New vehicle registrations in New Zealand to the end of November averaged a record 11,256 units a month – up 551 on the average 10,705 each month for the same period last year. Sales this year to last month were at 123,816 – up 5.1 per cent, or 6058 units, on the 117,758 for the same period last year and only 3363 behind the 127,179 units registered in all of 2014, says … [Read more...] about Ford Ranger rides high as new vehicles sell at a record 11,256 a month
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Ford Mustang – what happened to the first ‘unofficial’ and ‘official’ cars
The first shipment of right-hand-drive Ford Mustangs has landed in New Zealand and will soon be in their rightful owners’ hands – unlike the first Mustang, a Wimbledon white convertible (above) with the serial number 5F08F100001. It was a pre-production model shipped early in 1964 from the Ford factory in Detroit to a dealer in Newfoundland, Canada, one of 180 such cars … [Read more...] about Ford Mustang – what happened to the first ‘unofficial’ and ‘official’ cars
Ford only major NZ carmaker whose light trucks and vans outsell its passenger cars
Ford is the only mainstream carmaker in New Zealand selling more commercial light trucks and vans than passenger cars, a statistic that varies between Motor Industry Association (MIA) registration figures and Ford’s own. The MIA had Ford selling 11,366 new vehicles at the end of last month, split 5036 cars and 6330 commercial trucks and vans. That works out at 55.6 per cent … [Read more...] about Ford only major NZ carmaker whose light trucks and vans outsell its passenger cars
Ford NZ’s Holter moves back to US and a new role
Ford NZ managing director Corey Holter is heading back to the United States and a new role as a marketing manager for Ford North America. Taking his place at the helm in NZ is Simon Rutherford, an Englishman who is married to a NZ woman whose parents live in Whangarei. Ford Australia and NZ president and CEO Graeme Whickman said Holter had been a terrific leader for Ford … [Read more...] about Ford NZ’s Holter moves back to US and a new role
High praise from ‘The Stig’ – new Ford Mustang is the ‘ultimate stunt car’
The new Ford Mustang is about to land in New Zealand and already it’s being called the ‘ultimate stunt car’ – by none other than Ben Collins, for many years ‘The Stig’ on BBC television show Top Gear. Collins, 40, whose movie stunt-driving credits include doubling for Daniel Craig in the James Bond films Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and the latest Spectre, as well as The Dark … [Read more...] about High praise from ‘The Stig’ – new Ford Mustang is the ‘ultimate stunt car’