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2025 Audi A5 e-hybrid Avant Review

By now, you’re over the fact Audi called its A4 replacement the A5, and the local line up has expanded to offer a hybrid alternative. While we didn’t get the previous A4 as a hybrid here (at least I think we didn’t), this new A5 e-hybrid has been given a bigger battery for improved EV mileage. As Audi says ‘the increased electric range…enables our customers to cover the majority of their daily journeys using only electric power’. And that’s a good thing. It will enable buyers to complete most, if not all, of their...

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2025 Riddara RD6 Review

A new four-wheel drive fully-electric ute has landed in NZ. Is it the real deal though?  Can an electric ute really be a proper ute? Ever since Jacinda suggested they were imminently arriving – some time before they actually did – that’s been the pub-talk question: can a BEV still tow, carry, and clamber like a diesel? Until now, most brands have played it safe with plug-in hybrids such as BYD’s Shark 6or Ford’s Ranger PHEV.  https://youtu.be/ODRYlynHR_c?si=_VmxkrmD6Nw8UFPk Geely has skipped the halfway step and landed a fully electric double-cab: the Riddara RD6 Pro. The name may sound new, but the company...

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