Road Report

Hey Mercedes, can I marry you? 
Monday, 14 September 2020
Once a fortnight or so, I get asked: if money were no object, what car would you own? And every time, I give the same answer: I have no idea. 
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Mazda CX-30 GTX – minimalist magic in the mid-range 
Thursday, 10 September 2020
The CX-30 has the dubious distinction of being launched during a global pandemic without benefit of a preceding model to draw a buying pool from. 
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Corolla family reunion, but has anyone seen cuzzie?
Thursday, 10 September 2020
The Toyota Corolla hatchback, wagon and sedan are here right now, but still to join the family is something we wondered if we would ever see – a Corolla SUV.  
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Talking 2WD Tritons 
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
The registration tables tell us 4WD is king, but if you don’t really need all four wheels digging, a 2WD Triton GLX-R could almost pass itself off as a four paw, in terms of looks anyway.
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Hitching a wagon to the Corolla 
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
Toyota introduced the 12th generation Corolla in 2018, but something was missing at the time... 
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Ford Transit Custom 320S Sport  
Thursday, 11 June 2020
“In 1965, a new delivery van made its entry onto the world stage. This van promptly became one of the most famous getaway vans of all time.
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Talking 2WD Tritons 
Thursday, 11 June 2020
The registration tables tell us 4WD is king, but if you don’t really need all four wheels digging, a 2WD Triton GLX-R could almost pass itself off as a four paw, in terms of looks anyway.
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A tale of towing
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Kiwis love to tow things. The Ed is no different.
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Spotlight on SUVs
Wednesday, 08 April 2020
Toyota’s RAV4 and Kia’s Sportage are among the top 3 when it comes to the medium SUV market and NZ Company Vehicle introduces a new form of Road Report called Spotlight On, which puts two comparable...
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Small package from Seoul
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
The most eagerly anticipated product from Kia for 2019, the sub-compact SUV Seltos, saw hefty promotion as we drew closer to 2020.
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X3 for summer drive 
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
BMW’s product offensive is an ongoing thing for 2020 but the brand has its foothold fleet already in place, and it's rock solid, with a key player being the five-model BMW X3 range.
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Mazda3 sedan GTX
Thursday, 14 November 2019
This is the drive I’ve been waiting for; Mazda’s small car sedan – the not-quite lone voice in the wilderness of hatchbacks and more than a point of difference for Mazda for all that.
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Kia Cerato GT Line Hatch
Thursday, 14 November 2019
Having had a play in the Kia Cerato GT, NZCV took a quick spin in the 'fleet choice' version.
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Ford Endura ST-Line
Thursday, 14 November 2019
It seems like forever since we introduced the Ford Endura back in March of this year. Then we took one for a tiki tour around the North Island and now we’ve finally managed to write about it.
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Michelin Pilot Sport 4 - Video Road Report
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
It’s fair to say Michelin knows something about tyres, given the company’s 139 years of developing and producing them.
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LCV review
Wednesday, 09 October 2019
FORD RANGER 
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Mazda CX-9
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Living la vida large. The Mazda CX-9 is something no one expected when it was first launched.
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Honda Jazz 
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Still in tune with the times. Recently, NZ Company Vehicle produced a Fleet Buyers Guide which required a detailed evaluation of a great deal of vehicles.
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Mitsubishi GLX-R 2WD Triton for size 
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
We’re talking about the ute sensation of 2019, the Mitsubishi Triton, the ute which is taking the Triple Diamond brand through into the 21st century on a power trip as far as registrations are conc
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How hard could this be? Three-way comparison SUV test
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
We are looking at the medium SUV segment – arguably the most fiercely contested segment in the automotive market so getting hold of some media demonstrators should be a doddle, right? Wrong! 
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Renault Trafic Trader
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
With an extensive light commercial range offering tipped to make up 55 percent of its business plan going forward, Renault’s Trafic Trader is a vital element of the mix.
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Toyota Corolla
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
Toyota is the unquestionable market leader in the small car sector owning 51 percent of the market for the year that was 2018.
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Citroen C4 Cactus. No pain points here.
Thursday, 07 March 2019
Hands up all those who have sat in a cactus? Not “on” a Cactus, sat “in” a Cactus, AKA a Citroen C4? 
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Kia Picanto X-Line X muscles up the mild child
Thursday, 07 March 2019
I’m old enough to remember the first-generation Kia Picanto – and it didn’t exactly thrill me back in the early 2000’s. 
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A Class of its own
Tuesday, 05 February 2019
The Mercedes-Benz A-Class has won the crème de la crème of awards this year, including ANCAP’s safest car award, an accolade which – on its own – is noteworthy of comment. 
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A Prius for your fleet? Go Prime
Tuesday, 05 February 2019
In 2018, Toyota’s Prius (literally translated from the Latin ‘first’) was joined by ‘the best’ – the Prius Prime.
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Mazda math 2 = CX-3
Tuesday, 05 February 2019
It is a source of amazement to many drivers as to how much ‘stuff’ a car manufacturer can jam into the smallest of vehicle bodies. 
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Hyundai Ioniq PHEV Elite 
Monday, 14 January 2019
Sean discovers that you don’t have to work at Westpac to enjoy fuel savings afforded by a plug in electric hybrid from Korea.
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Mazda CX-5 Ltd
Monday, 14 January 2019
Amid the release of the latest incarnation of the award-winning Mazda6, the launch of the CX-8 and the refresh of the CX-3, the fleet fave CX-5 almost faded into the background… almost…
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Kia Sportage GT-Line Urban
Monday, 14 January 2019
The Kia Sportage – now in its fourth generation – has certainly seen a massive raft of changes over its time, and for 2018/19, the ‘Korean SUV that could’ has come a long way…
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