Cars
The latest luxury car reviews from the BusinessDesk team and drivencarguide.co.nz
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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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