Former All Black coach John Hart's daughter Kay (above) is the new president and chief executive officer of Ford Australia and New Zealand. Hart, 40, replaces Graeme Whickman, who has resigned to become the managing director of Melbourne-based GUD Holdings, an automotive parts group with earnings in the 2017 calendar year of almost NZ$60 million. GUD Holdings is listed on … [Read more...] about Ex-All Black coach Hart’s daughter is new Ford CEO
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Hauling moonshine whiskey in a 1951 two-door Ford …
Sixty years ago, the movie Thunder Road was about a moonshiner hauling whiskey through the back woods of Kentucky and Tennessee. It starred Robert Mitchum, who carried the hooch in a souped-up 1950 two-door Ford. The story goes that the car was actually a modified 1951 Ford Deluxe. Anyway, Jay Leno remembers the movie, if not the actual car. The American TV host this week heads … [Read more...] about Hauling moonshine whiskey in a 1951 two-door Ford …
Lord, Mr Ford – one of the great songs about cars …
There’s been plenty of songs about cars, but Jerry Reed’s Lord, Mr Ford is one of the best. The story above mentions the role and the song he sung in Smokey and the Bandit. Reed also appeared in the whacky 1998 movie The Waterboy, with Adam Sandler. Reed died in 2008, aged 71. This video has him singing Lord, Mr Ford on an American TV show in the 1970s … … [Read more...] about Lord, Mr Ford – one of the great songs about cars …
Sitting alongside the driver in the new Ford GT
Ford has held the official media launch of the GT supercar at its testing ground in the US state of Utah. Only 1000 will be built, each costing around $NZ1 million. In this video, Matt Burt, editor of Britain's Autocar magazine, talks about the car's origins, from the GT 40 Kiwis Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon drove to win Le Mans in 1966, to the Ford GT of 2005. Burt takes the … [Read more...] about Sitting alongside the driver in the new Ford GT
Toyota blocks Ford plans to call Territory replacement the Edge
Ford’s replacement for the Territory SUV is almost certain to be called the Endura and not the Edge – because the name Edge is owned in this part of the world by Toyota. Indeed, Toyota NZ recently renewed its trademark with the Hilux Edge, a swept-up example of the workhorse breed. The name was last used on a Hilux in 2014. Re-registering it meant Edge couldn’t be used … [Read more...] about Toyota blocks Ford plans to call Territory replacement the Edge