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June 4, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The Suzuki Swift was the best-selling new passenger car in New Zealand in May, trumping long-time front-runner the Toyota Corolla. There wasn’t much in it, the Swift (above) and Corolla...
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April 23, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Volkswagen has continued its programme of building ever-faster concept cars based on the Golf GTi hatchback. This time it’s the Golf R400, a development of the Golf R which has just gone...
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March 28, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Volkswagen is cashing in on the award-winning Golf by spinning off one new variant after another, all in a bid to help replace Toyota as the world’s biggest carmaker by 2018. The standard...
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March 25, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Volkswagen is calling it ‘anniversary pricing’, where it has cut the prices of some models and added equipment to others to mark the German carmaker’s 60 years in New Zealand. It used...
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February 19, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Volkswagen brings its new-generation Golf wagon to the New Zealand market this week with two levels of trim and three Euro5 engines. The entry-level Comfortline is available with either a...
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February 1, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Volkswagen has done what was expected, replaced the four-cylinder diesel engines in its facelifted Polo range with Euro6-compliant three-cylinder units. But the thrifty oil-burners aren’t...
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January 16, 2014 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Star cars of the Detroit motor show Some are concepts, perhaps unlikely ever to make it into production, others are road-ready. A few of the road-ready models on show in Detroit will...
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December 22, 2013 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Volkswagen wasted no time cashing in on the Golf hatchback winning the country’s main car of the year award for 2013. No sooner had VW general manager Tom Ruddenklau accepted the...
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October 15, 2013 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The finalists for the 2013 New Zealand Car of the Year are a mixed bag, including three sports utility vehicles, a sports car, a luxury vehicle and, for the first time, an electric...
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October 10, 2013 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Volkswagen and Skoda are offering New Zealand drivers a new way to improve life on the road. It’s via an App – application software – that can be download for smartphones from the VW...