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.
A mighty wind: The Maserati Grecale is a renaissance car
The Life Free Review

A mighty wind: The Maserati Grecale is a renaissance car

The marque is moving into the future with an awesome SUV, priced from $124,000.

Matt Martel 16 Jul 2023
Planning a US EV road trip? Good luck finding a hotel with a charger
Travel

Planning a US EV road trip? Good luck finding a hotel with a charger

A survey of 17,000 hotels in the US found only a quarter offer EV charging.

Bloomberg 14 Jul 2023
The coolest new EVs you won't be able to buy in NZ
The Life Free

The coolest new EVs you won't be able to buy in NZ

You can drool over them on screen but that's as close as you'll get here.

Matt Martel 25 Jun 2023
More than a million for a Merc with attitude

More than a million for a Merc with attitude

A house or a car? Your choice.

Brenda Ward 19 Jun 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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