Audi RS3 first drive review: Turning up the heat
/More power and a trick differential aren’t the only factors triggering a race to buy Audi’s only five-cylinder RS car.
Read MoreMore power and a trick differential aren’t the only factors triggering a race to buy Audi’s only five-cylinder RS car.
Read MoreStrident styling, compelling technology and a couple of vivacious 1.6-litre engines give Hyundai’s core model, the Tucson, a fresh start.
Read MoreAudi’s most potent RS road car makes a powerful statement. Albeit a touch quietly for the type.
Read MoreSkoda is powering up on the introduction of readily-available plug-in hybrid versions of two popular cars.
Read MoreThe car claimed as the template for premium family hatchbacks achieves evolutionary looks and sharp technology in its 25th year.
Read MoreWHAT a relief for Cupra to finally have a car that stands no chance of being mis-identified as a Volkswagen, a Skoda or anything else from the VW Group. Including its direct parent, actually.
Read MoreToyota’s latest all-conditions SUV made its global debut today. Here’s how it goes on New Zealand roads.
Read MoreThe new hybrid doesn’t quite have the V6’s oomph, but you can’t help but be impressed by the other-worldly efficiency.
Read MoreCONVENTIONAL with a touch of sporty; quasi off-road themed; step-into-tomorrow electric-prioritised: The choice is yours.
After three generations that had full focus on the first, Honda has finally awoken to how much the world is changing and attuned one of its best sellers, here and internationally, to better meet today’s tastes.
Read MoreSO you imagine the MX-30 is Mazda’s first go at electric motoring?
Not so fast. Certainly, what we’ll see entering the showroom on July 1 in two formats, price-undisclosed mild hybrid and $74,990 full electric, is - in respect to the latter - the first purchasable battery-pure product.
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Beijing Automotive’s first models hit high-potential market segments and prove sensible pricing can still buy a sensational specification.
A big mid-life facelift for the carryover wagon and a new body styling choice lift this type to highly recommended status.
There’s no disputing the closeness to a certain other, but that doesn’t necessarily detract.
The outcry out for a sportier version of Toyota’s top seller has been answered - and it’s a red-blood with a Green theme.
When its heart seems little different to that in nan’s shopping basket how much soul remains?
How well does Japan’s small car specialist fare when its first electric faces up to a similar concept from China?
The first electric car to achieve the Czech make’s vaunted performance badge is certainly hot - but will the price cool desire?
Munich’s first all-electric compact executive model will next year bow out to the ‘Neue Klasse’ i3. The final edition of the i4 is set to leave with head held high.
Electrics come in all styles and sizes these day, but nothing else from this age shakes its booty quite like this one.