• Hi to Honda’s all-new CR-V version 6.0
    Honda New Zealand is justifiably excited by the launch of the sixth generation of its halo product, the CR-V, which is arguably the top-selling model in the brand’s lineup.
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  • Peugeot e-Partner a great ambassador for Coffee Embassy
    If you were looking for an ambassador, you’d likely find one in an embassy, wouldn’t you? Well, David Pai is an ambassador of sorts. He’s an ambassador for Peugeot and you’ll find him at Coffee...
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  • SEALed deal - BYD's medium coupe confirmed
    Electric vehicle specialist BYD introduced the Seal at national Fieldays earlier this year and in the short space of time between then and now BYD New Zealand has confirmed pricing and arrival time...
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  • Opel Astra GSe
    My father once pointed out there are some cars which you never see being driven badly, almost as if their drivers didn’t want to make the car look bad. Opel is one such brand with the very fleet-...
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Road Report
Hyundai IONIQ6 Limited
Wednesday, 08 November 2023

Hyundai’s IONIQ6 is not a usual vehicle – by any cut of the cloth. Yes, it’s an IONIQ and yes, it’s electric but perhaps most unusually, it’s a car – an honest-to-goodness four-door sedan.  

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News
Ford Ranger plug-in hybrid coming soon
Wednesday, 08 November 2023

Other than the still-to-be-determined fate of Ute Tax, the big news for ute buyers for September was the much-anticipated and not unexpected announcement that a Ford Ranger with an electrified powe

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Workhorse
Ford e-Transit Cargo
Wednesday, 08 November 2023

You do feel a bit King of the Road-ish in a Ford Transit, and just because its electric not diesel, doesn’t change that.

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News
Europe’s delivering when it comes to vans in 2023
Wednesday, 08 November 2023

If you were to characterise the van market in 2023, it would be the year of the Euros. The Koreans are biding their time as are the Chinese brands and even Japan is quiet.

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Who’s handing out energy for the EV’s?
Wednesday, 08 November 2023

I’m living for the day someone sends me an image of Tesla Supercharger Bay with a supercool Tesla charging up, flanked by a couple of old and crusty used import electrics.

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Goodbye 3G, hello 5G
Wednesday, 08 November 2023

Supplied by Teletrac Navman

Once upon a time, way back in 2008, 3G was the big new thing – it brought in the start of the internet at our fingertips.

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Road Report
Mercedes-Benz GLC 300
Wednesday, 08 November 2023

Introducing the second generation of the Mercedes-Benz GLC, a premium SUV first launched back in 2015 which defines the Benz concept of elegance in motion today.

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Road Report
Kia EV6 Air long range
Wednesday, 08 November 2023

Having secured worldwide acclaim, the Kia EV6 has done more for the Korean brand than put it on the electric vehicle map, it’s established a Kia continent on that map with the exciting prospect of

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News
The winners of Brake’s 2023 Australasian Fleet Champions Awards
Wednesday, 08 November 2023

Safety-conscious organisations from New Zealand and Australia have been recognised for working hard to reduce incidents involving at-work drivers and vehicles during the ninth annual Australasian F

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Road Report
Nissan X-Trail TI-L e-Power
Thursday, 07 September 2023
The quiet revolution. Nissan’s gamechanging e-Power tech is perhaps the brand’s best kept secret, but we’re letting the cat out of the bag – now that we’ve had a chance to drive one.
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Road Report
Honda ZR-V Sport e:HEV
Thursday, 07 September 2023
Honda’s latest dream – actually a fully-fledged reality – the ZR-V has already found favour with buyers, and while it seems a little odd to inject an SUV in between two existing ones, it’s working.
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Road Report
Honda Civic Sport
Wednesday, 09 August 2023
“Once in your life, you find her, someone that turns your heart around,’’Thank you, Cristopher Cross for that opening line from Arthur’s Theme.
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New models
Honda’s HR-V, CR-V and now ZR-V
Tuesday, 04 July 2023
Following the relaunch of the popular Jazz, Honda has introduced an all-new SUV to sit neatly between the HR-V and the CR-V, but there is quite a bit more to the story than that.
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New models
The E-Transit has landed
Tuesday, 04 July 2023
Transit is the world’s best-selling cargo van, and it is a van – and a nameplate – that is trusted by 10 million customers over its 55-year history.
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New models
I Amarok – but I am more
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
The most eagerly awaited utility of 2023 has arrived! And while the Volkswagen Amaroks arrived ahead of schedule, the first shipment of over 200 units were sold before they cleared Customs.
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