Author: editor
Website: http://www.automotivenews.co.nz
Bio: Alastair Sloane has been a newspaper journalist for almost 50 years.
Has had all sorts of roles along the way, including editing two daily newspapers. Joined the NZ Herald from the Sunday Star-Times in 1996 to help launch a sports weekly. Became motoring editor of the Herald soon after, a position he held until leaving in 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 458 on Enzo’s old hill-climb road in Italy.
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July 29, 2020 |
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Technology giant IBM predicts a future for carmakers where the focus for buyers will be more on the digital services the car provides, rather than the cars themselves. Daniel Knodler,...
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July 28, 2020 |
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An Italian-made accessory for the new Land Rover Defender could turn out to be the catalyst for refreshing a tourism catchphrase from 1984 New Zealand. A national advertising campaign back...
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July 16, 2020 |
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That all-American Jeep Gladiator pick-up launched in New Zealand the other day? It and the rest of the Jeep products are to be built by a new company called Stellantis. Same with models...
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July 13, 2020 |
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Wireless charging technology pioneered by University of Auckland professors John Boys and Grant Covic has helped an Australian company log a world first for electric cars (EVs), one it...
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July 3, 2020 |
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That Holden Colorado that sits among the top four utes in New Zealand? It’s just become the new rapid response vehicle for the United States armed forces. Or rather a stripped-down...
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June 30, 2020 |
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Lordstown Motors, the electric vehicle company that bought the former General Motors plant in the US state of Ohio, plans to have its first pick-up truck on the market early next year. It...
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June 27, 2020 |
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Jaguar Land Rover agents Motorcorp Distributors expects a handful of New Zealanders to buy the Range Rover Fifty, the limited-edition 50th anniversary model, priced at $250,000. “We...
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June 17, 2020 |
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The new Mazda BT-50 will be in the first couple of years of its lifecycle when the ute market further heats up with the predicted arrival in 2023 of a powerful front-runner from South...
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June 15, 2020 |
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US electric truck maker Nikola Motors is about to open up the order book for its Badger pick-up, a double-cab carry-all powered by a combination of batteries and a hydrogen fuel cell...
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June 12, 2020 |
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Volkswagen has confirmed that the new Amarok ute will be based on the next-generation Ford Ranger and built at a Ford plant in South Africa. It will share Ranger underpinnings but have its...
