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January 18, 2018 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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If you believe the public relations guff, every distributor in New Zealand last year sold record numbers of new vehicles. But that wasn’t the case. Okay, it was an overall record year,...
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December 8, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The Chevrolet badge returns to New Zealand next year on the bonnet of the all-American Camaro sports car and Silverado pick-up truck. Both vehicles will be converted to right-hand drive by...
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September 13, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Jaguar Land Rover has defended its diesel engine technology after criticism of the fuel from the founder and director of Clean Air London, Simon Birkett. “Diesel is the devil, and we do...
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September 6, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Registrations of traditional passenger sedans and hatchbacks have tumbled over the past five years, as New Zealanders move towards SUVs and utes. In August 2013, for instance, the Holden...
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May 29, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Hard-charging Kiwi motorcycle great Graeme Crosby tells the story of racing in the Isle of Man TT for the first time in 1979. He sort of ‘smelled’ his way round the 48km circuit....
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March 3, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Holden has tasked its award-winning advertising agency, Special Group, to change how Holden is perceived in New Zealand. It wants the agency to help transform the brand, give it a taste of...
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February 5, 2017 |
in Industry news, Latest news, Passenger cars |
Alastair Sloane |
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Record January registrations in New Zealand point to the usual end-of-year sleight of hand, where many vehicles sold in the last month of the year aren’t registered until the first month...
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January 21, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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New Zealand rally star Hayden Paddon wrote this after he crashed during the first stage of the Monte Carlo rally. A spectator near the crash site died. This is Paddon’s unedited...
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December 6, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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America’s Nikola Motor Company (NMC) has revealed its Nikola One hydrogen-fuelled truck and says it has accepted nearly US$3 billion in “future orders.” It took the covers off the big...
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October 12, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The country that gave the world the internal combustion engine is moving to outlaw it. Germany’s federal politicians have passed a resolution calling for the European Union to ban petrol...
