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// Winger Auckland Expands Brands
Winger Motors Limited has added Hyundai, Isuzu, Renault, KGM and LDV to its Auckland dealerships.
- AutoFile says Winger takes on extra marques
- AutoTalk says Winger Auckland takes on four major brands
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// Dealer group expands
Armstrong’s has opened a new Nissan dealership in central Wellington, which offers new and used vehicles alongside servicing and parts.
IN OTHER NEWS
// Top Defender Debuts at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Land Rover has released its most cable Defender yet, the Octa, which is set to launch at the Goodwood Festival of Speed next week.
// NZ’s best-priced EV? Kia announces EV5 pricing
The latest rival for the popular Tesla Model Y has landed in New Zealand, in the form of Kia’s all-new EV5.
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// Fair to say these weren’t the expected results.
A few of us in the NZCD Facebook group decided to collate our TradeMe advert results and make a big anonymous report telling us the most cost effective exposure level.
To be honest we were quietly hoping it would back up cutting spend. Not quite what the data is showing unfortunately.
But. Data scientists say 10% is the minimum sample size for a statistically viable results.
We only had 2.2%. So there’s hope!
Bottom line, we need about 100 dealers to take part.
INTERNATIONAL EV NEWS
// Fisker trying to sell Ocean EVs for $14,000
In bankruptcy court, Fisker hopes to offload 3,321 Oceans to American Lease for $14,000 each.
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- Auto Express chooses small EV for CoTY 2024
- KIA EV9 wins WWCOTY 2024 Supreme Award
- Trying to crash and failing at Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive Insight
- McLaren celebrates Senna at 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed
- Aston Martin unveils exquisite F1-inspired DBX707 AMR24 Edition
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