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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May 20, 2014 |
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Jaguar has used social media to reveal the shape of its XE sedan, the all-aluminium mid-sized model it will aim squarely at German rivals when it goes on sale next year. The teaser image...
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May 20, 2014 |
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Australia’s most recent Formula One star Mark Webber has paid tribute to Sir Jack Brabham, who has passed away aged 88. Webber (pictured) who won nine F1 Grands Prix during his...
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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 |
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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,...
