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July 21, 2017 |
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The picture above of me at the wheel of an electric Tesla Model S 100D sedan was taken the other day between Stockholm and Oslo, cities around 530km apart. I’m in Scandanavia to talk to...
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July 5, 2017 |
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The US season premiere of Jay Leno’s Garage celebrates cars built in America, by Americans, using all American parts. In this episode Jay heads to former President George W. Bush’s...
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July 5, 2017 |
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Word on the street has it that Alfa Romeo distributor Fiat Chrysler New Zealand (FCNZ) has switched its Auckland dealer, from Andrew Simms to Winger Maserati. Officially, no one is talking....
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June 30, 2017 |
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Subaru reckons it will top 3200 sales in New Zealand in 2017, up from 2660 last year. That’s a 20 per cent hike, six percentage points better than the overall market is doing. “We’d...
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June 26, 2017 |
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Actor Burt Reynolds reckons 12 Pontiac Firebirds were destroyed during the making of Smokey and the Bandit, the car-chase/truck-chase movie of 40 years ago. But the story goes that the head...
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June 25, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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American motoring website Autoblog sent reporter David Gluckman to New Zealand to drive the Ford Ranger ute, in part because a revised version of the Ranger goes on sale in the US in 2019...
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June 22, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Ferrari’s 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, a 495kW/750Nm powerplant used in the 488 models, has won the International Engine of the Year award for the second year in a row. The 2017 panel...
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June 21, 2017 |
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Volkswagen has been talking for years about building a modern version of its Kombi van and now the dithering is over – the ID Buzz concept is headed to production. VW brand chief Herbert...
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June 20, 2017 |
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The photo above is a computer rendition of what the upcoming Kia Stinger sedan could look like wearing New Zealand police livery. Why the dress rehearsal? Because the South Korean carmaker...
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June 19, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The fellows at Australian website CarAdvice set out their task weeks ago: drive around Australia in the quickest possible time. They dubbed the journey the ‘Highway 1 to Hell.’ Four of...
