Record January registrations in New Zealand point to the usual end-of-year sleight of hand, where many vehicles sold in the last month of the year aren’t registered until the first month of the next year. That way an unregistered 2016-year vehicle bought in December, for example, appears on the NZ Transport Agency books as first registered in January 2017. It therefore … [Read more...] about Kia, Suzuki big improvers in January sales sleight-of-hand
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Volvo has top three safest cars in world – crash-test result
Volvo can rightfully claim that it makes the three safest cars on the planet, judging by crash test results from the European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP). The Volvo S90 sedan and V90 station wagon have returned the highest crash safety scores ever recorded by the test body. In doing so they shaded the previous best, the Volvo XC90 SUV. Therefore the three top … [Read more...] about Volvo has top three safest cars in world – crash-test result
New Subaru Impreza hits NZ market at the old price
Subaru NZ has gone straight to the heart of the competitive small-medium hatchback market by pricing the new-generation Impreza 2.0 Sport at a hugely attractive $29,990, the same price as the old car. Managing director Wallis Dumper said “robust discussion” with head office in Japan enabled him to nail down a price he described as “astonishing value” for the 2016 Japan Car … [Read more...] about New Subaru Impreza hits NZ market at the old price
Ford left safety gear out of non-US Mustangs: crash test chief
The shock two-star crash test result for the 2015 Ford Mustang is the same score as China’s first-generation Great Wall ute was given early in 2010. Four years later the updated version of the same ute scored three stars. The flop finding means the Mustang is the first car since 2015 to score so low on the European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP). The Lancia Ypsilon … [Read more...] about Ford left safety gear out of non-US Mustangs: crash test chief
EV charge time down to 5min, says battery start-up
Israeli start-up company StoreDot has shown its fast-charging battery technology can fully charge smartphones in 30 seconds – and now it is working on a battery for electric vehicles (EVs) that can be charged in under five minutes. It could be available by 2020 and thus speed up the adoption of EVs. “The reason that adoption is slow is because charging is slow,” StoreDot CEO … [Read more...] about EV charge time down to 5min, says battery start-up