For the third year running the Automobile Council brings classic and modern together in Tokyo. One of the few classic car shows in Japan, the Automobile Council is slowly building a reputation as the go-to show to buy and sell classic car, ogle at the latest and greatest, and get away from the summer heat. Held at the Makuhari...
Welcome to the first DriveLife - Car of the Year awards. During the last 12 months, we have reviewed many new cars and the team felt that it was time to hand out our own awards.We have 11 award categories that vehicles can enter, each with their own criteria which we will cover as we move through each one. The system of eligibility...
I think this is pretty awesome. But I can't help wondering how they stopped it!Check out our full review of the Discovery here.And here's the video of the Discovery's impressive feat.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DsK0SH0h9sPress release follows:Land Rover Discovery Tows 110-Tonne Road Train Across Australian...
This may surprise some of our followers, but this is officially the first Land Rover we have had the opportunity to test. And this is great news for our team and our followers, as we can now add this brand into the battle beside the other major SUV and off-road brands we currently review.The RangeThe Discovery comes in three...
Yesterday we were in Auckland for the New Zealand launch of the new Range Rover Velar, which was at The Hunting Lodge in Waimauku.On arrival, we find that there are two Velars under covers, which only help to build our anticipation. Not long into the briefing, the covers are lifted and we see two R-Dynamic Velars. And my first...
The 1958 Land Rover Series II, is known quite well for being a rough and ready all terrain vehicle. Sentences like the Series II struggles offroad today would be uncommon, to say the least. So when we heard that someone had improved its off-road ability, our interest was spiked. But we were not fully prepared for what we...
Every year car manufacturers try to get a joke in for the first of April. It shows they have a human side and that they’re not just massive faceless corporations. It’s always a bit of fun and the Japanese offices of some of the world’s biggest auto makers do enjoy making an April Fools joke or two.With the impact of social...
It’s that time of the year, Geneva. Arguably the best show of the motoring calendar, you can always count on GIMS to deliver the goods. In a surprising twist of events there were less notable SUVs and crossovers making headlines and it was back to what Geneva does best - supercars.Yes, the most impractical, unjustifiable, and...
What’s that thing about the eyes being the window to someone’s soul? Anyway, think of the Tokyo Auto Salon as being the window into Japan’s twisted, perverted, and absolutely mental soul of its car culture.Where most other car shows like to keep things restrained, elegant, and well generic, TAS throws all that out the...