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How Subaru’s AWD system saved woman from ruthless thugs

March 29, 2021 by Alastair Sloane

It’s not something that will get people butting heads, but there is a difference between grip and traction. A friend who was ambushed by thugs will tell you so. So will those who study the physics of grip/traction. I mention this only because Subaru has an advertisement on an Auckland dealer’s wall saying its all-wheel-drive (AWD) system provides ‘more grip’. Grip is all … [Read more...] about How Subaru’s AWD system saved woman from ruthless thugs

Subaru: no measuring stick for combining petrol-electric power

May 29, 2020 by Alastair Sloane

Pretty much every maker of fuel-saving hybrid vehicles combines, on paper at least, the power and torque of both the petrol engine and electric motor for overall output. Even Ferrari does. Its hybrid hypercar LaFerrari, it says, generates 708kW – 588kW from its V12 petrol engine and 120kW from an electric motor. Toyota does too. Its premium hybrid Prius delivers 90kW – … [Read more...] about Subaru: no measuring stick for combining petrol-electric power

New-look Outback, Legacy to benefit from Subaru’s 91% sales hike

February 21, 2018 by Alastair Sloane

Subaru NZ’s sales success in the past five years puts it among the top five nameplates in terms of passenger car growth, behind leader Kia and ahead of Mitsubishi, Mazda, and Honda. In 2013, Subaru registered 1748 new vehicles, according to Motor Industry Association (MIA) figures. Last year it registered 3340 – that’s growth in the years 2013-2017 of 91 per cent. Only … [Read more...] about New-look Outback, Legacy to benefit from Subaru’s 91% sales hike

Subaru updates its four-paw fast cars in year of record sales

September 20, 2017 by Alastair Sloane

Subaru NZ expects to sell between 1000 and 1100 cars in the last four months of 2017, a number that would bring the year to a close at around 3300 registrations. Doing so would mean growth of 24 per cent on last year’s 2663 sales. It would also mean growth over the past five years (2013-17) of almost 89 per cent. The annual sales numbers tell the story: 2013 ……………….. … [Read more...] about Subaru updates its four-paw fast cars in year of record sales

New Subaru XV about to raid the sub-$40k SUV segment

June 30, 2017 by Alastair Sloane

Subaru reckons it will top 3200 sales in New Zealand in 2017, up from 2660 last year. That’s a 20 per cent hike, six percentage points better than the overall market is doing. “We’d be silly not to predict more sales this year, because the market is growing,” said managing director Wallis Dumper. The Motor Industry Association (MIA) numbers tell the story: 63,244 new … [Read more...] about New Subaru XV about to raid the sub-$40k SUV segment

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If you are in a position to shell out upwards of NZ$600,000 for the 60thanniversary Porsche 911 S/T or optional Porsche 911 S/T Heritage,  you’ll no doubt want the signature titanium watch that goes with it. That’s how Porsche figures it anyway. Or, if you want the watch you’ll need to get the car. Both the car and the watch are limited to 1963 units, the year the original 911 model broke cover. The watch – Chronograph 1 911 S/T and Chronograph 1 911 S/T Heritage – and the car carry matching edition numbers.  The watch is priced at $US13,500, or around $NZ22,200. The car, says Porsche NZ, starts at $NZ608,000. A “strictly limited number” will go into production for NZ early next year.

Eight is enough to block Euro 7 aims

Eight European Union countries are pushing to weaken new EU emissions limits for cars, saying they are overly ambitious and unrealistic for carmakers to hit. The eight countries – France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – said in a joint paper that parts of the proposed Euro 7 regulation, including curbs on exhaust pipe emissions, should be scrapped entirely. They said the limits would force carmakers to invest in improving exhaust emissions performance, money which would be better spent on developing zero-emission vehicles. Taken together, the countries would have enough votes to block the proposal.

Diesel fuels EV concept for US military

A  go-anywhere EV concept for the US military uses an onboard 12kW diesel generator to top up the batteries on the move.  The all-wheel-drive has 800-volt technology and a 200kWh battery pack to power three electric motors, two in the rear and one up front. Claimed output is 745kW/15,590Nm, or 1000hp and 11,500 ft-lb of torque.  The four-seater was developed by the defence division of General Motors and is based on the platform of the Hummer SUV. It rides on Fox performance shock absorbers and 37-inch tyres and comes with “exceptional” approach and departure angles for off-road mobility. Maximum range using the generator to keep things ticking over is said to be around 500km.

We are the World

The outside temperature in Midland, Texas, was 40.5C when staff at the local office of the US National Weather Service set out to show the cabin of a closed car can literally get baking hot in summer. They mixed up a batch of chocolate chip cookies and laid them on the car’s dashboard – the surface of which showed a temperature of 87.7C. A little over four hours later the cookies were ready to eat. “Even though ours weren’t golden brown, we can confirm that they are done and delicious,” the staff wrote on Facebook.

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