The Kiwi love affair with SUVs

It’s a fact. New Zealanders love their SUVs. In 2016 sales across the four key sectors (Compact, Medium, Large and Luxury) totalled just shy of 53,000 units for a 36 percent share of the 146,753 total.

When the seal ends

It’s the weekend. Time to hit the beach or back roads. Here Nick Auld from the AA Driving School Fleet and Business offers up some handy, loose surface/back country road driving hints.

Land Rover Discovery 5

The opportunity to get behind the wheel of the all-new Discovery 5 necessitated a road trip and what better destination, says Ashley Lucas, than Mt Ruapehu, where he visited three ski fields in two days.

Small SUV Shootout

For years Suzuki had the small SUV sector to itself. Not any more if the latest Toyota C-HR and Holden Trax are anything to go by, reckons NZSUV editor Ross MacKay

Suzuki Jimny Sierra

Best be either related to, or good friends with, whoever you are going to regularly share Suzuki’s pint-sized Jimny Sierra with. Because there’s no getting away from it, the wee Jimmy 4x4 is small.

Ford Escape Titanium Diesel

Talk about taking a brief – to drive and write about Ford’s revamped Escape SUV – literally. With nary a backward glance Jane Warwick loaded up and headed to Great Barrier Island for the weekend.

Hyundai Santé Fe

Frame it any way you like - sales figures, top seven-seat SUV, top diesel SUV – Hyundai’s Santa Fe undoubtedly has a very special place in the hearts of a lot of Kiwi families. Damien O’Carroll explains why.

Honda CR-V

Like Topsy, the Honda CR-V has grown. And after lapping the Coromandel in one, the new – now fifth generation - model could well be the best, says NZSUV contributor John Oxley.

Isuzu MU-X

Like the D-Max ute on which it is based, Isuzu’s MU-X SUV has also benefitted from a recent mid-life cut, tuck and tickle. It’s a particular favourite of NZSUV editor Ross MacKay.

Product and Accessory Guide

You’ve got your SUV, now it’s time to accessorise it with…wheels, tyres, a two bar, nudge bar or bull bar, snorkel, light bar, even perhaps a rooftop tent. We look at some practical, cost-effective options available here.

Buyer's Guide

The piece de resistance of every issue of NZSUV, 21 pages of all the key specs of pretty much every SUV and Crossover available here in New Zealand.