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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July 18, 2019 |
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American engineer Jason Fenske, of Engineering Explained, describes exactly what happens inside a Mazda rotary engine running on hydrogen. It turns out the design of the engine is pretty...
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July 18, 2019 |
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Toyota New Zealand (TNZ) is planning to show off its hydrogen-powered Marai sedan. “We’re looking at options for it,” said Morgan Dilks, the carmaker’s communications man. The...
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July 7, 2019 |
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New vehicle registrations in New Zealand are slowing as the market readjusts to changing economic conditions after a boom five years of record numbers. Registrations for the six months to...
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June 27, 2019 |
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A company forced by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) to stop building wheelchair-access vehicles is suing the government body and its offshoot the Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association...
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June 8, 2019 |
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It’s 200mm higher and 150mm wider than a regular Holden Colorado ute, rides on 35-inch all-terrain wheels, has bespoke steel bumpers front and rear, a scooped carbon-fibre bonnet that...
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June 3, 2019 |
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Where is the automotive industry going next with the development of so-called smart devices? Is it nearing information overload? Findings solutions to problems that don’t exist? Take, for...
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May 28, 2019 |
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Mainstream carmakers might crash-test hundreds of vehicles in order to meet safety standards. But it’s a different story for Swedish supercar company Koenigsegg, which might only turn out...
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May 23, 2019 |
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The Megane RS Trophy-R, driven by Renault Formula One team pilot Nico Hulkenberg, completed an official full lap of the Nurburgring in 7 minutes 40.1 seconds, three seconds quicker than the...
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May 23, 2019 |
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The Renault Megane RS Trophy-R, the front-drive performance hatchback that has just set the lap record (see video below) for its class around Germany’s Nurburgring circuit, will go on...
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May 22, 2019 |
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Teardrop camping trailers are nothing new – but one made largely by hand out of a composite of chicken feathers certainly is. It’s called the Earth Traveler T250LX, a single-axle...
