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 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 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 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 MoreOpel first to start incentive strategy as market dries?
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Industry concern is that distributors will find it harder now after a huge mid-year count.
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 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.
Read MoreVehicle sales slide in January
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Utes still the top choice, BYD topped fully electric sector, but business sector is battening down.
Read MoreModel Y wins popularity in September
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Electric car interest strong but overall new car and light commercial count 10 percent down on last September.
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Ranger, Hilux outsell cars in August registrations
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Electric passenger models also did well last month, but ute tax hasn’t curtailed Kiwi taste for old favourite one-tonners.
Read MoreUte boom goes bust, but perhaps not for long
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Clean Car has altered buying trends, yet old habits might resurrect, industry body suggests.
Read MoreTriton tops ute-buying stampede
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Fans of one-tonne diesel utes who felt targeted by Government’s emissions standard that hit on April 1 led a new vehicle buying frenzy in March.
Read MoreMazda Demio still most stolen
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Insurer’s information also suggests thieves mainly prefer ex-Japan imports over NZ-new – with one exception.
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