New and tested 4WDs

A leap forward: MGU9 is here
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
MG has launched its first ute. Now there’s a sentence nobody thought they’d ever read.
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Forester 2025: another way to take the long way home
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
It’s been a favourite with outdoorsy Kiwi drivers for decades, and with good reason.
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Ford’s storm bringer
Saturday, 20 September 2025
This is the first New Zealand media drive of Ford’s new Stormtrak PHEV Ranger. Other scribes drove it overseas, but NZ4WD scored the first local test.
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NZSUV Buyers Guide 2025 - out now
Thursday, 18 September 2025
The NZSUV Buyers Guide is back for 2025
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The All-New MG MGS5 EV – Electric SUV
Thursday, 18 September 2025
MG Motor New Zealand has announced the MGS5 EV, an all-electric SUV poised to be a compelling option for corporate fleets across the country. It MGS5 EV combines operational efficiency, advanced...
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Cupra Launches the All-Electric Tavascan
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Cupra New Zealand is excited to welcome the all-new Tavascan – the brand’s first fully electric SUV coupé. With its sculpted, aerodynamic design and a driver-centric interior, the Tavascan represents...
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Jimny among the tall timber
Jimny: a fresh new way to go offroad
Saturday, 06 September 2025
Our Jimny month draws to an end with one last jaunt - up Klondyke Road near Port Waikato and into the strange and gnarly back blocks of the north Waikato.
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Rubicon returns
Friday, 15 August 2025
“The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon has always been a symbol of freedom and adventure. As the icon of the Jeep brand, it embodies the ‘go anywhere, do anything’ ethos.
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Sticking and slipping down by the river
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
Our month with Suzuki’s Jimny SUV takes us down into Waikato River trails – and delivers a couple of ‘teachable moments’.
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2025 Subaru Forester: A Smarter, Stronger Hybrid
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
For over 25 years, the Subaru Forester has been a cornerstone of the New Zealand vehicle landscape, serving as a dependable tool of trade for businesses and a versatile family adventurer alike.
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Trial by Mud
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
The Ranger Super Duty is undergoing extreme testing in Australia ahead of it launch. Rob Hugo, product excellence and human factors supervisor at Ford Australia, says the mud-pack test, a challenge...
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Beached as? Not this Jimny
Wednesday, 06 August 2025
We're driving a Jimny five door auto for a month, doing trips owners would do.
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Driving the big ‘D’
Saturday, 02 August 2025
Chewing though mid-day Auckland traffic, it’s hard not to feel just a wee bit superior. We’re aboard Jaguar Land Rover’s Discovery D350 in the most-popular HSE spec, and it is sublime.
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Living with Jimny
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Suzuki's Jimny is unlike any other 4WD. So tiny it's hard to think of it as an SUV, agile and light on its feet, and - with the advent of the five door - massively popular
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We drive the all-new 2025 Suzuki Fronx
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Suzuki New Zealand is entering a new frontier with the launch of the 2025 Fronx, a vehicle that strategically blends the practicality of an SUV with the sleek lines of a coupe.
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Middle East only Patrol NISMO is a beast
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Born from decades of motorsport excellence, NISMO (short for Nissan Motorsports) represents the pinnacle of Nissan performance, engineering, and innovation.
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The 2026 Toyota RAV4 - what we know
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Toyota has announced the sixth-generation 2026 RAV4, a development of significant interest.
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LDV TERRON 9 Elite is landing in NZ
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Bold in appearance and loaded with more performance, technology and comfort, the LDV TERRON 9 Elite is as hard-working as our customers, who need a capable vehicle to get the job done right.
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KIA Tasman on its way
Saturday, 14 June 2025
A ute like no other: Kia New Zealand has confirmed the model range for its first-ever ute, the Tasman. 
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Tremor: best Everest?
Friday, 13 June 2025
It may well be the standout in Ford's family of Everests. The Tremor launched a few months back in Australia, and now it has reached New Zealand.
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Toughest Ranger ever
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Ford's mighty new Super-Duty Ranger is coming. With 4.5-tonne towing capacity, 4.5-tonne Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM), and whopping 8-tonne Gross Combination Mass (GCM)
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Nissan premieres all-new Frontier Pro plug-in hybrid
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
When it goes on sale in China later this year, the all-new Frontier Pro will be Nissan’s first-ever plug-in Hybrid and Nissan’s first-ever electrified pickup truck and the design pays homage to ear
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LDV T60 MAX Plus
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
The lines for where pick up trucks see the most of their use in New Zealand are very blurred.
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Ram brings back big steel: Grunty 320kW Cummins diesel available
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Apparently, the team at Ram Trucks missed the memo where we are all supposed to be driving tiny whiny electric appliances that suck out our souls.
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Pricing announced for Kia Tasman Ute
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Less than two weeks after its Australasian public debut at the Melbourne Motor Show, Kia New Zealand has announced pricing for one of the most eagerly anticipated new model launches of the year - a
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