The new-look Maserati Quattroporte range is now on sale in New Zealand and brings with it styling changes inside and out, more oomph from the engines, added equipment, and the updated driver assistance systems the current model lacks. The first of the cars will land towards the end of the year, a nine-model range priced between $178,990 and $285,000 and including two new … [Read more...] about Maserati adds new tech and extra oomph to Quattroporte sedan
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Abarth 124 Spider – price sits above Mazda MX-5 donor car
The Abarth 124 Spider sports roadster is not only more powerful than its donor car, the Mazda MX-5, it’s more expensive too. FiatChrysler NZ (FCNZ) has priced the 124 Spider at $52,990 for the six-speed manual and $54,990 for the six-speed auto. The MX-5 sits between $40,995 and $48,995, depending on power output and choice of manual or ‘auto boxes. Apart from price, the … [Read more...] about Abarth 124 Spider – price sits above Mazda MX-5 donor car
Hardcore AMG C63 prototype surfaces at Nurburgring – see video below
Mercedes-AMG appears to be developing a more hardcore version of the C63 coupe, judging by the appearance at the Nurburgring circuit of a prototype with a huge rear wing – and without the usual camouflage. Could it be AMG’s answer to the BMW M4 GTS? Perhaps an ‘R’ version of the already hot C63 S Coupe? Or a return to the ‘Black Series’ name of the previous C63? Additions … [Read more...] about Hardcore AMG C63 prototype surfaces at Nurburgring – see video below
Tesla’s NZ plans sparks story of pioneering Kiwi engineer
News that Tesla will set up an outlet in New Zealand next year means, in a roundabout way, that the company is ‘coming home’. Why? Because if it wasn’t for a born-and-bred Kiwi the US electric carmaker might never have got off the ground. Dargaville electronics engineer Ian Wright was working for a US telecommunications company in the early 1990s when he recognised that … [Read more...] about Tesla’s NZ plans sparks story of pioneering Kiwi engineer
Car sales strongest since year of Muldoon, Lange, and Queen St riot
New vehicle registrations last month totaled 13,884 units, the best September on record and the second-best month since the 13,983 in July 1984. That was when New Zealanders spent up large before the incoming Labour Government’s finance minister Roger Douglas devalued a considerably overvalued NZ dollar. History buffs will remember it as a constitutional crisis. At the … [Read more...] about Car sales strongest since year of Muldoon, Lange, and Queen St riot