BOTY

We choose the top six motorcycles reviewed in 2024, and select one that’s the cream of the crop. Each year we review all the bikes we’ve tested and pick those we thought were the most interesting overall for contention in the NZ Autocar Bike of the Year awards. We consider aspects like design, performance, ride quality, handling, specification and value.

Royal Enfield recently took out the 2023 NZ Autocar BOTY award with its Super Meteor 650 cruiser. It’s a retro-original looker at a keen price, the learner-legal twin costing $12,490-$13,090, depending on colour. It edged out competition that included the Triumph Rocket III, H-D Breakout 117, Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello, and stablemate Hunter 350. The SM 650 is a no-frills

Another 12 months has zoomed by and has seen us testing all the major new vehicle arrivals to the New Zealand market. Here we name our cars of the year. It was a tumultuous year for the new car industry in 2023, with fluctuating demand for vehicles influenced by the revision to the Clean Car Discount, and then its ultimate

After another 12 months of reviewing the new arrivals to the local market, we name our cars of the year. Despite the post-pandemic variances of supply and inflationary pressures, the new car market showed resilience in 2022. Sales remained high despite the global calamity, the overall figures down only slightly on the previous year’s record. Buyer behaviour has been altered