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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March 24, 2015 |
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The updated 2015 Ford Ranger ute will land in New Zealand later this year complete with technology that not long ago was found only in luxury cars. Things like radar cruise control, forward...
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March 23, 2015 |
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Jeep is celebrating its all-American heritage with seven concepts it will unveil at the annual Easter Safari, a week-long off-road extravaganza in Moab, Utah. “We go to this event each...
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March 16, 2015 |
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Driverless cars will do more daily trips than cars with drivers and thus consume more energy, says a study by researchers at the University of Michigan. The finding puts into reverse an...
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March 15, 2015 |
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Pictures on this page of the Volkswagen Polo SUV (above) and the Mazda MPS hatchback and BMW M2 coupe (further down) are computer-generated images based on spy shots taken by Automedia’s...
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March 13, 2015 |
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has resurrected the name Fiat 124 Spider for the sports car it spun off the new Mazda MX-5 architecture in a joint development with the Japanese carmaker....
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March 12, 2015 |
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Is this a bigger version of the Skoda Yeti? No, it’s a stretched Yeti body on what will be the chassis for the new seven-seat Skoda SUV, due to officially break cover next year. Skoda...
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March 10, 2015 |
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The NZ Transport Agency dismissed a written report from one of its senior engineers warning that millions of dollars worth of wheelchair-access vehicles imported from Italy for use by the...
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March 9, 2015 |
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Developing technology is bringing the efficiency of petrol engines closer to that of diesels – and car buyers in New Zealand are taking note. They are not buying as many diesel passenger...
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March 8, 2015 |
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Sales of new vehicles for the first two months of 2015 were up 10 per cent on the same period last year, a reflection of the strong New Zealand economy, say motoring observers. It was the...
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March 4, 2015 |
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The new Ford Mustang will be priced from $56,990 when it lands in New Zealand later this year, some six months after the official 50th birthday of the famous badge. Ford NZ has released...
