It’s a high-status symbol that, as a victim of the SUV swing, has become a sales slowpoke … so can a tonne of leading edge technology help lift the Five Series’ local market presence?
Return of the Escape badge – albeit attaching to a refresh of a familiar car – allows Ford to launch a strategy to raise sales of models that have sat in the shadow of the all-dominant Ranger.
Very probably the longest-lived vehicle offered in New Zealand and potentially the oldest machine that Toyota still builds is back on sale – and it’s here purely for work.
Anyone out there still interested in a mainstream hatchback with no small amount of flair? We drive the new Astra, now being pitched as a ‘premium sports’ offer, ahead of its local release.
The Coupe version of Mercedes’ fastest-rising star, the GLC, is not without compromise, but it makes a better option to the wagon than an equivalent from a certain other brand.
Meet the epitome of modern SUV thinking; a quiet, refined and comfortable seven-seater that is packed with smart tech and isn’t designed, nor expected, to go off road.
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