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News
Lexus is promising sharper handling, improved ride, and additional safety equipment in its 2018 NX compact crossover SUV range.
There’s also a new all-wheel drive electric hybrid entry-level model that replaces the currently-available front-wheel drive in the seven-model line-up...
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Road Test
Volkswagen’s all-new Crafter represents a fresh
start for the German manufacturer’s big van.
The 2017 Crafter is all-VW, no longer sharing its chassis and body panels with Mercedes-Benz’s Sprinter...
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New Model Focus
Mercedes-Benz’s first-ever ute will enter the New Zealand market in the first quarter of 2018 in workhorse and upmarket models, and at prices lower than pundits had been predicting.
The X-Class will go on sale in rear-wheel drive and selectable four-wheel drive versions, with...
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Cover Story
Skoda: the very mention of the Czech brand used to bring sneers to the lips of car buffs and the general public alike.
Like that other brand from behind the now-melted Iron Curtain, Russia’s Lada, Skoda was the butt of countless jokes, many of them unfair...
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Commercial Market
Statistics released by new vehicle distributors’ group, the Motor Industry Association (MIA), show that commercial vehicle and SUV sales continued to boom in the first 10 months of 2017.
MIA chief executive, David Crawford, says that year to date (YTD) to October 31...
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Focus on Towing
Being impartial is part of testing vehicles, but our Best Bars tow test subjects sometimes suffer from pre-conceived ideas. Often a vehicle’s negative attributes experienced during our road tests are subsequently magnified during a tow test because, naturally enough, towing is simply making the vehicle heavier, slower and less efficient...
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