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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May 13, 2014 |
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Confirmation late last year that it would stop building cars in Australia in 2017 is behind GM Holden’s biggest annual loss of just over NZ$600 million. The carmaker’s financial figures...
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May 8, 2014 |
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Maserati has priced its new rear-drive Ghibli sedan range from between $129,990 and $149,990 to go head-to-head for the first time ever with premium four-door rivals like Audi A6,...
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April 28, 2014 |
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Mercedes-Benz NZ general manager Ben Giffin is facing an embarrassment of riches: the new C-Class sedan and station wagon range is available with all-wheel-drive for the first time in this...
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May 22, 2013 |
in Spy videos, Videos |
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Just a couple of weeks since the debut of the Subaru WRX concept at the 2013 New York Auto Show, comes the first spy shots of a near-complete prototype for the production version,...
