It’s a kiwi thing; the bach. Part of me believes it’s something to do with our geography – with so much coastline in a short distance from pretty much anywhere, it seems every man and his dog has a bach somewhere. Northland, the Coromandel, the Kapiti Coast, not to mention the hundreds of bays and inlets in the South Island, each...
I’m not sure how many
times we’ve said it, but it’s a lot; there are some tough market segments out
there. It’s very much the same for the luxury, compact SUV segment; lots of
players and lots of juicy choices, all vying for a slice of a relatively small
market. Audi has done well in the past with the Q3, as it’s been a...
New Zealand’s first electric Mercedes-Benz production vehicle, the EQC, will arrive in local showrooms in January.In a press release with our first details around New Zealand pricing, it's obvious Mercedes-Benz have the Jaguar iPace and Audi e-tron set dead in their sights. Base-model pricing at $142,900 means that the EQC slots...
As the ads say “Electric has gone Audi”. The E-Tron is Audi’s first purpose-built electric SUV. And it’s quite an impressive thing, as Fred found out at the New Zealand Launch. But how would it fare as a daily driver? And how would it compare to the Jaguar I-Pace? We drove one for a week to find out.The...
There’s some tough market segments out there, and large SUV is one of the toughest. With cars available like the Mazda CX-8, Toyota Highlander, Mitsubishi Outlander, Holden Trailblazer, and Skoda Kodiaq, the Santa Fe has some tough competition. Luckily for Hyundai, it seems Santa Fe buyers are a pretty loyal bunch.DriveLife went...
• Audi releases the all-electric Audi e-tron 50 to sit alongside the Audi e-tron 55• Two electric motors with total power of 230 kW and 540 Nm of torque• Lithium-ion battery offers over 300km* range• Arriving in New Zealand in March 2020, priced from $134,900.We like the Audi e-tron, after going to the launch. Shortly,...
It's not often you get the opportunity to review a coupe that has 477kW power and 881Nm of torque running through the rear wheels. In fact, it’s not often you see those sort of numbers in any car these days. However, in true American style, the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is the supercharged V8 performance coupe that the world probably...
New Zealand motorsport enthusiasts will now have the opportunity to view the new Jaguar XE SV Project 8, apparently the world's fastest production four-door sedan, which has arrived in the country.With a starting price of $350,000, each of the 300 limited edition vehicles are hand-assembled and, have been described as the...
Arriving in mid-2020, Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid van delivers 56 km zero-emission NEDC driving range, and more than 500 km NEDC total range using 1.0‑litre EcoBoost petrol engine range extenderAdvanced plug-in hybrid architecture features 13.6 kWh battery that can be charged with mains electricity for zero-emission...
Day 36Today was going to be a Bucket List kind of day, especially for my wife. She’s a Stephen King nutter, I mean a Stephen King fan, and has been since she was 13 years-old. He was the reason that she started writing, so when she heard about the ‘SK Tour’ in Bangor, it was added to our Must-Do list.We got picked up at...
