Hilux for comfort

The Toyota Hilux has been around since 1968, and I remember seeing some of these as a young man, small utes with 1.5-litre engines, and absolutely totalitarian in terms of comfort features.

Living with a Smart: The little car with a big heart

A  face lifted version of the Škoda Octavia which was first presented at last year’s Paris Motor Show has now gone on sale in New Zealand.

Ford's Funky New Fiesta

Right car for the times
While New Zealand Ford buyers have only had access to the Fiesta range since 2003, Ford of Europe introduced the nameplate in 1976 after the first oil shock of the 1970s, when the market was demanding a small yet attractive economical car with low fuel costs.
Thirty Three years on in the midst of another volatile energy market, consumers are once again demanding such a vehicle, and the all-new Fiesta is the first car produced under the "One Ford" global development strategy put in place by CEO Alan Mullaly.

Red Baron or Black Ninja, that’s the $50,000 question.

The heat is on in middle management user-chooser land to downsize from the usual six-cylinder Falco-dores, but the fifty thousand dollar question is what do you get to enjoy power, performance and economy?

The answer is a turbocharged four-cylinder powerhouse. Enter stage left the HSV Astra VXR (Red Baron) and the Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart (Black Ninja).

Another Superb Skoda

Is it a middle management saloon or is it a luxury lift back? Well thanks to its very clever combined boot lid and tailgate system called Twindoor combined with some other interesting technology, the new Skoda Superb qualifies as both.

Push the boot button on the remote key fob and the Twindoor default setting automatically only opens the boot lid.

The perfect Combi-nation of form and function?

Offering the same modern styling as the Skoda Fabia hatch, the new Fabia Combi (wagon) compliments this with an impressive load-carrying capacity and the frugality of a 1.9 litre turbo-diesel engine mated to a five-speed manual gearbox.

You could say it’s the perfect Combi-nation of pace and space for the fleet buyer.