RM Auctions expects its sale this August of some of the world’s most collectable cars will top last year’s record return of $US86 millon worth of prestige models. The auction house has just announced the lots for the Monterey sale in Monterey, California, on August 15-16. It coincides with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and Monterey car week. Headline cars this year … [Read more...] about Up for sale: some of the most collectable cars ever
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First pictures – soft-top Alfa Romeo 4C hits the road
Demand in Europe for the Alfa Romeo 4C coupe has pushed back its arrival date in New Zealand from a planned launch in July to perhaps December – and the same delay can be expected when the soft-top spider goes into production early next year. “It’s (coupe) going to be later in the year now, the fourth quarter,” said FiatChrysler NZ product planning manager Lance Bennett. “We … [Read more...] about First pictures – soft-top Alfa Romeo 4C hits the road
The ballad of Hilux and Ranger: the emperor gets new clothes
It’s become the talking point of the commercial sales race and has forced market heavyweight Toyota to do something it has never done before … give the emperor new clothes. The emperor in question is the Hilux, New Zealand’s workhorse of choice for 30-odd years. It’s been given a new set of duds because it’s been replaced by the Ford Ranger (above) as the top-selling … [Read more...] about The ballad of Hilux and Ranger: the emperor gets new clothes
Mini Cooper S ute headed for the concept scrapheap
A one-off all-wheel-drive ute based on the Mini Cooper S is just that – the carmaker says it has no plans to put it into production. The fun study will instead end up in the scrapheap reserved for other concepts like the Mini Rocketman from 2011. A team of Mini apprentices and their instructors in Germany cut and tucked the ALL4 version of the Paceman to produce what they … [Read more...] about Mini Cooper S ute headed for the concept scrapheap
Wagons roll … but Mercedes-Benz boss has problem to ponder
Mercedes-Benz NZ general manager Ben Giffin is facing an embarrassment of riches: the new C-Class sedan and station wagon range is available with all-wheel-drive for the first time in this country … but he’s not sure he wants the four-paw models. Why? Because the strong SUV market is pretty much where the all-wheel-drive action is at and Giffin has just landed the GLA and will … [Read more...] about Wagons roll … but Mercedes-Benz boss has problem to ponder