After the 5 Chevron review on the Volvo XC90 D5 Inscription and its continuous market segment growth, would the XC60 be able to stand tall and hold its own in the mid-size luxury SUV market?Launched in New Zealand in October of 2017, we got to taste the entire XC60 range in Hastings. Since then we have been looking forward to doing...
Rob and I were heading to Leadfoot Festival in the Coromandel and we needed a car to get us there. We were lucky enough that Volvo had a car for us to review, a Bursting Blue S90 T8 R-Design. From Wellington that is about a 1600km round trip, and what a car to do it in.The Range
The S90 has not been around very long, with the...
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...
It’s been three generations of 5 series BMW’s since we have seen a 540i. The E39 540i was available from 1997. The 540i was a well known and sought after model. It came out with a 4.4L V8 engine and available with a 6-speed manual or a 5-speed automatic, and a new onboard computer called the Multi-Information System.Thankfully...
Long gone are the days of black and white, when things were simply just one thing or the other. Now we have a market that caters to multiple tiny niches, some of which you have to explain to people each and every time you say the word. Like Coupe; for the longest time this had been used to describe a car with the body style of two doors...
Lexus aficionados will be relieved to know the wait is almost over – the arrival in New Zealand of the unprecedented Lexus LC coupe is set to deliver an amazing driving experience from mid-July.
Evolving from pure concept to an uncompromised production vehicle in just five years, the Lexus LC showcases the qualities of brave design,...
I could not have picked a better week to test the C200 Cabriolet. There had been so much rain in Wellington over the last few days, that part of me hoped Mercedes would give me a boat to review. But like UPS, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom, Drive Life will deliver our reviews.The RangeThe range is an odd one to say the...
The saying how the 1% live, does not even apply to this house. This is how the .01% of the 1% live. 924 Bel Air Rd is a mind blowing 38,000 sq. ft. (3530 sq m) elite luxury residence with 17,000 sq. ft. (1579 sq m) of entertainment decks encapsulating an astonishing array of features from around the world. So what does $250 million...
The Lexus LC 500 Hybrid, arriving in New Zealand mid-2017, delivers a breakthrough that recasts the entire concept of hybrid performance with a combined 10-speed transmission Multi-Stage HybridThe flagship performance coupe will provide a glimpse of what is technically possible by presenting a world first Multi-Stage Hybrid System...
