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// Skoda extends New Zealand Police fleet partnership
Skoda New Zealand has renewed its fleet supply arrangement with New Zealand Police, extending a relationship that has run for four years.
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Mercedes-AMG has brought the GLC 53 to New Zealand, switching back to a six-cylinder engine producing 330kW and 600Nm after the previous 4-cylinder generation.
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Zeekr will run its first electric ice-driving event in New Zealand next month, with the experience set to take place at Queenstown’s Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds.
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