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Parts
Partmaster expands
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Partmaster, the nationwide parts company that is 100 percent NZ owned and operated, has recently expanded its range of OE+ products.
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Vehicles
Driven man – the Tony Quinn story
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Motor racing has been good to Tony Quinn. So Quinn - the high profile entrepreneur and racer best known here for winning five Targa NZ events and turning Highlands Motorsport Park from dream to...
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Other
Big prizes with ZIC
Tuesday, 01 December 2015
ZIC reckons it’s the world’s strongest oil, and it’s offering big prizes to workshops which sign up for the company to visit them to show you its products, initially taking its workshop experience to...
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Parts
The ins and outs of refrigerant
Tuesday, 01 December 2015
Replacing or topping-up air conditioning systems in motor vehicles is not just a matter of hooking up the system to a bottle and away you go, says Total Air Supply’s Ces Moyes. 
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News
NZ Tool Blacks hit Brazil
Tuesday, 01 December 2015
There were more than 45 trade skills contested by 1,300 competitors from 72 countries over five days at the equivalent of the Trade Olympics for under 24-year-olds, the WorldSkills International in...
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Parts
Exedy expands in New Zealand
Tuesday, 01 December 2015
With ever-growing demand for its clutch products, Exedy NZ will be opening brand-new premises in Christchurch to improve its quality of service.
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Workshop Equipment
New diagnostics from Autel
Tuesday, 01 December 2015
The MaxiSys Elite is the newest addition to the MaxiSys line of highly advanced diagnostic tools, based on the fast and intuitive Android operating system. It is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 4, the...
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Parts
HCB announces Varta for NZ
Tuesday, 01 December 2015
HCB Technologies has introduced the Varta battery brand into New Zealand.
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Ed Speak
VW’s sea of scandals
Sunday, 08 November 2015
John Oxley looks into the scandals that have forged Volkswagen’s history. The latest is not the first by any means – will it be the last?
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Parts
Big raps for Big Red
Sunday, 08 November 2015
A new compact model has joined the distinctive Big Red range of LED driving lights and light bars in New Zealand.
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Vehicles, OEM
Volvo Cars unveils new strategies
Sunday, 08 November 2015
Volvo Cars has announced one of the automotive industry’s most comprehensive electrification strategies in which plug-in hybrids will be introduced across its entire range.
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Parts
Ranch RS5000X 4WD shocks from Tenneco
Sunday, 08 November 2015
The parent company of global market leading Monroe brand of automotive shock absorbers and ride performance products has introduced an exciting new range of four wheel drive replacement shock...
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Other
Upselling can boost profits
Sunday, 08 November 2015
How effective are your service advisors when it comes to upselling? And we’re not talking about frivolous stuff here; far too often a customer will already...
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Workshop Equipment
BM trouble you
Sunday, 08 November 2015
This article is a true description of an AECS technical help desk problem, and how it was solved. By H.P. Leijen (trainer/research) 
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Diesel Industry News
Over-the-air for International
Sunday, 08 November 2015
International Truck has announced it plans to offer over-the-air (OTA) reprogramming of engine control modules (ECM) for International trucks powered by its N9, N10 and N13 proprietary engines.
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Diesel Industry News
ISOBUS for Case
Sunday, 08 November 2015
Case IH has reached a new level in optimising the large square balers to peak capacity.
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Diesel Industry News
Efficiency run proves economy
Sunday, 08 November 2015
Using technologies available on the market, the fuel consumption, and therefore the CO2 emissions, of modern truck combinations can be reduced by a double-digit percentage.
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Diesel Industry News
Goodyear cuts costs
Sunday, 08 November 2015
Reducing cost per km is a key goal of transport operators, and Goodyear’s new Cargo Marathon 2 light commercial tyre is designed to help achieve that outcome.
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Diesel Industry News
Freightliner Racing took the kitchen sink …
Sunday, 08 November 2015
The days of driving to Bathurst in race cars are long gone.
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Diesel Industry News
Automated Freightliner praised
Sunday, 11 October 2015
The world’s first autonomous truck approved for use on public roads has been given the thumbs-up by North American commercial vehicle journalists after a series of test drives in Nevada.
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