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, replaced by a G-Class variant … it’s more than ever a world of alphabet soup in the A-, B-, C-, E-, G-, S-Class and AMG model ranges. A couple of those ‘new’ examples in the … [Read more...] about New Benz estate and hybrid sedan add to a world of alphabet soup
New vehicle sales set to break record that has stood for 30 years
• Above, motorsport fan and former Prime Minister David Lange A month from now the new vehicle industry in New Zealand will look back on 2014 as the best sales year since 1984, when the David Lange-led Labour Party won a snap election and soon after changed forever the way this country does business. Back then, 117,075 new vehicles were sold in the 11 months till December … [Read more...] about New vehicle sales set to break record that has stood for 30 years
Volvo sets NZ sales record as it gears up for new SUV
Volvo will hit the ground running in New Zealand next month as it prepares to unveil the new XC90, its flagship SUV that company design chief Anders Gunnarson has called the “absolute Volvo”. The Swedish carmaker is already having a record year in NZ, passing 400 sales in the last week of November to notch up 80 per cent growth on 2013. “The 400 registrations in a single … [Read more...] about Volvo sets NZ sales record as it gears up for new SUV
Mercedes-Benz limo overall winner of women’s world car of year award
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class (above) has won the overall Women’s World Car of the Year award for 2014, beating second-placed Audi A8 and third-placed Tesla Model S, the battery-electric car the NZ Green Party wants the NZ Government to use as its ministerial fleet. The S-Class also won the luxury category, again pipping the Audi and Tesla. But the US-built Tesla won the … [Read more...] about Mercedes-Benz limo overall winner of women’s world car of year award
Cut-price war – Ranger and Hilux in frenzied fight to the finish
The Ford Ranger/Toyota Hilux tussle, now reaching boiling point going into the last sales month of 2014, will become even more charged next year when both companies reveal new-look models for the New Zealand market. Toyota is keeping pictures of its new Hilux under wraps, but Ford has gone to YouTube with a 20-second video of the refreshed (above) Ranger, showing a front end … [Read more...] about Cut-price war – Ranger and Hilux in frenzied fight to the finish