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
Benz paints its latest wagon as a plaything for the mega-rich
The noisiest part of this Mercedes-Benz off-road wagon was the squeal from the 37-inch tyres on winding sealed roads in Spain, say photographers from spy agency Automedia. Rubber meeting the road as the lightly camouflaged prototype G63 AMG Gelandewagen went from one off-road test track to another drowned out the exhaust burble from its twin-turbocharged 5.5-litre V8 … [Read more...] about Benz paints its latest wagon as a plaything for the mega-rich
Skoda aims to more than double NZ sales – Scout’s honour!
Skoda NZ general manager Greg Leet says the aim of his “robust growth strategy” is to secure by 2020 around 2% of this country’s new passenger car market, or sales of upwards of 2000 units. To do so he has to more than double current sales over the next five years. Big ask? Not out of the question, god willing and the creeks don’t rise. After all, Skoda has done that and … [Read more...] about Skoda aims to more than double NZ sales – Scout’s honour!