The Hyundai Ioniq is a huge leap forward, the world’s first car to be offered with three battery-involved powertrain options: It seems to be a car with a Kiwi future. So what makes the local distributor so cautious?
An impressive suite of safety and technology features, plus a zippier engine, is expected to spark new life into Holden’s baby car – so long as the price is right.
The next E-Class can drive, and even lane-cross, without a human hand on the wheel … but it’s unlikely to be allowed to put itself to bed at night here.
Is America’s pony car hairy-chested enough? That so many Kiwi Mustang buyers are immediately implementing increasingly wild performance upgrades suggests not, but Ford’s not worried.
A performance and price advantage ensures Mercedes’ incredibly hot A45 hatchback has regained top-of-the-world status from a rival that bumped it down a peg three months ago.
The first Jeep not to hold full American citizenship might avoid direct confrontation with a like-sized local market favourite from Japan when it finally arrives, its distributor has hinted.
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