All Articles

Diesel Industry News
Self-driving trucks the future
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has presented a technological breakthrough in road transportation on a section of the A14 autobahn near Magdeburg in Germany: the “Future Truck 2025” – the world’s first auto
read»
Diesel Industry News
Cat trucks lease plan
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Navistar Auspac has announced it will provide Navistar truck leasing packages to the Australian and New Zealand markets for the full range of Cat on-highway trucks.   
read»
Diesel Industry News
Changes at Isuzu NZ
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Isuzu Trucks New Zealand has announced the appointment of Colin Muir as general manager.   
read»
Diesel Industry News
Bosch starter replacement series
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
In late 2013, Bosch released its long-haul 12-24V starter motor series which contains all the features necessary to fit a wide range of large displacement commercial diesel engine applications. <
read»
Parts
Turning night into day
Thursday, 07 August 2014
This month we feature lighting , and look at what’s hot, and what’s coming up, including the increasing use of LEDs in both vehicle lighting and in the workshop.
read»
New for Hondas
Thursday, 07 August 2014
Mount Shop has been busy adding new products to its stock range and has just landed more than 60 new parts for Honda. 
read»
Parts
New Penrite oils
Thursday, 07 August 2014
Modern cars demand extra performance and longer working life from their lubricating oils, while competition motors push them to the limits.
read»
More Xtreme kits
Thursday, 07 August 2014
The increasingly popular Aussie clutch Xtreme 230mm kit now available to suit the Nissan Skyline range from R31, R32, R33, R34, including GTR models.
read»
Vehicles
What makes an M car?
Thursday, 07 August 2014
It was on a road trip from BMW HQ in Munich, Germany, across to the French Camargue, via Italy, that I drove one of the very first M3 sedans, the E30, writes John Oxley. Flash forward nearly 30 years...
read»
Parts
Bendix for Europeans
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
Brake specialist Bendix has released complete Euro+ brake pad kits specially designed for all leading European vehicles.
read»
Other
New Kelpro oil seal catalogue
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
Edition 5 of the Kelpro Oil Seal catalogue has just been released.
read»
Parts
Suspension arms for Audi
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
Mount Shop’s latest product line of suspension arms has been growing in the past few months. The range for Audi vehicles now sits at 30 part numbers covering models from 1994 to current. 
read»
Vehicles
Penrite Honda MX on the podium
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
The Penrite Honda Racing Team will compete in the Monster MX National and the Australian Supercross Championship. The team this year includes two well-known Kiwis, Cody Cooper and Ben Townley, and...
read»
Vehicles
Young Kiwi designs and builds rally rocket
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
Alex Kelsey, a modest 21-year-old from Coromandel, has designed and built his own rally supercar, yet he has never had any formal training, and quit school early.
read»
Other
Ed Speak
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
Greg Murphy might be a great motor racing legend, and also a road safety advocate, but his recently reported statement that tourists should be tested before being allowed to drive here doesn’t make a...
read»
Diesel Industry News
TIL group gets first MAN trucks
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
Transport Investments Ltd, the parent company of Hooker Pacific, Pacific FuelHaul, TNL Group, Actus Transport and Roadstar Transport, has taken delivery of the first of many new MAN trucks that w
read»
Diesel Industry News
Allison’s seven year synthetic test
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
Allison, along with German refuse service company Frankfurter Entsorgungs-und Service (FES) has subjected its fully automatic transmissions to a rigorous seven-year test to prove longevity and re
read»
Diesel Industry News
Superior cab Cat
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
Hot on the heels of the launch of its CT630S B-double specialist, Cat On-Highway Trucks is now applying the final touches to the much anticipated CT630SC “Superior Cab” model.  
read»
Diesel Industry News
Million km Daily
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
The award-winning design of the Iveco Daily light commercial road vehicle meets the challenges of operations in a variety of urban and rural areas across the globe, including New Zealand and Aust
read»
Diesel Industry News
Beating cross winds
Tuesday, 01 July 2014
One of the big worries about driving a high side van is the effects of cross winds, and nowhere is this more apparent than when crossing Auckland’s harbour bridge.  
read»

Pages