Category: Cars
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Hyundai Santa Fe – Plush and Punchy
If you ever wanted proof of the value of first impressions, walk up to the new Hyundai Santa Fe, open the driver’s side rear door and take a peak. The measured opulence of the interior invariably forces a comment from the most hardened motorist. It did from me, and I’m pretty hard to impress. Hyundai…
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Isuzu D-Max Trifecta – X-Rider; X-Terrain; Blade
Isuzu Australia’s Mark Harman stuck me in a back-to-back procession of D-Max diesel double cabs over the Christmas/New Year period, allowing a widescreen view of the product differences, and some hints of the target markets each derivation is aimed at. Priced from $67,426 to $78,688 the spread of just over $11,000 allows several levels of…
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Turn it on, push the throttle, brace yourself
Hyundai Kona Electric The metallic grey paint job didn’t help. Neither did the ordinariness of the dog kennel-on-wheels SUV outline. The absence of a grille and aero type wheel covers also triggered the thought that the Kona Electric wasn’t quite ‘all there.’ Once inside, the impression improved as the cabin was replete with features and…
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Ferrari 296GTS – Blistering Speed in a “Moving Sculpture.”
Eight years ago I drove Ferrari’s “moonshot capable” 488 GTB supercar and said it drove like a road-going F1 car. Well, now I’ve driven one better – the 296 GTS. It’s lighter, faster, and in the opinion of almost every enthusiast who sees it in the steel and carbon fibre – the most attractive Ferrari…
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You Bought a Jeep?
In 1940, 135 US industrial companies were invited to tender on the design and supply of a quarter tonne general purpose off-road vehicle for the US Army. Only three companies put their hands up; Bantam Car Manufacturing, Willys Overland Motors in Toledo Ohio, and Ford. Much to the chagrin of Mr Ford, the Willys entry…