Toyota has held on to its position as the most valuable car brand in the world, finishing ahead of BMW and Mercedes-Benz in the annual BrandZ Top 100 study by British research group Millward Brown. The top five most valuable global brands were Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook. Google was valued at US$245.5 billion, Apple at US$234.6b, Microsoft at US$143.2b, Amazon … [Read more...] about Toyota still the most valuable brand in the automotive world
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Ute promotion pushes Mitsubishi sales to 27-year record
A nationwide promotion for a four-wheel-drive Triton ute (above) helped Mitsubishi NZ record 1029 registrations last month, its best May result in 27 years and a 43 per cent jump on the same month last year. The last time Mitsubishi broke through 1000 registrations in May was in 1990. Back then, overall new vehicle sales for the year topped out at 93,387. This year, … [Read more...] about Ute promotion pushes Mitsubishi sales to 27-year record
Actor Newman’s original Rolex Daytona could fetch US$1m
The Rolex Daytona watch that actor and race driver Paul Newman wore pretty much every day for many years is going up for auction in New York in October. The “Paul Newman” Daytona — reference 6239, a rare watch initially rejected by consumers because of its unusual dial – is expected to fetch upwards of US$1 million. The watch was always believed to have been part of … [Read more...] about Actor Newman’s original Rolex Daytona could fetch US$1m
Muscle-bound Jeep Trackhawk on sale in NZ before Christmas
The Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk SUV will be among the most powerful production cars in New Zealand when it lands here just before Christmas. The supercharged 6.2-litre V8 under the bonnet of the Trackhawk delivers 527kW, a little less power than the 6.3-litre V12 Ferrari F12 (544kW) and a little more than the 6.5-litre V12 Lamborghini Aventador coupe … [Read more...] about Muscle-bound Jeep Trackhawk on sale in NZ before Christmas
At the wheel: an open and shut case in top-down Merc
Hard-charging Kiwi motorcycle great Graeme Crosby tells the story of racing in the Isle of Man TT for the first time in 1979. He sort of ‘smelled’ his way round the 48km circuit. “It’s such a long way that it’s hard sometimes to remember exactly where your are,” he once told me. “There is one part of it where they grow garlic, and you can smell it. “So as soon as I got a … [Read more...] about At the wheel: an open and shut case in top-down Merc