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May 25, 2023

First electric Five revealed

May 25, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
First electric Five revealed

Late year arrival for landmark battery-pure i5.

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May 25, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
BMW
i5, BMW New Zealand, 5-Series, electric, EV
May 24, 2023

Top Touareg coming with R sizzle

May 24, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Top Touareg coming with R sizzle

Electric-assisted performance flagship set to bring the PHEV drivetrain that never showed with the outgoing edition. 

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May 24, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
VW
Touareg, PHEV, Touareg R, VW NZ
May 24, 2023

Red storm rising

May 24, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Red storm rising

The previous generation special edition WRX was called Saigo - Japanese for ‘the last’. Now there’s another one.

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May 24, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Subaru
WRX, Subaru NZ, Saigo, AKA, Wallis Dumper
May 24, 2023

Raptor becomes a wild Texas Ranger

May 24, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Raptor becomes a wild Texas Ranger

A massive performance enhancement has been announced for the wildest version of Ford’s ute.

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May 24, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Ford
Hennessey, Raptor, Ranger, Ford NZ, CTB
May 24, 2023

LBX sneak shots arrive as Lexus parent talks EV again

May 24, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
LBX sneak shots arrive as Lexus parent talks EV again

A baby Lexus has been teased, a big one is hinted as a Prado and Toyota has announced yet another strategy to go electric - starting with another platform.

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May 24, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Lexus, Toyota
LBX, Sato, Toyota NZ, Lexus NZ, electric, hybrid
May 19, 2023

Mach-E rebate car gazumped Explorer’s chances

May 19, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Mach-E rebate car gazumped Explorer’s chances

Ford’s NZ boss favoured VW-based compact electric but the price and fit-out wasn’t right.

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May 19, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Ford
May 17, 2023

Kiwi edge with Hyundai electrics looking solid

May 17, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Kiwi edge with Hyundai electrics looking solid

The neighbour becoming more interested in battery fare isn’t expected to see NZ lose special status with Seoul.

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May 17, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Hyundai
Ioniq 6, Ioniq 7, Ioniq 5 N, Ross Wenzlick, Hyundai NZ
May 16, 2023

Battery-fed Jeeps add to NZ line-up

May 16, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Battery-fed Jeeps add to NZ line-up

Long-awaited editions of Renegade, Compass and Grand Cherokee enable lean burn, low emissions and even some pure electric running.

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May 16, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Jeep
PHEV, 4Xe, Grand Cherokee, Compass, Renegade, Ateco Group, Jeep NZ
May 15, 2023

Clean Car a necessary hit, Opel’s local boss believes

May 15, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Clean Car a necessary hit, Opel’s local boss believes

Opel will no longer achieve rebate qualification for every model it sells here, but that’s okay.

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May 15, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Opel
electric, Noah Robertson, Opel NZ, Clean Car Discount, rebate
May 15, 2023

Cash, cars to driver training programme

May 15, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Cash, cars to driver training programme

Toyota NZ is backing a national school-level driver education scheme.

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May 15, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Toyota
RYDA, road safety, Toyota NZ, Corolla Cross
May 15, 2023

Raval expected to achieve strong NZ uptake

May 15, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Raval expected to achieve strong NZ uptake

Cupra’s baby brother to the Born looks just right to Kiwi distributor

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May 15, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Cupra
Raval, James Yates, Born, Tavascan
May 15, 2023

‘Sexy’ time over for Tesla

May 15, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
‘Sexy’ time over for Tesla

Two models that kicked off Tesla’s international ambition here, blipped then all but blanked out seem to be gone for good.

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May 15, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Tesla
Model X, Model S, Model 3, Model Y
May 12, 2023

Smashing ANCAP result for EQE

May 12, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Smashing ANCAP result for EQE

Mercedes’ latest electric achieves optimal star count from region’s tester.

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May 12, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Mercedes Benz
EQE, ANCAP, Carla Hoorweg, crash test, five stars
May 11, 2023

Petrol Amarok a market test

May 11, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Petrol Amarok a market test

Aventura is taking a sporty Ford petrol powerplant – but it’s not the big one.

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May 11, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
VW
Amarok, petrol, Raptor, Ranger
May 09, 2023

MG4 also in Excite, bigger battery Essence

May 09, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
MG4 also in Excite, bigger battery Essence

MG continues to filter out additional info about its new electric.

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May 09, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
May 09, 2023

Karoq set to go electric from next year

May 09, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Karoq set to go electric from next year

Skoda has given a heads up on its next electric projects, starting with a battery-fed Karoq.

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May 09, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
May 08, 2023

Range improvement for e-2008

May 08, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Range improvement for e-2008

Peugeot’s petite electric sports utility achieves new smarts.

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May 08, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Peugeot
Peugeot, e-2008, electric
May 08, 2023

Thar reshape to avoid Jeep showdown

May 08, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Thar reshape to avoid Jeep showdown

Mahindra’s classic off-road champion will lose disruptive styling in export guise

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May 08, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Mahindra
Thar, Wrangler, Jeep, Moitra, Roxor
May 05, 2023

Clean Car a dirty taste for more than ute crowd

May 05, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Clean Car a dirty taste for more than ute crowd

The rebate eligibility club becomes more exclusive, the penalty zone more heavily populated – including with Green zone emigres holding good eco credential.

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May 05, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Clean Car
Honda ZR-V, Toyota NZ, Clean Car, e-Power, Nissan NZ, rebate, penalty
May 05, 2023

Range improvement for UX300e

May 05, 2023/ Richard Bosselman
Range improvement for UX300e

 Bigger battery for compact Lexus electric tops list of 2023 changes.

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May 05, 2023/ Richard Bosselman/
Lexus
Lexus NZ, Andrew Davis, UX300e, EV, battery
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MotoringNZ reviews new cars and keeps readers up-to-date with the latest developments on the auto industry. All the major brands are represented. The site is owned and edited by New Zealand motoring journalist Richard Bosselman.

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