It has been a busy year for us with my day job keeping me extremely busy and exhausted so we are playing catch up on some of our reviews.
A while back, (5 years ago actually!) we tested the three door version of the awesome little Suzuki Jimny, which was a great little wagon off road but not that great for around town. How does the 5 door compare? Check out our video to find out.
One of the most comfortable cars on the market, as Citroën have always been, with their innovative suspension set up. The incredible Progressive Hydraulic Cushion suspension has you feeling like you are floating over bumps. Add to that the double padded seats and you will never want to get out of the car when you get to your destination!
Performance of the fully electric C4 isn’t jaw dropping by any means. Yes, you get the typical instant torque from an electric motor and lack of needing actual cogs for gears, but with a zero to one hundred time of around 9 seconds it won’t out run the boy racer sitting next to you at the lights. The claimed range of 363 kilometres is reasonable, but it’s likely you’d need to spend a fair amount of time driving in eco mode to achieve this.
We reviewed this great EV back in December but unfortunately that thing called life got in the way. Firstly our video editor got caught up with some busy high school stuff and then when the video was finally completed I went and started a new day job which has taken some massive adjustments for me with different and irregular hours!
Check out our full (almost out dated) video review below. Feel free to ‘like’, share, comment and subscribe! There are more reviews to come.
The yellow SRi Astra we tested a little while ago was a great little warm hatch but the white GSe plug-in hybrid version, whilst still not a hot hatch, is most definitely much warmer. Pumping out much more torque and kilo-wattages, 360Nm and 165kW combined compared to only 230Nm and 96kW than the SRi, it really does feel much closer to a hot hatch than the lukewarm SRi.
The Opel Grandland looks like your normal SUV, or oversized hatchback, but it is more than just that. Flicking this family wagon into sport mode turns a normal everyday runabout into something a bit special guaranteed to put put a smile on your dial and probably your passengers as well, unless of course they scare easily!
This has to be by far one of the best vehicles we have tested here at NZ On Cars. The Hyundai IONIQ 6 is absolutely loaded with all kinds of techy gadgets, roomy, comfortable, and crazy quick for what is basically a family sized sedan. Sure, the looks take some getting used to, and many out there quite simply cannot get past that. That is their loss. To be fair I wasn’t too crazy on the looks myself but after the first few days it really grew on me. It’s different, and that’s a good thing, it stands out from all the mundane average three-box sedan shapes that has been the staple design of family sedans for many decades. The shape of the IONIQ 6 is more than just a quirky, droopy shape, it has an aerodynamic drag coefficient of just 0.22, which is basically a scientific way of saying it can slip through the air more efficiently than a greasy eel.
If you are looking for a family wagon with all the modern tech, comfort and excellent build quality, along with proven reliability, look not further than the smart looking Skoda Kodiaq, in particular the RS model at the top of the Kodiaq range.
Since testing the first of the stunning Peugeot 308GT’s last year we had been hanging out to get a drive in the brilliant 308GT-PHEV and we weren’t disappointed!
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