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
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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
Subaru: no measuring stick for combining petrol-electric power
Pretty much every maker of fuel-saving hybrid vehicles combines, on paper at least, the power and torque of both the petrol engine and electric motor for overall output. Even Ferrari does. Its hybrid hypercar LaFerrari, it says, generates 708kW – 588kW from its V12 petrol engine and 120kW from an electric motor. Toyota does too. Its premium hybrid Prius delivers 90kW – … [Read more...] about Subaru: no measuring stick for combining petrol-electric power
Jaguar Land Rover seeks $2 billion in British gov’t bailout
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says reports that it is seeking a NZ$4 billion bailout from the British Government are “inaccurate and speculative”– but it is in talks for help as it battles a steep fall in global sales as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. “We are in regular discussion with government on a whole range of matters and the content of our private discussions remains … [Read more...] about Jaguar Land Rover seeks $2 billion in British gov’t bailout