• New rules for car air con and the environment
    In December 2024, Minister for the Environment, Hon. Penny Simmonds, announced that new regulations are being worked  on to help reduce the environmental impact of refrigerants and other synthetic...
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  • Top Drive a ‘Surreal” reward for Lawson
    The 2025 Formula 1 season starts on 14 March in Melbourne, with a Kiwi driver in one of the hottest seats in the series. Liam Lawson says lining up in the second Red Bull car alongside Max Verstappen...
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  • ZF brake-by-wire technology growing
    ZF has reached an agreement with a Global vehicle Manufacturer that includes planned volume production of brake-by-wire technology along with cutting-edge steering in a single class of vehicle.
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  • Changing vehicle service patterns
    Nationwide research commissioned by Bendix in April and November 2024, has revealed changes in customer attitudes towards vehicle servicing, largely driven by increasing cost of living pressures.
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  • F80: Ferrari’s new supercar
    Ferrari has unveiled the F80 and wrote a new chapter in the history of legendary supercars bearing the Prancing Horse badge. The F80 will be produced in a limited run of just 799 examples and joins...
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Other
LVVTA celebrates 2000,000th LVV certification
Friday, 31 January 2025

On June 27th 2024 LVVTA celebrated a significant milestone – the 200,000th LVV certification issued.

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Workshop Equipment
New to range LED highbay lights from OEX
Friday, 31 January 2025

Using LED lighting can be cost-effective and power-efficient solution that will help with rising costs and OEX have now added  two extra options to their Highbay LED range, these are the OEX LLX411

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Parts
AS-PL: Excellence in automotive parts and electrical components
Thursday, 30 January 2025

AS-PL is a European company specialising in the supply of vehicle parts and electrical components, operating since 1992.

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OEM
Toot Toot Big Red Ute
Friday, 31 January 2025

Toyota Australia has announced a new partnership with multi award-winning children’s music group The Wiggles and have  unveiled the Big Red Ute stage car.

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Other
Government leads the way on e-invoicing
Friday, 31 January 2025

E-invoicing is giving a major boost to New Zealand’s digital transformation journey, with significant steps towards  standardisation and adoption that promise to revolutionise business and governme

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Parts
Bremtec brakes: For maximum braking performance
Friday, 31 January 2025

Bremtec Brakes, a prominent brand in CoolDrive Auto Parts’ braking range, continues to epitomise excellence in the braking industry, catering to drivers, technicians, and distributors with a steadf

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Diesel Industry News
Euro NCAP launches brand new TRUCK SAFE assessment programme
Friday, 31 January 2025

The safety of the trucks on European roads is in the spotlight after Euro NCAP today revealed the first set of results for its  brandnew TRUCK SAFE assessment programme.

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Parts
Bendix diagnoses common braking issues
Friday, 31 January 2025

Braking systems are complex and feature many moving parts; they also operate under demanding conditions such as  extreme heat and cold.

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OEM
New Kia parts and distribution warehouse
Friday, 31 January 2025

To help better serve the growing number of Kia drivers in New Zealand, Kia has made the big decision to transition their Parts and Distribution Warehouse into a new facility.

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Parts
Integrating the active belt
Wednesday, 27 November 2024
As with the current, fourth generation of the ACR8 active belt tensioner, ZF Lifetec is also supporting the trend towards connected and automated driving with the new ACR8.S seat-integrated version.
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Parts
Latest spec Gulf Western transmission fluid now in bulk sizes from NAPA
Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Gulf Western SYN-TS ULV is an ultra-low viscosity, ultra-high performance, full synthetic automatic transmission fluid formulated to meet the requirements of the latest high step change number...
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Parts
Jayair J Series: Leading the way in compressors
Wednesday, 27 November 2024
CoolDrive Auto Parts is renowned in the automotive aftermarket industry for its comprehensive air conditioning product range, offering both OEM and aftermarket components for both passenger and heavy...
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Workshop Equipment
Automechanika Frankfurt 2024
Monday, 30 September 2024
Automechanika is the largest automotive technology show in the world, it is held bi-annually in Frankfurt. This year there were over 4,200 exhibitors from 170 countries at the five-day expo.
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Workshop Equipment
The evolution of touch screens at Renault
Monday, 02 September 2024
Since the launch of Clio IV and ZOE in 2012, the centre of the dashboard of Renault vehicles has featured a multimedia touch screen. Initially small, this screen offered basic functions such as...
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Workshop Equipment
ADAS Calibrations
Monday, 05 August 2024
Is anyone reading this article guilty of driving home from work not completely focused on the one critical task at hand: driving safely and minimising the risk of accident, injury, or death?
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