Subaru NZ expects to sell between 1000 and 1100 cars in the last four months of 2017, a number that would bring the year to a close at around 3300 registrations. Doing so would mean growth of 24 per cent on last year’s 2663 sales. It would also mean growth over the past five years (2013-17) of almost 89 per cent. The annual sales numbers tell the story: 2013 ……………….. … [Read more...] about Subaru updates its four-paw fast cars in year of record sales
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V6 Stinger starts at $69,990 and takes Kia into ‘different league’
It wasn’t long ago that questions about the rear-drive Stinger liftback were met with a ‘no comment’ from Kia Motors NZ general manager Todd McDonald. Now he’s positively bubbling about it, certainly after settling on pricing for the three-model range. “The new Stinger will lift Kia into a different league – this is a car with the X-factor,” he said. “You haven’t seen … [Read more...] about V6 Stinger starts at $69,990 and takes Kia into ‘different league’
Land Rover responds to clean air critic that ‘diesel is the devil’
Jaguar Land Rover has defended its diesel engine technology after criticism of the fuel from the founder and director of Clean Air London, Simon Birkett. “Diesel is the devil, and we do need to ban it,” Birkett told a panel of automotive experts at the inaugural Jaguar Land Rover Tech Fest, a three-day event in London highlighting the carmaker’s future technology. On the … [Read more...] about Land Rover responds to clean air critic that ‘diesel is the devil’
VW’s all-electric pledge: ‘We’re sending clear signals to the world’
The Volkswagen Group aims by 2030 to have electrified (EV) versions of all 300 models sold around the world, says its CEO Matthias Mueller. And by 2025, the VW brand alone is targeting 33 per cent of the planned three million sales of EVs from the wider VW Group – Audi, Porsche, Skoda, Seat, Bentley, Lamborghini. The move to more EVs has been given new impetus by the … [Read more...] about VW’s all-electric pledge: ‘We’re sending clear signals to the world’
Ultimate camper van can travel 3200km without refueling ….
More than 50 years ago, Walt Disney coined the term ‘Imagineers’ for his designers, those wizards who dreamed up weird and wonderful fantasies, the essence of Disney entertainment. One of those Imagineers was Californian Bran Ferren, in the 1980s and ‘90s the president for research and technology at Walt Disney Imagineering. Among other things, the job took him to remote … [Read more...] about Ultimate camper van can travel 3200km without refueling ….