Car Reviews

Nissan has added front-wheel drive versions of the X-Trail e-Power hybrid and a new Rock Creek grade to its New Zealand range, in the X-Trail’s 25th year on sale here. Nissan has sold 27,779 X-Trails in New Zealand since the first arrived in 2001. We drove both at the launch around Queenstown and Glenorchy, on sealed roads, gravel and river

The Outback now comes in two flavours, this being the more rugged Wilderness version. Does it justify the extra spend over the regular model?   It’s fair to say that few vehicles have taken as many different forms as the Subaru Outback. A quick look at the model’s Wikipedia page details how it began life as a soft-roading version of

The double cab comes in many shapes and sizes. Ranger is not a small vehicle but it looks dinky next to a full-size pick-up like the Ram 1500. So what are the pros and cons of going XL? As our gigantic ute guide shows, New Zealand buyers are hardly short of choice. The market covers trade-specific workhorses, well-specified lifestylers and

The Discovery might be getting on in age, but there is life left in it yet. It’s still an exceptionally capable, versatile and comfortable vehicle, but is the Tempest spec worth the extra?  While Land Rover doesn’t provide a breakdown of international sales across its model line-up, it recently revealed that the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Defender account