Auckland has a large chunk* of NZ’s population; 1,241,600 of the total 4,098,300. According to Worldmapper New Zealand has the highest concentration of cars/person in the world at 61 cars per 100 people, beating the US with a mere 48/100. Lots of people
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Ford/Holden, I don’t really care but suspect die-hard Holden fans will label Team Kiwi (V8 Supercar) traitors for switching to Ford. If it means a better deal for New Zealand's only V8 Supercar team good on them! Team Kiwi switching sides - Stuff.co.nz Team
Great news for Taupo and New Zealand Motorsport. Great work by Colin Giltrap and the team that pulled this deal together. Motorsport: NZ gets chance to see A1GP in action - 12 Aug 2006 - Motorsport As expected, the Taupo round on January 21 got the green light Motorsport: NZ gets chance
With the Japanese Used Car invasion we see many of these: Mazda Bongo, Toyota Emina, Nissan Cedric… Silly Car Names - 4Car Feature - from Channel 4 Silly Car Names - 4Car Feature - from Channel 4 www.just-auto.com www.just-auto.com
Why do Peugeot bother doing large luxury car concepts? Might as well just flush the money down the toilet. No matter how good the product, lately they’re not, nobody rates them (or Renault) as serious contenders in the large luxury car market. The upper limit for Peugeot credibility is
This post on Autoblog.it about the success the Punto is having as a rally car also has some wonderful photos of past Fiat rally cars – 124, 131 and Ritmo (Strada). La Grande Punto vince il Campionato Europeo Rally - www.autoblog.it La Grande Punto vince il Campionato Europeo Rally
Car Magazine (U.K.) have details on the next generation A4, both spy and CG shots. It’s a slick looking machine combining A4 and new TT elements, next to it the current BMW 3 Series will look a bit staid. Audi A4 - Secret New Cars - CAR Magazine Posted: 8:
UPDATE: 10–08–2006: The story that prompted this post was wrong, BMW: Still "The Ultimate Driving Machine" after all BMW are dropping “The Ultimate Driving Machine” slogan and adopting… “A Company of Ideas” I think that’s a company with one dumb idea, so who makes The
I’ve re-posted my Cars I've Owned, Driven, Rented list in it’s original MindManager Map format.
Inspired by Jack Yan's much more exciting list...but with comments & memories. Like my own version of CAR Magazines:The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (GBU). Explore the map (below) by expanding/collapsing the branches, clicking the link icons will show the wikipedia post for that
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CAR deliver their verdict which is… Well, you can see it’s not ugly! Fiat Grande Punto Verdict - GBU CAR Online Fiat Grande Punto Verdict - GBU CAR Online CAR Magazine - The World's Most Authoritative Motoring Magazine CAR Magazine - The World's Most Authoritative Motoring Magazine CAR Magazine
I’ve long been a reader of CAR Magazine U.K. It’s still probably the best car magazine but has always had a patchy, weak Internet presence. It appears that may change as they have re-launched their site with some bold claims. I’ll be watching to see
