It’s an unusual situation for a vehicle to be released to the general public before the media gets a look in, but such was the case with the new 2006 model Hyundai Santa Fe.
This was the second time a NZ4WD Readers’ Trip had included Pouto Point and the historic Pouto lighthouse, at the entrance of the Kaipara Harbour. The task of actually getting there from Pouto Point was interesting in itself.
Something we’d all like to do is to drive a tank off-road. We narrowly missed out on the chance to drive the NZ Army’s Scorpion. Now that’s actually a light reconnaissance vehicle, rather than a tank, but it has tracks and a gun, so who cares?