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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Opel Astra GSe
Monday, 09 October 2023
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.
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Nissan X-Trail TI-L e-Power
Thursday, 07 September 2023
The quiet revolution.
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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, i
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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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Opel Astra SRi
Tuesday, 08 August 2023
Of all the vehicles the Opel brand could bring to New Zealand, none resonates as much as the Astra, a car which already has a solid Antipodean reputation and now comes direct from Opel.
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Skoda Enyaq IV 80 Sportline
Wednesday, 05 July 2023
It’s no secret that Skoda – that one-time quirky brand which is probably one of the most visible brands on our roads – has an all-electric SUV.
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Nissan Qashqai Ti
Wednesday, 05 July 2023
The big talk from Nissan in 2023 is the e-Power electrification of the new generations of compact and mid-sized SUVs, namely the X-Trail and Qashqai.
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Opel Corsa SRi
Wednesday, 05 July 2023
In our last edition, we profiled the Opel Corsa e and ranked it pretty highly as far as affordable and desirable EVs go.
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Peugeot 308 GT PHEV
Wednesday, 05 July 2023
There’s no denying 2023 is an exciting year for Peugeot New Zealand.
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Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Seven-seaters are great for those who own/need one, but Jeep has proven that a five-seater might just be enough and be the smarter choice if its all about driveability.
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Opel Mokka SRi ICE
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Any Aucklander will tell you asking for an ICE Mokka is something you request in the summertime, unless you are talking Opel SUVs.
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Suzuki’s road to the future is also off-road
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Well, we did some traveling in Suzuki’s Vitara Hybrid and didn’t encounter any of the boys in blue, which was almost disappointing, since we would have been happy to tell them all about the AWD.
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LUX ROAD REPORT Mercedes-Benz EQB
Wednesday, 03 May 2023
To many, it seems the Mercedes-Benz EQ family is a little late to the electric vehicle party, but now the brand has arrived in the age of the electric vehicle and arrived in style and in st
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WORKHORSE LDV eDeliver9
Wednesday, 03 May 2023
There is a lot of talk about the importance of an electric commercial vehicle in the New Zealand market and while there are a handful of competitors in this space, LDV was here first and co
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WORKHORSE Toyota Hilux SR5
Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Is a Wide Track Hilux necessary and is it going to be enough to give Toyota what it needs in the face of the competition?
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ROAD REPORT Toyota Corolla Cross
Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Last edition we introduced Company Vehicle readers to what could be the next step in Corolla’s evolution as a fleet favourite, the slightly taller, slightly roomier Corolla Cross GXL, but w
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ROAD REPORT Polestar 2
Tuesday, 02 May 2023
The Polestar brand story in New Zealand is an intriguing one, just as its cars are intriguing.
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ROAD REPORT Tesla Model Y
Tuesday, 02 May 2023
It would be remiss to focus on electrified vehicles without acknowledging the volume seller in the New Zealand market – Tesla.
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ROAD REPORT Opel Corsa-e
Tuesday, 02 May 2023
If you need convincing that going electric is the right thing to do, the Opel Corsa-e might just to do it for you.
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ROAD REPORT Citroen C5 Aircross
Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Citroen is far from the first brand to spring to mind when it comes to fleet sector offerings, although the double chevron brand has ventured tentatively into this segment before.
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ROAD REPORT Kia Niro HEV GT-Line
Tuesday, 02 May 2023
The Kia Niro has been tipped for numerous awards already, including the Women’s World Car of the Year title for 2023.
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BYD Atto 3 the new kid on the block
Saturday, 10 December 2022
As part of the EV revolution, we will continue seeing new EV-only brands appear on the market – BYD is the most recent of these.
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Skoda Kamiq Scoutline
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
When Skoda first introduced the Kamiq, it seemed odd because the Skoda Scala was already filling that segment very nicely.
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Ford Focus ST-Line X MHEV
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
MHEV’s are sugar-light engine equivalents.
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Hyundai Tucson Elite Hybrid
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
With EVs dominating the motoring headlines there is a sense of ‘second cousin syndrome’ when it comes to hybrids, but these vehicles make more sense for daily drivers than
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Honda Civic Sport
Thursday, 01 September 2022
Not a hybrid, not an electric, a plain Jane petrol engine.
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Kia EV6
Thursday, 01 September 2022
So much to say and so little space… the Kia EV6 is not just another all-electric car, it is perhaps the next generation electric car as far as the driving experience is concerned.
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Hyundai Ioniq 5 Limited
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
Early EV’s were simply EV running gear grafted into an existing ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) platform, so owners were presented with familiar wrappings combined with new technology, but as we m
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CITROEN C4
Monday, 08 August 2022
I don’t think Citroen has ever built a vehicle which can be so widely accepted by everyone that you could even actually and properly consider it a fleet vehicle – and a well thought out
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