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2025 Mercedes-AMG SL 63 4MATIC+ Review

August 24, 2025

The SL kicked off the sports car thing for Mercedes in style. Now an AMG, it’s no longer ‘super light’ but is certainly a stylish, swift and sumptuous GT. Funny the things you recall from years ago, driving special cars. There was this one time decades ago we got a quick drive of a Mercedes SL. Top down, we took it for a blast up a hill road, and heard a bang while attacking a corner. Turns out the roll bars had deployed, thinking we were about to run off the road. The same...

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2025 MG ZS Essence Turbo Review

MG adds some momentum to its new ZS range with the Turbo. How does this one fit into the mix? ...

by Alex Schultz

August 19, 2025

GWM

2025 GWM Haval H6 HEV Ultra vs KIA Sportage HEV Light AWD vs Toyota RAV4 GX Hybrid Review

Kiwis go gangbusters on medium SUVs. Here we compare a trio of them, all hybrids, all originating from a different...

by Alex Schultz

August 17, 2025

Chevrolet

2025 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray Review

This electrified Corvette gets gone like a bullet from a gun. Is it the best version of the C8 you...

by Alex Schultz

August 16, 2025

Electric

2025 Tesla Model Y RWD Review

A new look and even more minimalist interior along with extra power and range have sent EV enthusiasts on a...

by Alex Schultz

August 14, 2025

Chery

2025 Chery Tiggo 4 Urban Review

Chery had a go at selling cars here a decade ago. That episode was best forgotten but the new line-up...

by Alex Schultz

August 12, 2025

BYD

2025 BYD Shark 6 vs GWM Cannon Alpha Lux PHEV Review

Mud plugging is more synonymous with utes than plugging in but the times they are a changing. You can now...

by Alex Schultz

August 10, 2025

Reviews

2008-2016 Subaru Exiga – ReView

by Alex Schultz

August 6, 2025

People movers, MPVs, minivans - whatever you want to call them - remain one of the best ways to shift around a family where the headcount has exceeded that of a traditional five-seat car. But they are, to be blunt, uncool in New Zealand. You know what is cool? Station wagons. So how about a people-moving station wagon? In 2008, Subaru came up with just that. The Subaru Exiga is a unique seven-seat wagon that in principle blends the handling of a car with the practicality of an MPV. Never sold new in New Zealand, it’s become a popular used import...

Hyundai

2025 Hyundai Tuscon Hybrid N-Line Limited Review

Hyundai has launched a face-lifted Tucson, Series II. And it’s a really good, practical, well built medium SUV, with lots...

by Alex Schultz

August 5, 2025

Electric

2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz GTX Review

Volkswagen has reimagined its Kombi for the new age. The ID.Buzz is quite the looker, and just as versatile as...

by Alex Schultz

August 5, 2025

Gear

Bridgestone Turanza 6 Tyre Review

When purchasing new tyres for your vehicle, there are lots of things to consider. There’s price of course, but then...

by Alex Schultz

August 3, 2025

Audi

2025 Audi RS 3 Sportback Review

Stepping out of a hefty SUV and into something that weighs a tonne less and is not even 4.4m in...

by Alex Schultz

August 3, 2025

JAC

2025 JAC T9 Review

Everyone else in the Autocar team seems to have had a chance to check out the JAC T9. We first...

by Alex Schultz

July 30, 2025

Cadillac

2025 Cadillac Lyric Luxury Review

We’re not used to new US brands entering the market and while Cadillac has been here in the past, this...

by Alex Schultz

July 27, 2025

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