Opel replaces one of the last models dating back to the GM days, the first-gen Peugeot 2008-based Crossland, with a sharp, chunkier crossover […]
Opel brings back the Frontera as a hybrid or EV
April 9, 2024/9.48
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Opel returns to New Zealand with electrified entries in every model line
March 24, 2022/0.03
If you’re a curious soul like me, you’d have stumbled across the opel.co.nz website a few days ago, and realized that was the German brand being teased to press, something that was officially announced today to New Zealand motoring journalists. The clue wasn’t so much in the ‘modern German’ mention in the teaser, but […]
First right-hand-drive Chevrolet Corvette arrives in New Zealand
October 29, 2021/6.09
Your eyes are not deceiving you: that is a right-hook Chevrolet Corvette C8 3LT in Auckland, New Zealand, and it’s made with the steering wheel on what some might call the correct side straight from the factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The first landed in New Zealand earlier this month. The eighth-generation ’Vette is […]
Reebok, Banana Republic and GMSV mark International Women’s Day
March 7, 2021/23.20
Reebok has a campaign called It’s a Man’s World, but with the words struck out, for its International Women’s Day promotion, created by the all-female creative collective Madwomen. Four sneakers in two collections are promoted—the Club C Double, Classic Leather Double, Legacy 83 and Zig Kinetica. The first collection features the sneakers with multiple colours […]
Two ends of the spectrum: Citroën’s facelifted C3; GMSV releases Chevrolet Silverado in RHD
November 11, 2020/11.41
Two motoring releases are taking place in New Zealand this week: the first was the facelifted Citroën C3, a B-segment car that we really rate. The C3, which was first released in 2016, gets a slightly more aggressive nose, tying it in with larger models in the Citroën range. We suspect it’ll drive largely the […]
September 7, 2018/11.01
Of course I had a picture of Burt Reynolds on file, used in my Tweet about his passing There’s only one film series from 1977 that I followed, where the first was amazing, and the second not as good even though they bumped up the action. When they made the second lot of three, I […]
Holden’s New Zealand dealers launch the 2018 Commodore
March 23, 2018/8.57
Above, from top: Johnston Ebbett on Taranaki Street, Wellington. Looking very modern: the base model Holden Commodore LT. For the lifestyle buyer, the Holden Commodore Calais V Tourer, with 320 PS. The potent Holden Commodore VXR, which originally joined us on the media launch. The Holden Commodore, for which Lucire attended the media launch earlier […]
Holden releases Equinox SUV, with segment-leading performance and value
November 16, 2017/22.59
Simon Watts/Holden Holden has shown its Equinox crossover to New Zealand media, at an event in the Taranaki, with an ambitious target to reclaim the C-segment SUV market. The Equinox—which our international readers may recognize with a Chevrolet badge—takes over from the Korean-sourced Holden Captiva, a car that débuted over a decade ago in […]
September 20, 2017/23.13
It’s been interesting to observe how Holden has been handling the end of Australian production. Unlike others that have pulled out of Australia, Holden is maintaining a global design centre there, tailoring models to the Australian and New Zealand markets, and cherry-picking from parent GM’s global resources to find the best ones to suit. Holden’s […]
Opel previews Insignia B, with clues to next Holden Commodore and Buick Regal
December 7, 2016/1.07
GM has shown official photographs of the Opel Insignia B, which will be sold in the UK as a Vauxhall and Australasia as the Holden Commodore. Opel has focused on making the new Insignia more efficient, and it has completely reinterpreted how a sporty, large car should look. The new large car boasts a Cd […]
