Take a good look at the BMW X4 when it arrives in New Zealand next month and you’ll get an idea of what the bigger X6 has to offer when it gets here next year. Official pictures of the second-generation X6 show it shares a number of design cues with the upcoming X4, including a more upright kidney grille that is almost integrated with the headlights. Creases over the … [Read more...] about New BMW X6: Much of the same but different
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May sales: Suzuki Swift the most popular new car
The Suzuki Swift was the best-selling new passenger car in New Zealand in May, trumping long-time front-runner the Toyota Corolla. There wasn’t much in it, the Swift (above) and Corolla each sharing four per cent of the segment but Swift recording 272 registrations to Corolla’s 241. In third place was the Mazda CX-5 with 230 units, a continuing reflection of the strong SUV … [Read more...] about May sales: Suzuki Swift the most popular new car
Peugeot RCZ-R sports most powerful 1.6-litre engine ever
It not only has the most powerful 1.6-litre production engine in the business under the bonnet, but the car itself is one of the most exclusive ever to come to New Zealand. It’s the limited-edition Peugeot RCZ-R coupe – and only six are available in this country, each one priced from $77,490. In a word, this is the go-much-faster version of the RCZ, which has sold in New … [Read more...] about Peugeot RCZ-R sports most powerful 1.6-litre engine ever
New Mercedes-Benz C-Class wagon: more room, more gear
This is the first full image of the new C-Class Mercedes-Benz station wagon, or estate, expected in New Zealand early in 2015. It has just been leaked on to the social media pages, some months after Mercedes-Benz officially revealed photos of the sedan. The sedan will land in New Zealand in September and it was rumoured the wagon would perhaps arrive before Christmas. "No, … [Read more...] about New Mercedes-Benz C-Class wagon: more room, more gear
First pictures: The five-door Mini Cooper S that BMW won’t talk about
BMW New Zealand won’t say a word about the five-door Mini Cooper S pictured here … but it is shouting from the rooftops the price of its new go-fast M3 sedan and M4 coupe. More on the M3 and M4 down the page. For the moment, the five-door Mini falls into the hazy BMW category of ‘future product’–in other words, models that are alive and well on the test track but which BMW … [Read more...] about First pictures: The five-door Mini Cooper S that BMW won’t talk about