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March 22, 2018 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Lexus NZ is about to launch a couple of vehicles it needs to spark 2018 sales, after coming off a 2017 year that was down slightly on 2016 results. The cars in question are RX-badged...
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May 3, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The ratio of traditional passenger cars to crossover/SUVs in the NZ market mirrors the concern a senior Toyota executive has over the future of the Lexus range of sedans. Tokuo Fukuichi...
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September 19, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The last time Lexus talked about revolutionising seat technology was on March 31 this year, when it unveiled the Variable-Load Coupling Rear Orientation (V-LCRO) system for its...
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December 10, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The continuing dominance of SUVs on the motoring landscape in New Zealand is nowhere more apparent than in the way Lexus is looking at the number of vehicles it expects to sell in 2016. The...
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December 1, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Buy a Lexus and ‘thank you’ gifts start arriving in the mail. There might be a special edition book, a collection of music CDs, perhaps a gift from cutting edge NZ furniture and...
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June 18, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Lexus’ first attempt at a sports model to get up the noses of go-fast German rivals was the IS F Sport, a small sedan that arrived in NZ in October 2008 priced at $137,000 and running a...
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December 16, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The new Audi Q7 weighs in at 1995kg, around 325kg lighter than the outgoing model, shedding bulk that is roughly “the equivalent of a concert grand piano”, says the carmaker. Audi took...
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December 12, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Mercedes-Benz is reportedly planning to introduce 19 new models between now and 2020, some of them refreshes of existing variants, others occupying new segments. The M-Class SUV name goes,...
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November 6, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Luxury Japanese carmaker Lexus is claiming a world-first patent for the design of the door handles on its new SUV, the hybrid NX – but you won’t find a word about it in the New Zealand...
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July 15, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Lexus might have been the first to bring hybrid drivetrains to the softroad SUV market – but it is the last to bring them to the one that matters most, the compact segment. Its new NX,...