Dull start to year for new car sellers
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New vehicle sales last month were still trending as they did through most of 2024. What to do?
Read MoreJAC T9 going big, treading cautiously
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An attractive sticker, a fulsome specification and a on-road substance - the latest ute from China will be noticed. But it’s not out to fight all one-tonne involvers.
Read MoreNow you see - Kia’s Tasman ute unboxed
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Double cab offers tech, intriguing options packs as well as a startling appearance. Here in second half of 2025.
Read MoreRanger rules, EVs all but absent
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New passenger vehicle uptake lifted slightly in August, but the market is still sluggish.
Read MoreNext up, the Tasman ‘see’
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Kia is about to release a video series outlining how much Aussie effort went into developing its impending utility.
Read MoreElectric Hilux coming - but is it welcome?
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Kiwi ute buying and usage habits would require change for the Revo to earn a living here.
Read MoreBig shot blast: GWM broadsides with hybrid ute
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Competitive pricing has been announced for the Cannon Alpha petrol-electric.
Read MoreDesultory April for new vehicle action
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Last month the worst this year for registrations counts.
Read MoreBig shot blast: GWM first with hybrid ute
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The Cannon Alpha petrol-electric looks to set to be well-established before equivalents off popular types arrive.
Read MoreHigh-profile industry figures departing
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Wal Dumper and Simon Rutherford have each made big imprint on local car scene.
Read MoreDire February registrations result
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Zap gone from EV market, but fossil fuel sales also desultory unless it was a ute.
Read MoreTasman ute ad hits the road
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Here’s the big-spend promo for Kia’s impending ute, kicking in a year ahead of availability to prime its Aussie audience.
Read MoreBT-50 plugging on through sales bog
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Mazda NZ assures BT-50 is staying on, but says updates meted its Isuzu twin are some months from showing behind their badge.
Read MoreDirty vehicle buying habits to return after clean year?
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The organisation speaking for new vehicle distributors says it’s hard to say if a big upsurge in battery car buying will keep on in 2024.
Read MoreCO2 culprit Ranger smoking hot in 2023
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Emissions charges haven’t kept the Ford traydeck from holding its traditional dominance.
Read MoreModel Y tips Ranger out of No.1
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Ford’s ute lost its usual market leadership last month, though it still dominated the one-tonne sector.
Read MoreMahindra’s Ranger, Hilux rival out soon
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The global reveal of one-tonne offer vital to Mahindra’s export ramp-up and NZ market aspiration is a week away, but some hints have come out of a high-up.
Read MoreElectric future enforced by Clean Car revisions
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Mild hybrids losing funding, utes set to be clobbered even harder, carbon neutral zone all but wiped.
Read MoreAmarok ahead of Ford twin on safety score
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Side impact and whiplash protection scores slightly better than Ranger’s.
Read MoreYear on from ute frenzy, Ranger still rules
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This time last year, Kiwis were hell-bent on beating Clean Car – some trends have changed, yet old habits continue.
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