British motorists will be given NZ$12,000 to swap their petrol or diesel cars for electric ones under plans by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to revitalise the country’s flagging economy. The plans also reportedly include a car scrappage scheme, dubbed “cash for clunkers”, aimed at further promoting the use of electric vehicles (EVs). It would sit alongside a NZ$2 billion … [Read more...] about $12,000 deal for motorists to swap petrol and diesel models for EVs
Crumpy would have had none of this ‘hood’ business for Hilux
As usual Toyota NZ isn’t saying much pre-launch about the upgraded 2020 Hilux, other than it handles better, is tougher looking, and has more power and torque than the existing model. The first official pictures here confirm one thing – the picture below, around which there was much conjecture after it appeared earlier on these pages, is most certainly that of the new-look … [Read more...] about Crumpy would have had none of this ‘hood’ business for Hilux
Owner ‘lost’ C-Type Jaguar so it wouldn’t be asset in divorce
A Jaguar XK120 C-Type that was traded from owner to owner up and down the west coast of America before going missing for 23 years has broken cover after being restored by American specialist Terry Larson. The reason it went off the Jaguar company's radar 45 years ago was because it was hidden by its owner in the mid-1970s to avoid being disclosed as a valuable asset in a … [Read more...] about Owner ‘lost’ C-Type Jaguar so it wouldn’t be asset in divorce
Future of utes: next Triton and Navara will be clones
First it was an Isuzu executive, confirming three years ago last month that the new Mazda BT-50 would pretty much be a clone of the new Isuzu D-Max ute. Mazda’s next BT-50 ute will be rebadged Isuzu D-Max Now it’s the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance boss confirming that the new Nissan Navara will pretty much be a clone of the new Mitsubishi Triton. But unlike the … [Read more...] about Future of utes: next Triton and Navara will be clones
Replicas of James Bond’s DB5 cost NZ$5.5m – with guns and gadgets
British brand Aston Martin may be deep in the red but it’s driving ahead with its multi-million dollar DB5 Continuation project, a recreation of the iconic car driven by James Bond in the film 1964 Goldfinger. The limited run of 25 cars is being built, exact replicas of the DB5 used by secret agent 007 in the third Bond movie. Aston Martin says it will begin deliveries of … [Read more...] about Replicas of James Bond’s DB5 cost NZ$5.5m – with guns and gadgets