Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(N.Z.) a four-wheel drive vehicle.

2003

McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 172: Remuera rocket/shopping-basket/tractor/taxi 4WD vehicle, late 1990s Auckland, named after the upmarket suburb and its denizens driving to the local mall or school a vehicle made for crosscountry conditions, a case of the genteel underemploying the grunt. The Toyota RAV is known as the Remuera Attack Vehicle.