The launch of the Series 2 HSV SportsCat was an endorsement of the risky decision to take the performance brand into the crowded high-end ute market.
A few weeks ago, it told us – with a poker face – that utes and SUVs were the future.
Like many of Toyota’s product ranges, the Hiace series has a history that dates back five decades.
Midway through its product life cycle the Nissan Navara has had a cosmetic makeover and some upgraded technology.
Subaru's latest SUV offering fills a need for drivers looking for something smaller and a little more potent than your average.
In its first test in 2015 the eighth generation Toyota Hilux gained a 5-star ANCAP rating.
The latest Holden Colorado Z71 comes pretty close to perfection.
Once you go large it’s hard to go back to regular, goes the old saying.
With saloon cars fading on buyers’ radar, Holden is confirming its focus on the ute and SUV market.
Toyota's massive site in the automotive precinct at Fieldays will showcase its extensive range of SUVs.
Holden New Zealand has revealed its own home-grown concept to go on display at Fieldays – the Colorado ROX.
Mahindra, seeking to reintroduce its products to Kiwis, recently took motoring journalists on a day-long drive from Auckland to Rotorua, an off-road excursion in the Mamakau Forest and a dash to Taupo.
While 2018 heralded the arrival of the long-awaited Mercedes X-Class ute, early 2019 brought with it the cream of the crop – the V6-engine X350.
You wouldn't credit a 6.1L Chevy small-block V8 with a fuel economy figure of 7.8L/100km but that’s the figure displayed on the screen of the bright yellow Camaro that HSV NZ loaned us for a week.
2020 will see the arrival of a Jeep aimed at tapping Kiwis’ unquenchable thirst for utes, says brand distributor in New Zealand, Ateco.
The Mercedes G-Class Professional is a military-grade tough, yet smooth, vehicle.
The after-market options for utes are extensive, but there’s a big difference between a properly engineered package and a ute with a bunch of accessories bolted on.
Here's our 2018 car of the year.
The modern trend to fewer cubic centimetres and more gear ratios continues as car manufacturers chase better fuel economy and lower emissions.
Kiwis remain fixated on utes of every shape, size and price, but we wonder whether in the rural sector the clever folk may be looking to diversify into a good van.
It took a while to get here, but now it’s arrived the Mercedes X-Class has created a stir at the premium end of the buoyant ute market
Okay Holden, you’re not fooling anyone with your raised ride height and plastic wheel arches; the Calais-V Tourer is no off-roader.
Given that the Subaru Forester virtually started the trend to SUVs years ago, the New Zealand motoring public’s assigning to it the label ‘wagon’ was woolly.
A new entry-level Range Rover Velar is set to be the model Kiwi motorists can better afford.
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