Ducati first showed off two Scrambler-based concept bikes, the Motard and DesertX, at its world premiere event in Italy in 2019. The frenzied reception the DesertX received prompted the company to prepare the Dakar-inspired adventure bike for production in 2021. It went on sale in New Zealand last year, priced at around $25,000. Now Ducati has tweaked it … [Read more...] about Audi and Ducati get it together
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100 years of cars and timepieces
There’s nothing new about the relationship between car and watch brands. One of the first collaborations was 100 years ago when French watchmaker Jaeger and Swiss company LeCoultre started a company in the UK making car clocks. In 1927 they sold 75% of the company to Smiths, a British competitor forever linked to the Smiths/Rolex watch Sir Edmund Hillary wore on the ascent … [Read more...] about 100 years of cars and timepieces
Going full electric is ‘difficult proposition’, says Toyota exec
Toyota NZ might have stuck to its traditionally conservative script at the launch of the Corolla Cross hybrid SUV in this country, but a senior Toyota Australia executive departed from its for the same car across the Tasman. Aussie sales and marketing boss Sean Hanley had just finished talking up the new petrol-electric model at a presentation in Sydney when he was asked about … [Read more...] about Going full electric is ‘difficult proposition’, says Toyota exec
US-made Toyota Sequoia SUV for right-hook conversion in NZ
South Island engineering company Glacier International is to bring the 2023 hybrid Toyota Sequoia SUV from North America to New Zealand. It will convert left-hook Sequoias to right-hand drive at its plant inside the innovation and technology facility at the Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell. The remanufacturing process, says company director Malcom King, has already … [Read more...] about US-made Toyota Sequoia SUV for right-hook conversion in NZ