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New models
Toyota Hilux powers up for 2021
Thursday, 15 October 2020
How do you improve on a classic?
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New models
The big buzz in commercial vehicles
Thursday, 15 October 2020
Electrification of vehicles has taken on a new set of deliverables. Or deliverables have taken on a new chapter in electric vehicles. 
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Video Road Report
2020 Toyota Corolla range
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
We video review the all-new 2020 Toyota Corolla range – Hatchback, Sedan & Wagon.
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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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Road Report
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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Road Report
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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New models
Dear Henry, please build this… oh, you did  
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Our last edition profiled the Ford Transit Custom Sport – the A-Team van. This edition we’re looking at something more practical and a damn good idea; one I was waiting for a company to build. 
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EV
It’s watt sort of a hybrid?
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Some of our readers out there may be thinking we are teaching their grandmothers to suck electric lemons with this article.
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New models
No, it’s real – the 2020 Mitsubishi Mirage
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Mitsubishi has thrown its triple diamond studded hat into the super small car ring for 2020 with the release of the revised Mirage. 
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New models
Yaris – little car with a big claim…
Thursday, 10 September 2020
“A little package of fun,” that’s the description Toyota New Zealand is touting for its recently released Yaris, the fourth generation of the nameplate which is now setting the benchmark for fuel e
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General
Back to school
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Even professional drivers need a little refresher from time to time, and since the editor has recently spent so much time in SUVs and utility vehicles, the decision was made to send him back to sch
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Video Road Report
New Small Car Test Video - 2020 Toyota Corolla Sedan
Tuesday, 01 September 2020
We video review the all-new 2020 Toyota Corolla Sedan
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Video Road Report
New Small Car Test Video - 2020 Toyota Corolla Wagon
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
We video review the all-new 2020 Toyota Corolla Wagon  
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Video Road Report
2020 Toyota Corolla Hatchback Hybrid
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
We video review the all-new 2020 Toyota Corolla Hatchback Hybrid 
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Video Road Report
2020 Suzuki Swift Hybrid
Monday, 17 August 2020
We video review the all new Suzuki Swift Hybrid.   
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General
Skoda New Zealand Meet the man at the top
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Despite a month-long shutdown, things would have to be on the magnitude of a star going nova to be any brighter than now as far as Skoda New Zealand is concerned. 
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New models
Audi A6 Allroad Quattro Avant
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Translation Avant = wagon, Quattro = AWD and Allroad = on and off road, however you interpret it the A6 is damn nice car. By Cathy Parker.
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New models
Sunset ride of the Mazda BT-50
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
It’s not going to be long now before Mazda follows up the launch of the successful CX-30 with the revised BT-50, a long-awaited update which might just bring the workhorse into the mainstream…
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Vehicle Fitout
What are the advantages of buying NZ Made accessories?
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
We’re hearing a lot lately about the importance of supporting and buying New Zealand made products and services.  No business is more aware of this than Ali Arc Industries.  
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New models
EXPRESS VAN ready for delivery in September
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Mitsubishi is getting back into the world of the van. 
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New models
SUZUKI pulls a SwiftE
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Suzuki is the household name when it comes to Micro and Light cars, so it makes sense that the first hybrid in the Micro and light segments should come to market bearing a Suzuki badge. 
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New models
Putting the Custom into the Ford Transit Custom Sport
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
We have an unusual cover story this month, because it is in fact, a case study. 
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Road Report
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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Road Report
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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Vehicle Fitout
Rugged Valley
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
Covers for Kiwi lifestyles We are undoubtably all getting a little restless, as New Zealand emerges from the wake of what's been a global health phenomenon. 
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Vehicle Fitout
BOSS joins V8 Touring Car Series
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
19-year old Madeline Stewart will don a slick red, black and white livery on her Brad Jones Racing Commodore as Boss Air Suspension secures naming rights for 2020. 
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New models
3, 2,1 You have Ignis-Sean
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
As editor, I had just about closed the doors on anymore launches happening this side of the next edition when Gonville put out a media notification. 
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Fleet Management
New Zealand’s elite Fleet Fitout Company
Monday, 06 July 2020
Utemaster is a brand which has been around for 13 years and best known for its very innovative Ute accessories for tradespeople and recreationalists.
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Fleet Management
Leadership in leasing reflections on a crisis from SG Fleet
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
The Coronavirus global pandemic was something the most ardent doomsayer would have found hard to predict, though some industry leaders – SG Fleet for example – were ready for the storm.
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New models, SUV, Video Road Report
New SUV Test video - Mazda CX-30
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Of all the automakers represented in this country, Mazda seems to be the brand best weathering the slings and arrows of global pandemics. Want proof? Here it is: the all-new Mazda CX-30.
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