Mixed results for Kiwis after last week’s races
EDITORIALWell, what an interesting and, in some ways, unexpected week it was for motorsport. The Indy 500 lived up to its billing as America’s great race, with drama at regular intervals and close...
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Practical and polished performer
Practical and polished performer
Richard Bosselman takes the Skoda Octavia vRS Plus through its paces.
Ready for America’s great race
Ready for America’s great race
This year’s Indy 500 has already delivered its fair share of drama and interest, even before Sunday’s flag fall.
Claw marks way of the future
Claw marks way of the future
Commitment to modest-capacity, lion-hearted engines has been a Peugeot thing for a few years, but now it steps up.
Road Test: Claw marks way of the future
Road Test: Claw marks way of the future
Commitment to modest-capacity, lion-hearted engines has been a Peugeot thing for a few years, but now it steps up.
Ready for America’s great race
Ready for America’s great race
With specular practice crashes, demotions down the start order for cheating (sorry, a rule infringement), a rookie on pole position, and Kiwis on the second and fourth rows of the grid, this year’s...
Weekend festival set to soar
Weekend festival set to soar
In the past couple of days I’ve done a quick pivot, out of Rally Otago mode, to get set for the 2025 George Begg Festival, which kicked off in Invercargill on Thursday, and runs over this weekend.
Otago Rally highlights
Otago Rally highlights
David Thomson and Geoff Ridder take a pictorial look back at last weekend’s Otago Rally, with a focus on local drivers and others who caught their eye.
Tight battle for Otago Rally title anticipated
Tight battle for Otago Rally title anticipated
Once again, rally fever is about to descend on Dunedin, with competitors and fans arriving in the city this week, ahead of next weekend’s big event.
Gilmour ready for strong start
Gilmour ready for strong start
New Zealand’s queen of rallying Emma Gilmour is in the best possible place ahead of her home event, the Otago Rally, coming up over the April 5 and 6 weekend.
Skoda’s best gets better
Skoda’s best gets better
One reinstates a diesel previously dropped to meet no longer relevant CO2 targets, the other settles down into petrol purity.
Omoda gaining foothold
Omoda gaining foothold
Of the three new Chinese brands to launch here last year, Omoda has made the strongest start, notching up 468 registrations of the C5/E5 compact crossover that is its sole Kiwi model offering at present.
A nifty little package
A nifty little package
David Thomson takes the Toyota C-HR for a drive.
Safety plan announced
Safety plan announced
The United States Department of Transportation plans to deploy interconnected safety technology in cars and on roadways across the country by 2036.
Pioneering, but not quite there
Pioneering, but not quite there
David Bosselman takes the BMW XM Label Red for a spin.
Taking the helm in Australia
Taking the helm in Australia
Recent Drivesouth editorials have had a decidedly motorsport emphasis.
Many firsts for Touareg
Many firsts for Touareg
The Porsche is the sportiest, the Audi the most suave, with the added attraction of seven seats.
DriveSouth New Car Review: Honda CR-V Sport 7 and RS e:HEV
DriveSouth New Car Review: Honda CR-V Sport 7 and RS e:HEV
By RICHARD BOSSELMANStinky, sticky black sludge. That was the constituent element of the off-road course Honda NZ had cut out through industrial wasteland next to their then national headquarters...
DriveSouth Road Test: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Limited
DriveSouth Road Test: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Limited
By DAVID THOMSONWhat’s new?Hyundai’s first all-electric model, the Ioniq 5, made a great impression when it landed here in 2021, becoming the first vehicle from the Korean marque to scoop New...
Sharp pricing for new Opel
Sharp pricing for new Opel
Trucking New Zealand-bound Opels the 600km from the factory to a departure port in France seems to cost more than the subsequent 27,000km voyage from there to Auckland.