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First drive: Ford Mustang Mach-E gains efficiency, polish and real performance bite

November 14, 2025

The Ford Mustang Mach-E has had an unusual run in New Zealand. Strong early sales were followed by a run-out period helped along by clean-car-discount timing and extended test-drive promotions that cleared remaining stock. For a time there simply were none left to buy. Now it returns with the most meaningful update since launch. The 2025 refresh brings a tightened local model range, new motors for both variants, efficiency gains from a revised heat-pump thermal system, and a significant performance lift for the GT. It may look familiar, but underneath it is a more...

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MGU9 tested: double-cab fun on a budget

For over a decade now, double-cab utes have been the best selling vehicle in New Zealand. The Ford Ranger dominated...

by Andrew Sluys

November 14, 2025

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2025 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Adventure Review

We don’t drive new diesels much any more, on account of increasingly stringent emissions regs overseas. And motive power tends...

by Alex Schultz

November 12, 2025

Dongfeng

First drive: Dongfeng Box signals a new chapter for affordable EVs

You’d be forgiven for not knowing the name Dongfeng. In New Zealand, it’s brand new, but in China this state-owned...

by Andrew Sluys

November 11, 2025

Electric

2025 Xiaomi YU7 Max Review

While there are no plans for the Xiaomi SU7 Max to make its way to New Zealand, it’s an interestintg...

by Alex Schultz

November 9, 2025

Electric

Auckland to Wellington in a Tesla Model 3 FSD-S Review

We take Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) tech suite for a long drive down the North Island. How did it do?...

by Alex Schultz

November 8, 2025

RAM

2025 Ram 2500 HD First Drive: The Most Luxurious way to Tow?

Luxurious towing. These are two words rarely paired together, but are the ethos behind Ram’s 2500 and 3500 heavy duty...

by Andrew Sluys

November 6, 2025

Audi

2025 Audi A5 e-hybrid Avant Review

by Alex Schultz

November 5, 2025

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 daily driving duties without the petrol engine...

Morgan

2025 Morgan Super 3 Review

Not often do we drive something with just three wheels and so any outing in the Morgan Super 3 is...

by Alex Schultz

November 2, 2025

Electric

MG S5 Essence 62 Review

The new MG S5 feels like a high-rise MG4 with extra space and LFP battery tech. What’s not to like?...

by Alex Schultz

November 1, 2025

Cupra

Cupra Tavascan: Saving the best for last

Cupra has never been shy about standing apart from the mainstream, and its first all-electric SUV, the Tavascan, is perhaps...

by Andrew Sluys

October 30, 2025

Bikes

2025 Triumph Speed Twin 1200 RS Review

There are now three Speed Twins on offer, the lone 900 and a pair of 1200s. We fire up the...

by Alex Schultz

October 30, 2025

Ford

2025 Ford Ranger Stormtrak PHEV Review

Ford’s Ranger is now available with a plug-in hybrid powertrain. We put it to work and play to see how...

by Alex Schultz

October 27, 2025

Chery

2025 Chery Tiggo 7 SHS Ultimate vs MG HS Essence hybrid+ Review

There is now genuine choice in the hybrid SUV space, with more affordable options too if you shop Chinese brands....

by Alex Schultz

October 26, 2025

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