Subaru has sold more than one million cars with its much-praised EyeSight safety system, a suite of driver-assist aids endorsed by the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for its effectiveness. The milestone came eight years and seven months after Subaru first launched it in Japan. EyeSight is available in New Zealand on Legacy, Outback, Levorg, premium … [Read more...] about Subaru’s EyeSight safety system in more than one million cars
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Name-change Escape SUV drops into the Ford pop-up shop
The pop-up shop that Ford opened last month in Auckland’s Sylvia Park shopping mall gets up to 500 people a day popping into it. Ford has been keeping track of the comings and goings. Some of the 200 or so shops in the mall that aren’t pop-ups don’t get that many coming into their joints. A woman on the phone from the Sunglass Hut reckons around 300 shoppers every day … [Read more...] about Name-change Escape SUV drops into the Ford pop-up shop
Ford reveals first road-ready GT – order book bumped out to four years
The first road-going version of the all-new 2017 Ford GT has rolled off the line, marking the beginning of a four-year extended production run. Originally, the supercar Ford GT was going to be limited to 500 examples over two years, but demand has been such that Ford is expected to double production to 1000 units. The decision to do so comes on the back of the … [Read more...] about Ford reveals first road-ready GT – order book bumped out to four years
Entry-level diesel heads new BMW 5-Series line-up
It was in the late 1990s when a BMW executive exclaimed: “Diesels! We are not going to bring diesels into New Zealand.” It was in Spain, at the launch of the then 3-Series range. The standout model among a handful of peaky petrols was a lone diesel, the 320d. Fast forward over a decade and a half and BMW is doing something that once would have caused bad language in the NZ … [Read more...] about Entry-level diesel heads new BMW 5-Series line-up
Car theft: tuning into radio signal from keyless fobs
A device used to steal cars which has befuddled law enforcement agencies in the US has been identified as a tool for testing vehicle network safety, according to the country’s National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The small electronic device first surfaced a few years ago, when surveillance cameras recorded thieves unlocking car doors, starting the engine and driving … [Read more...] about Car theft: tuning into radio signal from keyless fobs