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on December 3 2015 |
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by Alastair Sloane |
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New Zealanders are snapping up Volvo’s new SUV, the high-tech XC90 that is at the centre of the carmaker’s goal to eliminate all deaths in its cars from 2020. It is priced between $97,900 and $136,900, packed with life-saving gear, and went on sale here at the end of July. Since then, says Volvo, 130 have been sold – 70 already in the hands of owners and the balance on the way. Here, British TV show Fifth Gear goes to Volvo headquarters in Sweden to watch it crash test the XC90 – inside and outside the facility.
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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