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// New face for finance firm
Shane Millar brings decades of experience across automotive and financial services to MTF. MTF has announced the appointment of Shane Millar as its new manager of national sales operations.
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// Chinese ute brand Jac: extra NZ dealers, supplying major Fieldays prize
Chinese commercial-vehicle brand Jac, which entered the New Zealand one-tonne ute market this year with the $49,990 T9, is expanding its local dealerships.
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// Nine Toyota, Lexus models recalled over fuel pump issue
Toyota has issued a pair of New Zealand recall notices for seven different Toyota models and two different Lexus models over a shared fuel pump issue. The recall spans a broad line-up of cars, ranging from sports cars to vans.
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// Young talent shines at 2025 Collision Repair Apprentice Awards
Lachlan Chatfield, of Harrow Motor Body Works in Dunedin, took home the Golden Hammer Award, while Auckland’s Emma Simpson, of Auckland Panel and Paint Group Limited, was named winner of the Golden Gun Award — marking the second consecutive year a woman has claimed one of the industry’s top apprentice honours.
// BYD new electric city car spotted
A new small hatchback right-hand drive has been seen in camouflage while parked at a testing facility, shared on X by Thinkercar.
// Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles begins T6.1 runout campaign
Volkswagen New Zealand has begun the run-out phase of the Transporter T6.1 as it prepares for the arrival of the new T7 model line-up later this year.
// Four stars for Tavascan
Down-under model lacks some systems that come standard in European models, says ANCAP. The Cupra Tavascan, an electric SUV, has received a four-star ANCAP safety rating.
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INTERNATIONAL EV NEWS
// Tesla Cybertruck Trade-Ins Are Here. The Depreciation Is Brutal
The Tesla Cybertruck is turning into the ultimate depreciation machine. One member of the Cybertruck Owners Club forum got a trade-in estimate from Tesla of $65,400 for his 2024 Cybertruck All-Wheel Drive Foundation Series with just 6,211 miles on the odometer.
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- Toyota bZ4X Touring takes aim at Subaru Outback
- XPeng P7 is a Tesla Model 3 rival
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- New Renault 4 fronts with twin-motor AWD concept
- Stunning $700k Lamborghini Diablo surfaces in Christchurch
- President and CEO of Kia appears in New Zealand
- All-new Toyota RAV4: best look yet at new SUV ahead of tomorrow’s big reveal
- One-off Porsche 910 prototype hits auction with $2.5m buzz
- Tom Cruise drives a Jeep Wrangler hybrid (briefly) and smashes it to bits in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
- Subaru BRZ Tsubasa: name change for limited-run Kiwi coupe
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