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March 13, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The first Land-Rover shipped to New Zealand left the factory in the English Midlands on September 16, 1948. Chassis number R860020 was consigned to Wellington Motors. That’s all the early...
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October 8, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Swiss watchmaker Zenith has jumped into bed with Britain’s Land Rover, and the result is the El Primero Range Rover Special Edition chronograph, the first in what both companies say is a...
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September 29, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The all-new Land Rover Discovery will go on sale in New Zealand around the middle of next year – but the distributors here are still undecided about engine options. What is clear is that...
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December 17, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The last shipment of Land Rover Defenders has arrived in New Zealand, roughly a month out from the day in January when the British company stops building the workhorse four-wheel drive. The...
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December 17, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The Land Rover Defender being built in this video sold at auction in London for almost NZ$900,000. The proceeds are going to two of Land Rover’s charities, the International Federation of...
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November 17, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The last Land Rover Defender will roll of the assembly line in Britain in January. New Zealand will receive an allocation from the final production run, although the numbers have yet to be...
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April 14, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Don’t expect the sales growth of SUVs to slow down anytime soon, not when a global giant like the Volkswagen Group is promising an SUV version of almost every model it makes. Jaguar Land...
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September 10, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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This is the new Land Rover Discovery Sport, the first model in the second phase of the British specialist’s three-tier product family: ‘luxury’ (Range Rover), ‘leisure’...
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August 12, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The Range Rover Sport SVR that set a lap record for an SUV on Germany’s infamous Nurburgring circuit will go on sale in New Zealand early next year and become the new halo model in a...
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April 17, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The first example of the new Land Rover Discovery family will be a five-seater called the Discovery Sport. The company’s design director Gerry McGovern confirmed the name and said the...
