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GM beefs up Volt safety
Monday, 26 March 2012
General Motors has announced enhancements to the vehicle structure and battery coolant system in the Chevrolet Volt that would further protect the battery from the possibility of an electrical fire...
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Volkswagen’s lucky seven
Monday, 26 March 2012
New Zealand has become the first country in the Asia Pacific region to complete the master technician programme by qualifying seven master technicians according to Volkswagen standards.
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Return of the Golden Age?
Monday, 26 March 2012
Bernard Carpinter reports on the renaissance men of NZ motorcycle racing. 
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Will tyre pumps become obsolete?
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Pumping up under-inflated vehicle tyres at a service station could become a thing of the past thanks to a new innovation under development at Goodyear. Keeping tyres properly inflated doesn’t just...
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Motorsport
Festival celebrates BMW Motorsport
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
New Zealand’s motorsport history will be celebrated at the 2012 Festival of Motor Racing at Hampton Downs on January 20-22 and 27-29. The theme of the festival in 2012 focuses heavily around BMW’s...
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News
Apprentice of the Year 2011
Wednesday, 09 November 2011
A 21-year-old Hastings automotive apprentice, Michael Paaymans, has won the 2011 MTA Apprentice of the Year Award and was advised of his win by none other than V8 Supercar driver Greg Murphy.
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Diesel Industry News
Allison supports airport operations
Wednesday, 09 November 2011
Allison Transmission recently presented its innovative transmission technologies for airport ground equipment at the InterAirport Europe Expo in Munich. Airport operators around the world have a long...
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Vehicles
Micro-hybrid is NOW
Wednesday, 09 November 2011
Although the real growth of hybrid car models around the world has been slower than expected, a most interesting development has come from Citroen – and it will be available in New Zealand almost...
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Motorsport
Bosch opens 1,000th service centre in China
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
The Dacheng service centre in Changzhou in the Jiangsu province is the 1,000th Bosch car service centre to be opened in China. The state-of-the-art centre was officially opened in a ceremony...
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Motorsport
Celebrating 100 years of success
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
When Charles Gates, Senior. bought The Colorado Tire and Leather Company in 1911, little did he know his small shop in Denver, Colorado would evolve into one of the world’s largest manufacturing...
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Vehicles, OEM
Taking a Leaf out of Nissan’s book
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Nissan’s John Seymour calls it the “Leaf smile”. It’s what you get after about 15 minutes driving the Leaf electric car. When he told me, I looked at myself in the mirror, and sure enough, I had it!
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Motorsport
Kiwi team smashes land speed record
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
The Kiwi CMR Motorsport team returned from the Bonneville Salt Flats in August with a land speed record. Well-known Auckland motorsport competitor Reg Cook built a car specifically to run at the...
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Motorsport
Bosch launches new test bench
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Launching the EPS 708 test bench in early June was a big deal for Bosch Australia as it was one of the first countries in the world to launch the EPS 708 to the diesel market. Bosch says it has been...
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Motorsport
Tyreplus arrives in New Zealand
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Tyreplus is an independent network of tyre retail stores that was established in 2002. It is currently present in Australia, China, Thailand, Russia, India, Taiwan and Mexico.
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Motorsport
Celebrating 75 years in high style
Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Caltex marks its 75th anniversary this year, and the milestone is being celebrated in style. More than 240 employees and annuitants, retailers, distributors, business and community partners gathered...
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Motorsport
Keeping it in the family
Tuesday, 09 August 2011
The team at the Christchurch-based family-owned company Autotest Servicing Ltd jokingly says that it taught MacGyver everything he knew about fixing things. The day-to-day operation is run by...
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Motorsport
Schaeffler Presents ACTIVeDRIVE
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Schaeffler recently presented its ACTIVeDRIVE concept vehicle for electric mobility to the European media. The ACTIVeDRIVE is a purely electric vehicle (BEV: battery electric vehicle) with four-wheel...
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Motorsport
Star drifters light up at CRC Speedshow
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
CRC Speedshow fans can enjoy an exciting new dimension at the upcoming 2011 event when some of New Zealand’s best drifters get behind the wheel in the live action arena. Several champions from the...
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Motorsport
F1 car to star at Speedshow
Tuesday, 07 June 2011
Two of the most famous names in motorsport will appear at this year’s CRC Speedshow in the form of a 2011 Lotus Renault Grand Prix Formula 1 race car.
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Motorsport
Bosch celebrates network success
Tuesday, 07 June 2011
More than 120 Bosch service network participants from Australia and New Zealand joined with almost 50 Bosch and network partner staff at Melbourne’s Crown Promenade Hotel from May 12 to 15 for the...
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