Under the theme ‘Let’s go places’, Toyota has unveiled a four-wheel-drive adventure concept aimed at making last-minute adventures for city-slickers as easy as possible. It’s called the FT-4X, or ‘Future Toyota Four-Wheel-Drive Crossover’. The buyers Toyota’s marketing people have in mind are ‘millennials who are fond of the outdoors, but operate almost always … [Read more...] about Toyota’s off-road concept for town-and-around ‘millennials’
C-HR – a Toyota SUV that is most unlike a Toyota SUV
Toyota NZ sales manager Steve Prangnell (above) reckons SUVs in the compact segment are “drab looking compared to our car.” He’s talking about Toyota’s new C-HR, a look-at-me five-door designed under instruction from the big boss in Japan, company president and CEO Akio Toyoda. It’s what Toyoda wants from his styling studios. He said it himself: “Cars that people want to … [Read more...] about C-HR – a Toyota SUV that is most unlike a Toyota SUV
Holden to deliver Commodore wagon to rival all-paw Subaru Outback
Holden NZ confirmed this week what automotivenews.co.nz said two months ago – that a variant of the next-generation Commodore Sportwagen would go head-to-head with the likes of the Subaru Outback in New Zealand and Australia. This website was given the 'good oil' in January. Early in February, Holden on both sides of the Tasman played down a higher-riding version of the … [Read more...] about Holden to deliver Commodore wagon to rival all-paw Subaru Outback
Skoda Superb: time’s on its side for Car of the Year award
Time for the Car of the Year award – the 2016 gong, not 2017. I figured back in December that I would put off naming the 2016 winner until January. January sort of came and went. So did February and March. Now it’s April. So to honour the international procrastinators’ motto – ‘Never put off till tomorrow what can be done the day after tomorrow just as well’ – I’ll fall into … [Read more...] about Skoda Superb: time’s on its side for Car of the Year award
Kiwis buy up big – record new vehicle numbers in first quarter of 2017
New Zealanders wrapped up the 2016-17 financial year by buying up big, this time setting record numbers for new vehicles for the month of March. Motor Industry Association (MIA) figures show 13,869 new vehicles were registered last month, a number that puts March 2017 among the five strongest months since records began in 1975. The record sales month in the past 41 years … [Read more...] about Kiwis buy up big – record new vehicle numbers in first quarter of 2017