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2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV VRX video review
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
We video review the 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV VRX   Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV VRX – a winning formula
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Company Vehicle Executive Car of the Year 2022
Tuesday, 17 January 2023
The Executive Car of the Year award has not, in my experience anyway, ever had a judging the way the Lexus 300h has.
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SUV
Company Vehicle Large SUV of the Year 2022
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
The Skoda Kodiaq for 2022 is something of a humbled award winner which sounds almost counter-intuitive.
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General
Company Vehicle Compact SUV of the Year
Tuesday, 20 December 2022
Suzuki has delivered the S-Cross as it should always have been. For 2022, the Small SUV from Suzuki has seen a reimagination and a refocus on who its target market is.
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General
Company Vehicle EV of the Year 2022
Tuesday, 20 December 2022
There is an ever-growing list of EVs for new vehicle buyers to choose from, but this year our award winner is most definitely a Greenfields winner.
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General
Company Vehicle Medium/Large Business Car of the Year
Friday, 16 December 2022
It would be wrong to suggest our merged Medium/Large car award winner achieved the result it did this year, based on the performance of its predecessor.
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General
Company Vehicle Compact/Small Business Car of the Year
Thursday, 15 December 2022
As is traditional, our first category is that of the Compact Business Car of the Year an amalgamation of the Motor Industry Associations Micro and Small class segments.
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General
Company Vehicle Van of the Year 2022 - Volkswagen Transporter
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
The Van of the Year for Company Vehicle 2022 came in with a beginning of the year entrant and then a follow-up vehicle in the closing months of voting time.
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Workhorse
Ford Ranger XLT 2WD
Saturday, 10 December 2022
With a raft of Rangers on the way over the next few editions, we thought the smart starting point – certainly the most fleet-friendly – is the 2WD double cab, so here’s what we thought of i
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Road Report
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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General
Opel – cool brand and coming in hot
Saturday, 10 December 2022
Back in March of this year, there was a bit of a buzz around the Opel brand coming out of Europe – and more specifically, Germany – which sort of went into hiatus as other world events domi
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General
Ali Arc Industries – powering ahead despite a challenging year
Saturday, 10 December 2022
As 2022 draws to a close, Ali Arc Industries is reflecting on one of its most challenging years in business since being founded some 34 years ago.
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General
On the Trail of better all Terrain tyres with Michelin’s LTX - Video Review
Friday, 09 December 2022
Michelin has just launched its latest All Terrain tyre, the LTX Trail, which brings together Michelin’s rally sport expertise to redefine a fuel saving All Terrain tyre. 
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EV
Getting the BYD buzz
Tuesday, 08 November 2022
BYD, out of China, has been in our market for four months now.
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Road Report
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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Road Report
Ford Focus ST-Line X MHEV
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
MHEV’s are sugar-light engine equivalents.
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General
Horses for courses
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
But which horse? Ford Ranger XLT vs Mitsubishi Triton GLX-R Images by Hannah Willmot
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Road Report
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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EV
TransNet puts in a plug for home charging
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
As we head further down the electric vehicle highway, there must be a greater awareness and embracing of infrastructure, and the more corporate fleets encourage EV uptake for its employees,
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New models
Four of a kind
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
We can’t accuse Mercedes-Benz of being late to the electric party, especially when the brand’s passenger line brought us the EQC, the EQA, EQS and most recently, the EQB.
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Road Report
Honda Civic Sport
Thursday, 01 September 2022
Not a hybrid, not an electric, a plain Jane petrol engine.
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Road Report
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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Workhorse
Isuzu D-Max LS
Thursday, 01 September 2022
While the New Zealand market waits with bated breath for new arrivals on the ute scene, the stalwart brands continue to bear up under the rigours of the ‘ute tax’ and stock supply constraints.
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General
Utemaster unveils Next Gen Ranger accessories
Thursday, 01 September 2022
Ute accessory manufacturer Utemaster” has just released a range of products for the Next-Gen 2022 Ford Ranger.
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General
Five Michelin stars for the Pilot Sport 5
Thursday, 01 September 2022
Many issues ago, NZ Company Vehicle took a long look at the Pilot Sport 4 tyre from Michelin, and we found it to be a darn good hoop. What was going to happen with the next generation?
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New models
Skoda goes Absolutely Fabia-licious
Thursday, 01 September 2022
“I don’t want more choice. I just want nicer things!” Eddy from Ab Fab said it, and Skoda listened.
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New models
New Amarok unveiled
Thursday, 01 September 2022
July gave the world its first look at the all-new Amarok – a second generation ute 12 years in the making, and a lot has changed in terms of both design and technology.
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Video Road Report
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 - Video review
Thursday, 11 August 2022
Michelin has taken its best and – with a little help from 35000 consumer and independent testers – made it a little better.
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Road Report
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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New models
Solterra – Dawn of Subaru’s EV
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
This is long lead time with a vengeance, but the universal opinion is that the Solterra – taken from the Latin Sol (sun) and Terra (earth), an interesting name, but then “Subaru Sunearth” doesn’t r
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