Kombi comes chock full of memories
First thing that entered my mind when I saw the Kombi 70 was Surfin’ Safari, by the Beach Boys. The catchy song dates back to the early 1960s, when the beach culture of the day was arriving, and sometimes living in, a VW Kombi, usually with surfboards tied onto the roof.
2019 Nissan X-Trail NSport Review
IT’S been around for 17 years and Nissan’s X-Trail remains one of the front-runners in the grossly overpopulated medium SUV category.
2019 Nissan Pathfinder N-Sport Review
I’D never heard of Aloe Blacc until the American singer performed at the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games. But I think he drives a Nissan Pathfinder N-Sport
2019 Alfa Romeo Giulia Review
ALFA Romeo Giulias are lovely machines, and depending on your luck at Lotto, you can choose from six of the Italian thoroughbreds with the charming badge of a serpent apparently swallowing a man.
2019 Kia Sorento Sport
KIA puts a great deal of effort into its vehicles, its Sorento SUVs in particular. There are four of them in the range, each with its own suspension set-up because each is just that much different from the other.
2019 Nissan 370Z
WEARING a striking black go-fast centre stripe the Nissan 370Z has a ‘look – me a street fighter’ appearance – and the muscle to be one.
2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Review
WHAT a difference a year makes. In the case of Hyundai’s Santa Fe, the good-looking mid-sized SUV of last year has become a head-turning stunner. And that’s just on the outside. It’s a similar story inside.
2019 Volkswagen Arteon
The owner’s manual might take a week or more to read, since it runs to 350 pages — but it’s something worth spending time on because Volkswagen’s Arteon luxury car has more features than a can of Heinz has beans.
2018 Skoda Karoq
Skodas have always been interesting vehicles and before Emil Skoda took over the company in 1869, it was Europe’s leading arms manufacturer.
2019 Kia Carnival S
IF you have a large family, a small business, precious pets, want to be a maxi Uber or tour operator or cart people to and from the airport, you could do a lot worse than get yourself a Kia Carnival.
2018 Hyundia i30N
YES, it really that good! All the hype about Hyundai’s 130 N taking a real fight to VW GTI, Ford Focus ST and a few others, is real and true.
2018 Subaru Liberty 2.5 Premium
TAKE a look at the Subaru Liberty, and the term ‘understated class’ comes to mind. It’s a conservatively styled medium-sized sedan in a market being eroded by SUVs, but it attracts around 150 buyers around Australia each month and it sits halfway in the medium sector sales chart.
2018 Hyundai Ioniq
Someone at Hyundai was almost certainly a pop music fan back in the 1960s when first The Four Seasons (1964) and then The Tremeloes (1967) recorded Silence is Golden.
2018 Hyundai Kona Highlander
KONA has quite a few meanings. It’s origins are said to be ancient Scandiwegian, where it meant ‘wife’ but its also means ‘yellow’ in Japanese, and it’s the name of the Hawaiian village where the Ironman competition is held.
Objet d’art: chic, quick Megane RS
NOW that France has Soccer’s World Cup, it’s an appropriate time to take a look at more things French — such as Renault’s all-new Megane RS.
2018 Jeep Compass Trailhawk
TODAY’S Compass is a very different animal from the original Jeep of that name of years past. It’s a great looker, especially among kids – many pointing it out to their mums and dads as we cruised by, and why wouldn’t they?
Review: 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce
ALFA Romeo’s new Giulia has arrived – and it looks nothing like the original, which dates back to 1962 – and was always going to be a hard act to follow.
2018 Subaru Liberty 3.6R
The Liberty line-up comprises three models, two with four-cylinder 2.5litre engines, whereas the one on review came with a 3.6litre six-cylinder boxer engine and a fair swag of extra equipment.
Review: 2018 Honda HR-V
The HR-V was among the pioneers of compact SUVs, arriving in 1999, then going walkabout a couple of years later. It came back about three years ago and has been a solid performer for the brand.
2018 Mitsubishi Triton Review
Not so long ago sedans like Commodores and Falcons led the sales charts and, with other locally made cars, held about 60 per cent of the market. Now there are no cars made in Australia at all.
