At the recent launch of new car brand Omoda Jaecoo, Country Manager Sheldon Humphries announced a partnership with environmental agency ..read more

The new Mazda CX-80 has broken cover and is due here soon. It follows in the footsteps of the recently launched CX-60 and CX-90. Like the latter, this can also tote seven occupants. CX-80, which shares Mazda’s Large Architecture platform with the two earlier arrivals, is 4995mm in length, 1890mm in width and 1750mm tall. It has the extended wheelbase of the CX-90 (3120mm, 250mm longer than that of CX-60), giving it room for the extra row of seats at the rear.  Sharing Kodo design features, the CX-80 also has a minimalist aesthetic likes its stablemates, eschewing lines for curves ..read more

Following on from the Fiat 500e comes the Abarth version. Is it as mad as the ICE-powered 695? You bet ..read more

The Mazda EZ-6 is the first of a series of new energy vehicles developed and manufactured by Changan Mazda in cooperation with Mazda. It will launch in China before year’s end, both in EV and PHEV guises. The Mazda Arata, unveiled at the same time in Beijing, will also go on sale by the end of 2025. The Mazda EZ-6 is an electrified model that combines Mazda’s Kodo design language with its ‘car and driver as one’ feel. Two versions will be available, a pure battery electric ..read more

A local electric vehicle advocacy group says that EV owners won't be rushing to pay the new road user charge ..read more

Hyundai New Zealand has confirmed its ongoing support in 2024 for Kiwi rally champ, Hayden Paddon. This marks the tenth year that Hyundai New Zealand has backed Paddon, during which time he won his inaugural WRC victory (Rally Argentina 2016). He has also taken out four NZ Rally Championships (NZRC) in a Hyundai. In 2020 his company developed the world’s first all-electric rally car, a modified Kona EV. Hyundai New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Scott Kelsey cannot overstate how important the partnership is with Hayden Paddon. He said ‘As a technology-led brand, the relationship with Hayden a ..read more

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, the firm's first high performance electric vehicle, is now available in New Zealand. With its ..read more

Sales of EVs in New Zealand have tanked since the start of 2024. This follows the removal of the clean car rebate and introduction of road user charges (RUCs). Costs have ramped up for EV owners while the price of entry remains higher than for similar sized ICE-powered vehicles. Owners of EVs are now slugged with the same RUCs as diesel-powered vehicles, amounting to $76 per 1000km. While EVs might be more expensive to buy, are they still cheaper to run?  Andrew Whiteford, a director at ..read more

Over the weekend, Nissan and Honda announced that they plan to co-develop electric vehicles to try and combat low-cost models ..read more

Well, isn't this a surprise? BMW has decided to bring back its classic kidney grille for its latest concept, the Vision Neue Klasse X. In recent years, the German marque has been known to put out some very Marmite designs, such as the large nostrils of the current generation M3 and M4, but it seems the brand has found a new sense of style for its future line of electric models. Enter the new class, consisting of the Vision Neue Klasse sedan we saw last year and now the X, the SUV alternative. The concept is based on a new ..read more