Cars

Car reviews for the rest of us. Matt Martel looks at what it is like to own and drive the latest vehicles with an emphasis on usability not tech specs.
The story of a Skoda and the long and winding road
The Life Free

The story of a Skoda and the long and winding road

Get set for a Skoda surprise – and the Coromandel Peninsula is open.

Brenda Ward 03 Sep 2023
Ferrari owners converge to play with $700k supercar
Editor's Picks

Ferrari owners converge to play with $700k supercar

Select group of Australia's richest fly to Queenstown to play with $700k SUV.

Brent Melville 24 Aug 2023
In China, it’s already cheaper to buy EVs than petrol cars
Bloomberg

In China, it’s already cheaper to buy EVs than petrol cars

A savage price war has been great for consumers embracing plug-in vehicles.

Bloomberg 13 Aug 2023
Anxiety over taking long EV trips becoming a thing of the past

Anxiety over taking long EV trips becoming a thing of the past

NZ now has nearly 390 public chargers, including 138 in the South Island.

Brent Melville 06 Aug 2023


Matt Martel
Matt Martel

Managing editor, audience and platform curation

Matt spent 10 years in senior positions at Fairfax Media, including as an executive editor in the company’s senior leadership team at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review and The Age (Melbourne). He joined BusinessDesk in 2019 and was publisher when we sold to NZME. He is now working across NZME titles and is based in Auckland. Connect with him on Linkedin here.

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