Author: editor
Website: http://www.automotivenews.co.nz
Bio: Alastair Sloane has been a newspaper journalist for more than 40 years. He was the motoring editor of the New Zealand Herald for 16 years from 1996 until 2012. He owns a 1968 VW Beetle. Best days at the wheel include doing part of the Land Rover Camel Trophy route in Papua New Guinea, driving a Nissan Patrol over earthquake-hit roads in Guatemala, and a Ferrari Italia on Enzo’s old hill-climb road in Italy.
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October 23, 2017 |
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This week, American TV host Jay Leno updates some of the restorations going on in Jay Leno’s Garage...
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October 23, 2017 |
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It should be no surprise that some of the most iconic cars have the most incredible sets of wheels to match. Here is an American view of the best 20 to hit the road. 2000 Spyker C8...
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October 20, 2017 |
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The first howls of disappointment came immediately after the current Jeep Cherokee was unveiled at the New York motor show in 2013. Jeez, said the off-road purists, what has Jeep done to...
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October 19, 2017 |
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The homegrown Australian car industry ends around 100 years of manufacturing today with the official closure of Holden’s plant in Adelaide. Ford’s operation closed last year; Toyota’s...
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October 18, 2017 |
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The new Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross goes into a 2017 market in New Zealand where SUVs are running more than 20 per cent up on the same period last year, according to Motor Industry Association...
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October 16, 2017 |
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Toyota’s Tj Cruiser concept has been described as a “more practical everyday” replacement for the FJ Cruiser, the SUV that was somewhat of a misfit in the carmaker’s line-up before...
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October 12, 2017 |
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A fellow turned up at Californian coachbuilder West Coast Customs with two Porsches and asked company CEO Ryan Friedlinghaus to turn them into one, a classic 1959 Porsche 356 – but with a...
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October 12, 2017 |
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Ford may be trialling a self-driving car that delivers pizzas in and around its hometown Detroit, but it’s reviewing plans for fully autonomous vehicles by 2021. The carmaker’s CEO Jim...
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October 10, 2017 |
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The all-American Chevrolet badge is almost certain to officially return to New Zealand after an absence of 50 years, this time on the go-fast 2020 Camaro sports car. Chevrolet parent...
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October 4, 2017 |
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Sixty years ago, the movie Thunder Road was about a moonshiner hauling whiskey through the back woods of Kentucky and Tennessee. It starred Robert Mitchum, who carried the hooch in a...
