With all this talk about clean cars and EVs over the past week, there’s been an equally passionate amount of conversation about utes. The penalties proposed haven’t gone down well, and while we won’t dif too deeply into that at the moment, the point is, now is the time to buy a ute, because as of January 1, 2022, there stands to be a fee on most utes sold in NZ.
That leaves just six months to make a decision without risk of penalty, so our DRIVEN team has each opened up their website browser and testing insight to pick their best utes for their own lives, with a budget of $60,000, and the theme of work and weekend: dual purpose utes for both the working week and some fun or family time on the weekend, with a range of our own needs: from a family of five to adult kids, and no kids.