Road Report

Lexus ES300h Limited
Tuesday, 05 April 2022
Looking back in the US market in particular, the ES nomenclature could stand for “Excellent Seller” since the ES has been Lexus’s best-selling sedan for over 15 years.
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Mitsubishi Outlander XLS
Tuesday, 05 April 2022
You’re not short-changed with the XLS grade of the new generation Outlander. In fact, you might want to buy the XLS after deciding to try the top spec’ VRX…
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Ford Escape ST-Line X Phev
Sunday, 06 March 2022
An award winner and yes, that is us saying so, but one drive in
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Volkswagen Alltrack
Thursday, 02 December 2021
It’s the welcome return of an old friend this month and, despite the official launch being typically overshadowed – well this is 2021 – the Volkswagen Alltrack is making a serious comeback.
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Mazda MX-30 electric
Thursday, 02 December 2021
Mazda has made its move into the electric vehicle space and has done so in typical brand fashion, with respectful revisits to its honourable history and commitment to its future success.
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Double strength Kona
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Hyundai’s 2021 Kona Series II offers a little more than a double shot,extra strength, cold brew
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Skoda Octavia Style
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
We predicted the SKODA Octavia Style was going to be the one to win our hearts at NZ Company Vehicle magazine, and we weren’t wrong.
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New Zealand Company Vehicle June 2021
Making a beeline
Tuesday, 06 July 2021
On the surface, Kia’s generation two, rear-wheel-drive sports sedan is not the usual car to find in amongst the pages of NZ Company Vehicle magazine, but it possibly should be.
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Toyota Yaris GX Hybrid
Toyota Yaris GX Hybrid
Tuesday, 02 March 2021
Hybrid is where the heart is when you love your Yaris I may be showing my age, but I can remember when the forerunner of the Yaris – the Echo – was first launched here.
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Nissan Juke
Tuesday, 02 March 2021
What started as something of a quirky novelty for Nissan has now matured into a mainstay or the brand.
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Skoda Kamiq Monte Carlo Monte Carlo makes the magic for Skoda’s smallest SUV
Monday, 07 December 2020
Sometimes, a perfectly acceptable car just gets a whole lot better when the top end model comes out. 
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Ford Focus Active
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
Ford has focused its Focus 2020 line-up with the introduction of the ST-Line and Active model variants, with the Active running a high riding suspension to bridge the Focus hatch to the smallest SU
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Hey Mercedes, can I marry you? 
Monday, 14 September 2020
Once a fortnight or so, I get asked: if money were no object, what car would you own? And every time, I give the same answer: I have no idea. 
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Mazda CX-30 GTX – minimalist magic in the mid-range 
Thursday, 10 September 2020
The CX-30 has the dubious distinction of being launched during a global pandemic without benefit of a preceding model to draw a buying pool from. 
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Corolla family reunion, but has anyone seen cuzzie?
Thursday, 10 September 2020
The Toyota Corolla hatchback, wagon and sedan are here right now, but still to join the family is something we wondered if we would ever see – a Corolla SUV.  
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Small package from Seoul
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
The most eagerly anticipated product from Kia for 2019, the sub-compact SUV Seltos, saw hefty promotion as we drew closer to 2020.
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X3 for summer drive 
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
BMW’s product offensive is an ongoing thing for 2020 but the brand has its foothold fleet already in place, and it's rock solid, with a key player being the five-model BMW X3 range.
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Ford Endura ST-Line
Thursday, 14 November 2019
It seems like forever since we introduced the Ford Endura back in March of this year. Then we took one for a tiki tour around the North Island and now we’ve finally managed to write about it.
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Mazda CX-9
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Living la vida large. The Mazda CX-9 is something no one expected when it was first launched.
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Honda Jazz 
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Still in tune with the times. Recently, NZ Company Vehicle produced a Fleet Buyers Guide which required a detailed evaluation of a great deal of vehicles.
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Mitsubishi GLX-R 2WD Triton for size 
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
We’re talking about the ute sensation of 2019, the Mitsubishi Triton, the ute which is taking the Triple Diamond brand through into the 21st century on a power trip as far as registrations are conc
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How hard could this be? Three-way comparison SUV test
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
We are looking at the medium SUV segment – arguably the most fiercely contested segment in the automotive market so getting hold of some media demonstrators should be a doddle, right? Wrong! 
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Renault Trafic Trader
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
With an extensive light commercial range offering tipped to make up 55 percent of its business plan going forward, Renault’s Trafic Trader is a vital element of the mix.
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Toyota Corolla
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
Toyota is the unquestionable market leader in the small car sector owning 51 percent of the market for the year that was 2018.
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A Class of its own
Tuesday, 05 February 2019
The Mercedes-Benz A-Class has won the crème de la crème of awards this year, including ANCAP’s safest car award, an accolade which – on its own – is noteworthy of comment. 
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A Prius for your fleet? Go Prime
Tuesday, 05 February 2019
In 2018, Toyota’s Prius (literally translated from the Latin ‘first’) was joined by ‘the best’ – the Prius Prime.
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Mazda math 2 = CX-3
Tuesday, 05 February 2019
It is a source of amazement to many drivers as to how much ‘stuff’ a car manufacturer can jam into the smallest of vehicle bodies. 
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Toyota Camry ZR Hybrid
Thursday, 06 December 2018
I had the chiselled ZR for a week and loved every minute of my drives.
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Lexus RX350L
Thursday, 06 December 2018
For Lexus, the answer was simple: take a conventional two row model, add about four and a half inches, stretch the rear window line and add two electrically-folding-at-the-push-of-a-button seats.
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Holden Commodore Diesel
Thursday, 06 December 2018
When Holden New Zealand announced it was introducing a diesel powertrain for its capital-sized cruiser, there were murmurs of surprise from most and a mutterance of “finally!” from me.
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