However you slice and dice the numbers the luxury vehicle segment in New Zealand is at its most competitive for some years, helped by the overall hot sales market and the expanded range of new models. Motor Industry Association figures for September had the main players – Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz – neck-and-neck on sales of passenger vehicles (cars and SUVS): Audi 184, … [Read more...] about NZ luxury sales market: more cut and thrust as Benz flies high
Holden’s special-edition V6 Commodore softens blow of ‘Lowndes V8’ not coming to NZ
• Above, the road-legal Craig Lowndes Commodore (right) with his Bathurst 1000 race car Five-time Bathurst winner Craig Lowndes has lent his name to a limited run of Holden Commodores – but the 6.0-litre V8-powered SS-V models are for the Australian market only and won’t be available in New Zealand. Instead, to soften the blow of unavailability of the Lowndes car on this … [Read more...] about Holden’s special-edition V6 Commodore softens blow of ‘Lowndes V8’ not coming to NZ
New Holden coupe would be spiritual successor to the Calibra of the ‘90s
Will Holden move upmarket and take on cars like the two-door Audi A5 and BMW 4-Series with a coupe of its own, a spiritual successor to the Opel Calibra that sold in New Zealand and Australia in the 1990s? That was the buzz at the Paris motor show after the General Motors-owned German carmaker confirmed it would fill about one third of Holden’s future line-up of models, … [Read more...] about New Holden coupe would be spiritual successor to the Calibra of the ‘90s
Lighter, faster Type R Civic possible – if demand is there, says Honda
Honda could make a go-faster version of the five-door Type R Civic hatchback it unveiled at the Paris motor show – if there is demand for such a flyer. It has admitted it is prepared to follow the example of French carmaker Renault, which uprated its three-door Megane RS265 to the RS275 Trophy R to set a lap record for a front-wheel drive car around the Nurburgring … [Read more...] about Lighter, faster Type R Civic possible – if demand is there, says Honda
NZ-designed wheelchair vehicles banned here but on show at VW event in Europe
New Zealand-designed vehicles for wheelchair users in Europe will go on show this month at an international Volkswagen Group exhibition in France – while transport bodies here continue to ban almost identical vehicles from our roads. The two converted Skoda Yetis (one pictured above in France) are the first of 10 to be built cialis-canada-pharma.com for French special needs … [Read more...] about NZ-designed wheelchair vehicles banned here but on show at VW event in Europe