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// Tesla’s fully autonomous Cybercab is coming to New Zealand next year
Tesla is bringing its autonomous Cybercab to New Zealand and Australia for a public tour. It’ll be familiar territory for the self-driving 2-door: it’s been spotted numerous times testing in Central Otago over winter, near the Southern Hemisphere Proving Ground.
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// New Mazda MX-5 Roadster SP lowers entry price to $51,990
Mazda is making the MX-5 more accessible in New Zealand with a new entry-level Roadster SP, priced from $51,990 plus on-road costs.
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// Kia reveals PV7 electric van with 800-volt charging, 8.0 cubic metres and nine seats
Kia has revealed the PV7, the larger second model in its electric Platform Beyond Vehicle range, at IAA Transportation in Hannover, stepping the line-up above the PV5 into the full light commercial segment with Cargo and Passenger versions.
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// Enterprise Motor Group backs golf as used car group takes NZPGA vehicle deal
Enterprise Motor Group has been named official vehicle partner of PGA New Zealand, putting a used vehicle group into a sponsorship category usually occupied by the European premium brands.
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// ‘You can’t save your way to success’: Timperley tells dealers productivity is the only lever left
Dealers cannot cut their way out of a thin market, and every answer that matters sits with their people rather than their overheads. That was Stephen Timperley’s message to AutoTalk Live! Christchurch, delivering Deloitte’s Motor Industry Benchmarks to a room of dealer principals.
// Six-year-old RAV4 or a new MG for the same money: MTA puts the shift to dealers
Twenty-five thousand dollars buys a six-year-old RAV4 with 100,000km on it, or a brand new MG with a 10-year warranty. MTA head of advocacy James McDowall put that comparison to dealers at AutoTalk Live! Christchurch as the clearest single picture of what is happening to the market.
// Former New Lynn car dealer admits US meth charges, faces return to NZ prosecutions
A former West Auckland used car dealer has pleaded guilty in the United States to drug charges carrying a maximum of life imprisonment, and is expected to be deported to New Zealand to face two separate police prosecutions once he has served his sentence.
// Cockram Motor Group takes on Crusader Caravans for the South Island
Christchurch’s Cockram Motor Group has picked up the South Island franchise for Australian caravan manufacturer Crusader Caravans, taking the brand into a second New Zealand dealership through its CMG Campers arm.
// FleetPartners takeover battle intensifies
ASX-listed FleetPartners Group has received three revised takeover proposals valuing the Australian fleet management and leasing company at up to A$993.4 million (NZ$1.23b), while Canadian bidder Element Fleet Management has withdrawn from the process.
// New Zealand’s EV market is entering its ‘mass adoption’ phase
A new wave of Kiwis is getting behind the wheel of electric vehicles (EVs) as understanding about the ease of ownership grows.
// Christchurch-based Evnex has just passed 20,000 EV home charging stations
Christchurch-based smart EV home-charging station manufactuer Evnex has just passed the 20,000 sales mark.
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// Volkswagen Just Unveiled The Most Efficient EV Ever Tested
The “near-production” Mission Efficiency EV has the same underpinnings as the ID. Polo, but turns the efficiency dial to 11.
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- Nissan Frontier Pro PHEV spotted testing in Sydney
- Chery’s design boss makes the case for cars that look familiar
- Porsche marks 50 years in New Zealand with free Auckland event this weekend
- Ferrari 296 GT Modificata brings 537kW to track days
- Volkswagen Mission Efficiency sets new EV consumption records
- Omoda E5 gains bigger screen and massaging seats
- Ferrari turns supercar body panels into design art
- Aston Martin AMB 002 revealed as road-legal motorcycle
- Mercedes-AMG CLE 646 is a 475kW rear-drive track special
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