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Road Report
MG4 Xpower review - Hot and Heavy Hatch
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
A lot of the hype amongst motoring journalists around the fastest, most powerful variant of the MG4 EV – the stupidly-fast AWD Xpower – was based on the idea that it is a hot hatch.
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Road Report
Kia’s Golly! The green giant
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Introducing the largest electric passenger vehicle in the New Zealand market. This is the Kia EV9, a full-size seven-seater and arguably the most advanced Kia ever.
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News
EROAD’s southern success with Fleet Day
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
It may have been in a new place, but EROAD’s first South Island Fleet Day event saw plenty of familiar faces from the north.
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EV
Six months on greener roads with OfficeMax
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
It was lengthy because the company had to undertake some significant pre-planning and prepare their drivers for the changeover from 105 petrol-powered vehicles to 95 fully electric and hybrid LEVs.
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EV
Should you electrify your fleet?
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
In this issue’s EV feature we get you plugged into the watt’s, watt of electric vehicles.
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News
UDC - Asset finance made simple-as
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
UDC is one of New Zealand’s leading asset finance companies with a specific focus on tracks and wheels.
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News
Honda Store Newmarket puts the ease into leasing
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Honda Financial Services know that everyone’s finance needs are different, that’s why their finance and lease products are designed around the customer.
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Fleet Management
Managing Fleet Operations with Orix
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
“There’s no way to avoid it – we’re operating in a rising cost environment and it’s critical that businesses use cash to their best advantage and scrutinise spend,” says Barry Nicholson, GM ORIX Ne
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News
Lease or Finance heads or tails?
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
For clarity, a fleet does not have to be 50 to 300 vehicles – in fact, those organisations with bigger fleets are largely up to speed with what they should be doing.
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News
Subaru launch new Impreza and all-new Solterra
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
For over five decades, Subaru vehicles have captivated adventurous Kiwis with their synchronous all-wheel-drive system and rugged spirit.
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News
Omoda launches new E5 from a container
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Generally, vehicle launches in NZ usually take up most of the day, however, Chinese brand Omoda were so keen for us to look at their new all-electric SUV E5 that they invited us to a quick containe
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SUV
Nissan's guilt-free luxury EV SUV
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
As the automotive landscape undergoes a massive transformation towards more sustainable and innovative solutions, the concept of executive mobility is being reinvented.
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General
Medium SUV of theYear 2023 Honda ZR-V
Thursday, 21 March 2024
Perhaps not the Honda most would expect to win an NZ Company Vehicle award considering the most recently launched SUV from the brand is the CR-V, but in the first instance, CR-V launched a little l
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General
Medium Large Business Car of the Year 2023 - Opel Astra GSe
Friday, 15 March 2024
For so many years the Medium/Large Business Car of the Year award was the plum award for NZ Company Vehicle, as Medium/Large cars were the bulwark of the fleet sector.
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Workhorse
Van of the Year 2023 Peugeot e-Partner
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Some would suggest our commercial/delivery vehicle should be a little further down ‘Electric Avenue’ by now, but there is a vehicle manufacturer which is very much in the fast lane.
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Video
Honda Store Newmarket’s award-winning 2024 Honda Hybrid range
Wednesday, 06 March 2024
We video Honda Store Newmarket’s award-winning 2024 Honda Hybrid range.
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Road Report
Tesla Model 3 AWD
Wednesday, 06 March 2024
The Tesla 3 upgrade reveal in December was underwhelming, with very subtle changes to what we knew of the Tesla 3 as it was before the unveiling.
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Road Report
BYD Seal performance AWD
Wednesday, 06 March 2024
When the media was formally introduced to the BYD Seal at the end of 2023, the company spokesperson suggested the all-electric sedan was a very good, if not brilliant car, but BYD NZ was not expect
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Fleet Management
Brilliant buying from Bushtech
Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Load tested to 2.5 tonnes! With 25 years automotive engineering experience, Bushtech builds the strongest aluminium canopies ever offered on the New Zealand market.
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News
Getting your RUCs on
Wednesday, 06 March 2024
As of April 1 (no foolin’) if you own an electric vehicle (EV) or plug-in hybrid (PHEV) which doesn’t require petrol, your vehicle will require a RUC licence and have it displayed on the windscreen
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News
National scheme to manage end of life tyres
Wednesday, 06 March 2024
There are just a few weeks left before changes in the way Aotearoa New Zealand funds the management of end-of-life tyres come into play.
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New models
Chur to Toyota's new CH-R
Thursday, 08 February 2024
Toyota New Zealand has announced pricing for the eagerly anticipated all-new Toyota C-HR, a new addition to the range of electrified passenger vehicles available in New Zealand.
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Road Report
Cupra Formentor V e-hybrid PHEV
Thursday, 08 February 2024
It sure as shooting isn’t that Cupra is not providing for a diverse range of buyers, and it certainly isn’t price, as the – awesome – full-fat Formentor crossover represents one of the best value-f
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Road Report
Suzuki S-Cross Hybrid JLX AWD
Thursday, 08 February 2024
Four paws and seven airbags ago… how to link Suzuki’s AWD hybrid with Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and why? Because Suzuki is fighting for the preservation of refined adventuring.
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Fleet Management
Lift Junkie makes 4WD utes safer
Thursday, 08 February 2024
Avoid ground obstacles, carry heavier loads, get more off-road handling control or simply improve driver sight lines: Lift Junkie offers the ultimate combination of increased suspension functionali
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Fleet Management
UDC Finance – building brighter financial futures
Wednesday, 07 February 2024
NZ Company Vehicle spoke to Morgan Strong, General Manager – Commercial, of UDC Finance about the effects the new government has had and will have, and the changes resulting from the CC
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Fleet Management
Future-proofing your fleet against the 3G sunset
Wednesday, 07 February 2024
As we enter 2024, the impending shutdown of New Zealand’s 3G networks loom closer. This inevitable change signals an opportunity to revitalise and modernise business.
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News
BYD Seal, signed and delivered
Wednesday, 07 February 2024
In December of 2023, the largest NEV (New Energy Vehicle) manufacturer in the world – BYD – launched its challenger into the four-door premium/supercar sedan (say what?) category, the Seal.
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News
Honda hybrid’s power of three
Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Honda Store Newmarket has graciously allowed NZ Company Vehicle to revisit the three hybrid Honda models introduced in 2023.
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News
Suzuki Jimny 5-door launch
Wednesday, 07 February 2024
There are only a handful of 4WDs that can genuinely lay claim to being ‘cult’ vehicles. Most of them occupy price landscapes well north of $70,000.
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