With around one third of New Zealand roads unsealed, no surprise that drivers like utes, crossovers and SUV’s.

Acronyms Abound: it’s no surprise that sales of SUV’s have risen PDQ in NZ.

At a recent vehicle launch I mentioned to a fellow journalist that I was getting the Volkswagen Passat Alltrack to test and he replied "you'll enjoy it".

Back in 1970 we were wearing tank-tops, tie dies and platform shoes, and mirror must have been in short supply, but the year marked the birth of a motoring genre that has just reached its 45^th birthday.

A New Land Rover -- Discovery Sport – is the first of the company’s new Discovery vehicle range. The compact SUV seats seven in an optional ‘5+2’ arrangement. 

The new Subaru Outback, hailed by the manufacturer as "the original crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV)", has been launched in Queenstown.

MITSUBISHI WILL display eleven versions of its Triton ute at Fieldays, all powered by the maker’s 2.5L 133kW intercooled turbo diesels (407-356Nm of torque). 

THE VOLVO XC90 doesn’t look dated despite being a 10-year-old design. It set the benchmark for the family-friendly SUV when it launched in 2002 and was such a strong design in every respect, little has been changed over the years.