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Coming from Dutch heritage, family Christmases are a large affair, so I was after a vehicle with as many seats as possible for the Summer break. Luckily, Ford happened to have a rather unique Transit in its fleet, which is no longer part of the local line-up, but features seating for nine occupants.  Despite this, the Transit Tourneo Custom Trend

We’ve tried a variety of ‘holiday time’ vehicles over the years and have found that a van with a flexible seating arrangement is great if you have kids and lots of clobber to move about the country. Ford loaned us a Transit Kombi Bus (a.k.a Bus LWB) for the task, which proved very capable.  This eight-seater is tailored more toward

What on earth is a Ford Tourneo Courier? Fair question. The name is a mouthful and, weirdly, the word “Courier” doesn’t actually appear anywhere on the vehicle itself. But the concept is simple: take Ford’s new Transit Courier compact van, add a proper car interior, five seats and some SUV-style cladding, and you’ve got a Tourneo.   It’s a type

Here we name the class winners in the NZ Autocar Car of the Year Awards, powered by Auto Trader.  After a tough couple of years, NZ’s new car market staged a small comeback in 2025. This was buoyed by the arrival of many new nameplates, mostly Chinese in origin. And after another 12 months of road testing, it’s time to