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Mercedes-Benz Driving Events Review

April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 Peter Anderson0 comment

You know what I always say – don’t track your own car. Instead, you can track, like, twenty of someone else’s, all in one day. Mercedes fan or not, this is a fun day out.

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2021 Mazda MX-5 RS

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 Peter Andersonmazda, mx-50 comment

Mazda’s evergreen, ever brilliant roadster scores some chassis tweaks for the old fogeys like me who once owned a 1989 NA Clubman. Oh, probably other people too. Mazda’s fourth-generation MX-5, the ND, is such a great car. It brings together all of the good things of every generation, distilling three decades of experience into a single, brilliant package. It even has a nice interior now with the correct number of cupholders. Not six. I’ve driven the ND several times and not once have I wondered if it needed any further…

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2021 MG HS Essence Review

January 24, 2021April 5, 2021 Peter AndersonHS, mg, SUV0 comment

Putting together this classic British badge and mighty Chinese automotive company SAIC, the MG HS gives the sense that big things are coming. This is the story of a car that is not the best in class. Like its smaller stablemate, the ZS, there is plenty of room for improvement. But if you look at MG’s sales figures, you’ll see that these cars are good enough to find thousands of buyers in 2021. Possibly 20,000 of them. MG sold nearly 16,000 cars in Australia last year, almost double its 2019…