Day 15Leaving Albuquerque, we had one mission today; get to Amarillo by 6pm for a horse trek ‘with real cowboys’ that we’ve booked in. Since it’s only 500km or so, that should be easy and means we can take our time and scope out a few of the car museums in some of the old Route 66 towns that are off the interstate.We hit...
The Gumboot Rally is a twice-yearly event run in New Zealand by a small group of committed petrolheads. The purpose being to explore and enjoy the best lesser-travelled roads in New Zealand, see some out of the way places, join in a scavenger hunt and have a great time. Each event is themed and teams put in quite an effort dressing up...
Diesel cars may have their days numbered but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any worth your time. The investment in R&D on diesel engines, especially by the European manufacturers, over the last two decades has been immense. Audi and Peugeot showed the world that diesel could be successful in sports cars racing on a global scale...
How do you improve on something that’s already very good? It’s a question I often ask myself, as we mourn the passing of a certain model that is loved by all who drive it. Just how much more can you do to develop a car to exceed what it can already do?Mercedes-Benz took that bull by the horns, and have given us a new GLE...
Day 8We had breakfast at the Grand Canyon Caverns Inn today, and right outside are number of cars, in varying states of disrepair. Interestingly, because America and all that, the collection includes a Triumph Spitfire (an automatic?!), an Alfa Romeo Sprint Veloce, and a Jaguar 420G that looks like it’s running a V8.The...
Day 4This morning, Best Buy
will be installing the new double-din head unit with Apple Car Play, so we can
use GPS on our phones more easily. I had given Best Buy all the details on
email so knew they’d be prepared in advance, and nothing would go wrong. Or so
I thought.I rocked up for my
10.30 appointment, to find that they...
Recently I spent some time with the 2019 Mazda CX-3 SkyActiv D. It’s the diesel version of Mazda’s popular small crossover. Powered by a 1.8-litre four-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine, with 85kW and 270NM of torque. Mazda claim a combined 5L/100km of fuel economy and the 1.8 diesel only weights 50kg more than the 2.0-litre...
Day 1After three flights, we land in LA to massive queues in Customs. An hour later we are through onto the other side, grab our bags, and sit out the front of LAX. Kiwi Shipping is known for going that extra mile for its clients, and Craig from Kiwi Shipping is going to pick us up today, and ferry us about trying to get the car...
MG ZS EV arriving in mid-2020, with launch offer priced from NZD$49,990 plus ORC for the first 50 pre-sale models until December 2019Boasts 371km City Range and rapid charge functionBacked by a 7-year/130,000km new vehicle and battery warrantyMG Motor today announced launch pricing for its first electric model for the New Zealand...
I’ve always been a fan of the BMW X3; sitting between the X1, and X5 in size, it feels like the Goldilocks of the range. The X5 is an excellent SUV, but it’s definitely on the large side of things. The X1 is a great little driver’s car, but for a Daily Driver, for me it’s on the smaller side.The X3? Just right.I’ve...
