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.
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Review: Audi e-tron - a car so good you can forgive the lack of crackle and pop
This is the future of cars and that is a good thing. I get it. But I really like the roar of a big fossil-fuel engine, even though I accept I’d be regarded as some kind of fringe weirdo if I admitted that in a public forum. It is not something I ever thought I’d say before starti...
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Review: The Land Rover Defender Series 110 First Edition - not just a city-slicker pretty boy
This is not just a car… it’s a Defender. A lot of cliches get thrown around about the storeyed, rugged Land Rover Defender. Everyone seems to have had a parent-in-law or grandparent who had some treasured vehicle that could do anything and never missed a beat. My father-in-law Ro...
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Review: Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR - the race-ready hatchback that will make you feel young again
I may have been corrupted by a hatchback. You can take your super-flash sports cars and luxury SUVs and park them where the sun don’t shine. I want a VW Golf GTI TCR. And I’m not a hatchback sort of guy. I’ve never owned one and never considered one when buying a car. But sometim...
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Review: Mercedes-Benz EQC electric SUV - the tech wunderkind
“If you do that again, I’ll shove this bacon-and-egg bap right into your face.”In sport mode, the Mercedes EQC has more acceleration power than is best for long-lasting marriages. But enough for a little bit of comedy gold. This is the first Merc I’ve driven since I sold (to a wr...
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Matt Martel
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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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