$8k EV incentive inspires new vehicle distributors
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EUROPE’S biggest provider of electric cars will be asked to accelerate local market release of its mainstream models now that Government has delivered a tasty incentive.
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NX first Lexus with PHEV
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It’s the new Lexus NX. Only hybrids, plug-in and ‘self charging’, are coming to this market at year-end.
Read More2030 deadline for electrics proposed
/A group representing local EV owners echoes call from new international organisation.
Read MoreNew ‘Cruiser taking Gazoo off-road
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The new generation Toyota Land Cruiser will have the option of a model with a more sporting flavour.
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TNZ seeks measured pace to electric rush
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A zero emissions driving future shouldn’t just mean an assault with battery-pure product, the new passenger vehicle market leader says.
Read MoreStatus quo for Stellantis brands
/Stellantis announces no change for import arrangements for its vehicles here.
Read MoreMore than 5600 vehicles bought every week
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On average more than 800 new and used imported vehicles are being registered every day as Kiwis continue their Covid-inflamed vehicle buying spree.
Read MoreMirai to hit NZ roads
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METROPOLITAN Auckland will before the end of this year become a regular beat for Toyota’s hydrogen car, the Mirai.
Read MoreHybrid Highlander hits pure petrol for six
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BACK tracking on an initial boldness – to retire the traditional V6 from the new Highlander and lay all bets on a hybrid drivetrain – appears to have become an unnecessary safeguard, going by how consumer preference is trending.
Read MoreNZ-bound BMW electrics detailed
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M POWER will come to a BMW electric car here from early next year, the brand has arrived.
Read MoreSneak look at new Sportage
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COUNTDOWN to the full unveiling of the next-generation Kia Sportage has reached the obligatory ‘sneak peek’ phase, with the brand today releasing three images that give just a hint of what we’re in for.
Read MoreAriya being off Aus play list a sad song for NZ?
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MIGHT admission from Nissan in Australia that it’s not set to take the brand’s next generation electric car due to the lack of incentives be bad news for Kiwis awaiting that vehicle?
In relating to our neighbour’s national media at the weekend that Australia is "missing out" on newer, cheaper electric vehicles, Nissan offered as a specific example the new Ariya crossover – and it’s bad news.
Read MoreNew MU-X uncovered
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THE old is running out here, the new is about to run in ‘there’ – that’s the status of the one version of the D-Max that Mazda cannot take advantage of.
Read MoreBorn in 2021, arriving in 2023
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Cupra’s snazzy electric performance hatch is on the same slow boat as all other MEB platform cars.
Read MoreAnd the nominees are ….
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Talk is that Government might be considering accelerating electric vehicle ownership by directly involving in their sale, potentially in partnership with a Chinese brand. Three names are being bandied around – here’s what each is about.
Read MoreRadical EV push talk alarms industry
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THOUGHT Government might be considering accelerating electric vehicle ownership by directly involving in their sale, potentially in partnership with a budget brand, has triggered alarm within the new vehicle industry.
Read MorePlug-in Eclipse Cross kicks in with discount
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EXPECTED volume for the plug-in hybrid version of the Eclipse Cross might at least equal counts being achieved by a well-received big brother whose petrol-electric drivetrain it adopts.
That view is expressed by Mitsubishi Motors New Zealand’s head of marketing, Reece Congdon, who anticipates seeing the new 2.4-litre version of the brand’s compact crossover to achieve up to 50 sales a month.
Read MoreNo Thar trouble for Mahindra here
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DOMESTIC demand for a Mahindra four-wheel-drive in the spotlight in Australia for looking too much like a famous Jeep is such it cannot be delivered to New Zealand regardless of whether introduction triggered a fight.
Read More470kW Cayenne en route
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WITH exception of the 911, it seems every car Porsche produces is set to wean off hydrocarbons and embrace electrification.
At same token, it seems the largest in the family isn’t set to go quietly.
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