It’s a doozy, the five-year/150,000km factory-backed warranty that comes with South Korea’s fourth-generation (G4) SsangYong Rexton – no other automotive brand in New Zealand offers such a new-vehicle pledge. It’s sure to mean mainstream nameplates – Toyota, Ford, Holden, Mitsubishi and others – selling seven-seat SUVs with switchable two- and four-wheel drivetrains will … [Read more...] about SsangYong Rexton tops SUV segment with 5-year factory pledge
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Luxury watch brand salutes Munro and his speed record
Swiss watchmaker Baume & Mercier has honoured New Zealander Burt Munro (pictured) and the speed record he set on his modified Indian Scout motorcycle at Utah’s Bonneveille Salt Flats 50 years ago. The luxury brand has created the Clifton Club Burt Munro Tribute, a chronograph wristwatch limited to 1967 pieces, denoting the year Munro, then aged 68, set the 184.087 mph … [Read more...] about Luxury watch brand salutes Munro and his speed record
Koenigsegg’s world record 450km/h for its Agera RS hypercar
The world production car speed record looks likely to have changed hands again after the Koenigsegg Agera RS recorded a two-way average 450km/h (277.9mph) run on a closed public road in Nevada. See the video below. The run, by the Swedish company’s test driver Niklas Lija, was over an 18km stretch of road between Las Vegas and Pahrump, a town about an hour's drive from the … [Read more...] about Koenigsegg’s world record 450km/h for its Agera RS hypercar
Road deaths: 2017 shaping to be the gloomiest year since 2010
Road deaths in New Zealand this year are shaping to average around 80 for every million inhabitants, the gloomiest statistic since the average 86 in 2010. The road toll going into the second week of November stood at 323, compared to 274 at the same time last year. That’s a monthly average in 2017 of almost 32 deaths against 27 last year. Driver deaths were up 26 per … [Read more...] about Road deaths: 2017 shaping to be the gloomiest year since 2010
Jeep leaks first pictures of next-generation Wrangler
Jeep has just released the first official photos of the JL-generation Wrangler, ending many months of speculation about whether the new model would be radically different from its predecessors. Clearly it’s not – Jeep was never going to monkey around with the design of the iconic off-roader. But it has made some classic changes that Jeep fans have been calling for, like … [Read more...] about Jeep leaks first pictures of next-generation Wrangler