except the PHEV hybrid) are seven seaters surely helps sales along – especially at the price points each model targets.In what turned out to be a...
