10 June 2010 The voice of the auto industry Industry Leaders at Loggerheads over ESC

The respective Associations fleet one of its priorities, it has the potential to reduce of the New Zealand environment. representing the new car and and considers ESC to be an deaths and serious injuries Electronic stability control is used import markets are in sharp important part of this. anywhere up to 60 percent, becoming mandatory for new disagreement over the suggestion It suggests ESC be made with averages around 30-35 cars in an increasing number of that electronic stability control mandatory for all new cars entering percent. From the New Zealand countries, including Australia from (ESC) be made mandatory in used the fleet from 2014, and then all used point of view we believe those 2011. However New Zealand light imports from 2015. imports the following year in 2015. savings will be even greater, due vehicle fleet constitution is unique The benefits of making ESC According to Perry Kerr, Chief to our roading network, which with used-imports making up over compulsory are discussed in the Executive Officer of the Motor is fundamentally a two-lane half the light vehicle market. Government’s Safer Journeys, Industry Association, there is no highway with no median barrier. Evidence suggests that levels of the national road safety strategy doubt ESC would reduce accidents You’re going to save cross-overs ESC differ widely between the new for 2010-2020. While the and fatalities. “ESC is a feature that in terms of losing control, for and the used markets. Government’s road safety policy is recognized in the car industry example on a corner, which could According to Kerr, levels of focuses mainly on improving globally as offering significant potentially result in the car hitting ESC in new cars are already high. drivers and roads, it also makes safety benefits. someone coming the other way, “12 months ago we were at 65-70 improving the safety of the light- “Overseas studies show that even more so we believe in terms percent, we’re probably running continued on page 6 May Sales Remain Steady Both new and used passenger last year’s monthly figures. units which is 14 percent on the The used passenger market car sales achieved good results in The 4,616 new passenger same period 2009. This is now recorded even stronger sales, May, sales figures show. vehicle registrations in May was slightly ahead of the industry with 7,381 units a 41 percent And with sales of light a 16 percent improvement on projection – so we are very happy improvement on May last year. Year commercial also strong, May 2009. with these results,” says Perry Kerr, to date used passenger sales are at the industry recorded its 5th “For the first five months new Chief Executive Officer of the Motor 35,823, a 42 percent improvement consecutive sales increase on car registrations totalled 24,496 Industry Association. on the same period last year. continued on page 17

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Kiwi Car Carriers-June10.indd 1 9/06/10 7:18 PM editor’s note Aging fleet a cause for concern Editor Subscriptions Stian Overdahl [email protected] [email protected] Free phone 0508 288 863 021 247 7782 Fax 03 4772758 PO Box 6222, Advertising Dunedin 9059 Brian McCutcheon [email protected] Administration Free phone 0508 288 863 [email protected] 021 455 775 Free phone 0508 288 863 Fax 03 4772758 Staff Writer & Motorsport PO Box 6222, Mike Stock Dunedin 9059 [email protected] E lectronic stability control The report on the most recent Publishing Company and vehicle scrapping schemes trial claims such a scheme to be Designer 4 Media Limited – the two opposite ends of the costly, and without sufficient Adrian Payne PO Box 6222, light vehicle fleet. benefit. [email protected] Dunedin 9059 Questions of standards Yet that claim appears for vehicles entering the new premature, for only a small Copyright: Published weekly by: 4Media, PO Box 6222, Dunedin 9059 fleet aside, everyone can agree portion of the trial was used to Distributed to all autofile subscribers. All statements made, although based on information believed to be accurate and reliable, cannot be guaranteed, and no that the average age of New pay for the scrapped cars, and liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions. Reproduction of autofile in Zealand’s light fleet is too high. most of the cost came from whole or part, without written permission, whether by xerography or any other Unfortunately this problem is advertising the trial. means, is strictly forbidden. All rights reserved. only going to get worse before it Only 20 percent went gets any better. towards the scrapping incentive, Data shows that in 2008, with two-thirds of the total cost one third of the vehicles in the paying for its advertising. These light fleet had model years of costs seem disproportionate to between 1995 and 1997. the length of the trial, which was According to the Ministry only three and a half weeks. of Transport’s report on the If this were a national 2009 vehicle fleet statistics, incentive, advertising costs the 1996 year-of-manufacture would not be divided by the peak in the New Zealand fleet number of cars scrapped in a is a direct consequence of the matter of weeks, but across Frontal Impact Standard, which several years. Your IT had the effect of restricting This would be money spent used car imports to vehicles on a significant investment in vendor manufactured during or after safety on our nation’s roads, and 1996 (and some older vehicles it would also have favourable that met the standard). environmental consequences by thinks one The report notes that as these removing many of the most- mid-1990s vehicles age, there inefficient light vehicles. size fits all? will be a significant effect on the While a heavily subsidized age of the fleet. ‘Cash for Clunkers’ style scheme Technology Solutions for Industry The actual effect will depend would not work in the New As New Zealand’s leading developer of specialist automotive business on future vehicle imports and Zealand environment, if the software systems, we’ll give you the right solution for your operation. scrappage patterns. Government is serious about Whether you are the smallest workshop or the largest dealership we have Ostensibly the two vehicle road safety and reducing your next solution, and you won’t be forced into a system intended for someone smaller, larger or just plain different. We’ve been developing scrapping trials, conducted in emissions it needs to develop a systems for businesses just like yours for over 25 years. Auckland in 2007 and more coherent plan for speeding up Call us to discuss your needs and to learn how we recently in Christchurch and the removal of old cars from the can give you more control with less effort. Specialist Business Management Systems from TSI: Wellington, are intended to light vehicle fleet. Orion, Autoline, Midas, Wasp, SAM provide policy-makers with CONTACT: Paul Wilkinson - Business Development Manager information about the viability of Stian Overdahl Phone: 09 583 2451 Mobile: 0274 475 514 (formerly Systime) Email: [email protected] a vehicle scrapping scheme. Editor

www.autofile.co.nz | 3 news Officials to Consult with Industry Over Implementation of Emissions Trading Scheme

Ministry of the Environment stationary energy and liquid report on their full calendar within the provisions of the (MfE) representatives are fossil fuels, resulting in a rise in year’s activity by 31 March, ETS that all carbon credits meeting with vehicle importers prices for petrol and electricity. and surrender the appropriate must be surrendered after the to discuss how the Emission However waste and number of carbon credits by year’s reporting. Importers are Trading Scheme (ETS) can be synthetic gasses will face an 31 May. While reporting will be hoping the Government will implemented, says Imported impost from 2013, and this will mandatory in 2012, importers recognize the impracticable Motor Vehicle Industry include the refrigerant gasses will not have to surrender carbon nature of the ETS, and exempt Association (IMVIA) chief in vehicle air-conditioning credits until 31 May, 2014, based the synthetic gasses in motor executive David Vinsen. systems. on their 2013 activity. vehicles from the scheme. “I’ve put together some While no exact costs are yet It is this payment structure The current consultation people for them to consult known, and will be dependent that has drawn fire from process concerns the with, and they’re going to be on the price of carbon when those in the industry, who most appropriate way of meeting with some of the major any credits are surrendered, say it is impossible to expect implementing the ETS. Possible players in the import field in the the ballpark figure is between a business to be able to pay options for calculating the coming days. They’re looking $30 and $50 per used import credits for vehicles imported amount of synthetic gasses to determine the best way of car. New cars have more in the year previously, and imported include a database implementing the ETS, if they efficient air-conditioning that any collection must take of vehicle models with the proceed with it.” systems, and so use less place at the border, when the data, or calculating the average From July 1 the ETS will synthetic gasses. vehicles enter the country. amount of gasses for a car’s introduce a carbon levy on Importers will have to However it is prescribed year of production.

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The Ministry for the Environment is consulting on regulations for calculating synthetic greenhouse gas emissions and removals for the purposes of determining liabilities and entitlements under the Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS), as well as thresholds and exemptions in relation to the gases. Persons who import or manufacture synthetic greenhouse gases and do not meet the criteria for exemption will enter the NZ ETS with voluntary reporting from January 2011 and be fully included from 2013. Persons who export or destroy synthetic greenhouse gases may be eligible to join the NZ ETS with voluntary reporting from 1 January 2011 and be fully included from 2013. Synthetic greenhouse gases covered by the NZ ETS are hydrofluorocarbons, per fluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride. They have specialist uses in air conditioning and refrigeration systems, aerosols and in electricity transmission. Submissions close on 23 July 2010 at 5pm.

To find out more and make a submission, visit www.climatechange.govt.nz or call 0800 CLIMATE (0800 254 628).

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4 | www.autofile.co.nz news Vehicle Scrapping Trial Not Up to Scratch

A Ministry of Transport report collected during the trial, although been fitted with them when built. per each of the 122 vehicles that on a vehicle scrappage trial in only 122 of these met the trial’s Around 70% of the imported met the trial criteria was $1,240. Christchurch and Wellington criteria of being operable, and Japanese vehicles had had their The final breakdown of the trial, concluded that scrappage schemes holding a Warrant of Fitness, or catalytic converter removed, the total cost of which was $150,361, do not deliver a satisfactory result being within two months’ of the while the catalytic converters showed that $30,000, or 20%, for the amount of money spent. WoF expiry. still remaining were found to still was paid out in the form of public New Zealand’s light vehicle The average age of the be working well. These findings transport passes, while $100,000 was fleet is one of the oldest in vehicles collected was 20 years, mirrored the results of the 2007 spent on advertising, $18,500 on the the developed world, with an and the average mileage was Auckland scrappage trial. new Corolla, and $2,700 was average age of around 12.9 years 214,500 kilometres. Safety features in the late-age spent on emissions testing. (December 2009). By comparison, A survey conducted among vehicles were minimal. Only two As the report notes, the trial the average age of a light vehicle participants discerned some of the 122 vehicles examined were could have continued longer for in the Australian fleet at the same variation in their views of their fitted with airbags; and only one than the three and a half weeks time was 9.7 years. vehicles in relation to scrapping. car had ABS braking. with little extra cost. However it The vehicle scrappage trial was Almost half said that they would Around half of the participants was unable to do so, due to the designed to encourage and speed have sold the vehicles in the had indicated that they would have terms and conditions of the raffling up the removal of old vehicles absence of the trial, while a attempted to sell their vehicles had of the Toyota Corolla. from the fleet. similar amount said they would they not scrapped them. While this In addition to information The trial ran for three and a have scrapped their cars anyway. removed a number of high-age gleaned about the state of the half weeks in May 2009, and was Over half believed that their vehicles from the road, the report oldest vehicles in the fleet, the trial a follow up to a 2007 scrappage vehicle had a value greater than concluded that the results did not concluded that there is a general trial conducted in Auckland. that offered in the trial (the $250 justify the high cost of the trial. The lack of public awareness about Scrappers were rewarded with a public transport credit), while 25% total per-vehicle cost across all 349 how to safely dispose of unwanted $250 public transport credit for believed it would have cost money vehicles was $430, while the cost vehicles, and the cost of doing so. their region, as well as a chance to scrap the car. Participants in to win a new Toyota Corolla. The the Wellington region tended to trial was heavily advertised, and have an inflated view of their car’s media outlets including The Edge value, while those in Christchurch radio station ran promotions estimated lower. publicizing the trial. Another aspect of the trial Two scrap metal firms, was gathering information about Wellington Scrap Metals and vehicles in the tail-end of the fleet. Metalcorp NZ of Christchurch, were Consistent with vehicle age, more selected to participate in the trial, than 60% of the vehicles collected both of whom offered guarantees had carburettored engines. that no part of any vehicles The absence of a catalytic scrapped in the trial would end up converter was also notied in back in the fleet. many of the Japan-manufactured In all, 349 vehicles were vehicles, all of which would have

Trans Future 5 Voyage 41 Osaka 7 June, Nagoya 8 June, Kawasaki 12 June, Auckland 30 June, Lyttelton 2 July, Wellington 3 July, Nelson 4 July. Trans Future 6 Voyage 38 Osaka 21 June, Nagoya 22 June, Kawasaki 26 June, IMVIA elects 2010/11 executive Auckland 15 July, Lyttelton 17 July, Wellington 18 July, Nelson 19 July.

The IMVIA has elected its Lloyd Wilson, Colin Nichols and Trans Future 7 Voyage 38 2010/11 executive, at its North Martin Harcourt. Osaka 5 July, Nagoya 6 July, Kawasaki 10 July, Island and South Island AGMs. Out-going member Paul Auckland 28 July, Lyttelton 30 July, Wellington 31 July, Nelson 1 August. The new executive consists of O’Connor was thanked for his hard Graeme Macdonald, David Weir, work during his term.

www.autofile.co.nz | 5 cover story continued from page 1 Industry Leaders at Loggerheads over ESC now 75-80 percent I would 36 hour period at the Ports of think, in terms of it as basically a Auckland, checking each vehicle mandatory fitment on passenger- for the presence of ESC, by turning type vehicles and their derivatives. the ignition on without starting They’ve moved on from having it the engine, and visually checking as an option, to having it as just a for whether an ESC warning light standard part of the build. Probably appeared, as well as the presence 80 percent of the new vehicles of an ‘ESC off’ button. sold in New Zealand have it as a The survey showed ESC to be standard feature.” present in slightly less than seven However a recent study percent of the used cars being suggests that ESC features imported. However this number David Vinsen Perry Kerr at much lower levels in used was skewed by a small number of imports. In November 2009 a non-Japanese cars, in which ESC increasingly common in all new available in 2015 for us to buy five report on the presence of ESC in was present in around 40 percent. cars world-wide, uptake in the and six year old cars with ESC. It’s used imports was prepared by The presence of ESC in Japanese Japanese domestic market has just a physical impossibility. StratCon Partnership Limited, imports was calculated at 3.23 been substantially lower than in “If it was made mandatory in say a fleet consultant company, for percent; of the 1922 Japanese cars the rest of the world. and two years time, the new car guys the Accident Compensation surveyed, only 62 had ESC. had figures of 98 and would just specify it and that would Corporation (ACC) and the Ministry This low figure is a reflection 81 percent respectively for ESC be that, they would just have to put of Transport (MoT). of the frequency of ESC in in new cars sold in 2008, while their costs up. They could do it. But StratCon surveyed Japanese cars built for domestic the figure for Japan was just of course you can’t retrofit it to five approximately 2000 cars over a consumption; while ESC is 19 percent, up from 14 percent year old cars in Japan.” in 2007. The average across all Vinsen believes that if ESC European countries for ESC in new were made compulsory for cars was 55 percent in 2008, up used imports, the net effect for Porsche Technical Support & Training from 50 percent in 2007. road safety would be negative. • Rare Industry Opportunity Nevertheless Kerr believes “Research done by the New • Wide-ranging and diverse role that the importance of ESC as Zealand Institute for Economic a safety feature makes a strong Research (NZIER), commissioned European Motors Limited is responsible for the importation and distribution of Porsche case for making it mandatory. “It’s by the IMVIA and the Motor vehicles, parts and providing aftersales support in New Zealand for all elements relating to the brand. a significant safety feature, and Trade Association (MTA), showed

To further enhance our after sales support, Porsche New Zealand is seeking a highly unless you put it into the used that when you impose these motivated individual to fulfi l the role of Porsche Technical Support and Training. This is a import fleet, then fundamentally sorts of restrictions –particularly pivotal role in continuing the development of customer service for the Porsche marque. it won’t find its way through to around exhaust emissions, but The role includes: the average motoring public. And the principle maintains – that if • Technical and Service Support certainly since the companies restrictions are imposed it limits • Development and delivery of Technical Training • Warranty system administration started fitting electronic stability the numbers of fresh vehicles • Manage special tool requirements control to the majority of the New coming into the fleet, so the fleet • External service provider liaison Zealand new vehicles, we’ve been will naturally get older. • Porsche Motorsport Technical Support saying to the officials that we “In fact, the ESC suggestion As a highly motivated and skilled individual, you will possess the following experience really need to get New Zealand is completely at odds with the and qualifi cations: • Appropriate motor industry technical qualifi cation into the 21st century.” Ministry of Transport’s other • Extensive technical product knowledge Imported Motor Vehicle proposal, which is to get the age • Aftersales experience in workshop management and organisation Industry Association (IMVIA) Chief of the fleet younger. And if you • Training skills Executive David Vinsen believes can work on getting the age of • Well developed communication skills any suggestion of making ESC the fleet younger, you get a whole • Ability to work within a small team environment compulsory on used imports to be lot of benefits, not just specifically If you believe you have the necessary skills and experience to take on this unique opportunity, please apply in writing by email with an attached CV to: without merit. “In terms of making ESC, you get environment, health Erik Waanders: [email protected] it mandatory from 2015, the key and safety, a range of different Applications close 26 June 2010 point is that there will not be a improvements.” pool of vehicles available in Japan Kerr disputes the claim that to draw from. They’re not making import restrictions would lead to and selling sufficient vehicles an older fleet. “We totally disagree into their domestic fleet now, and with that, [the IMVIA] may say 13651AF in the last couple of years, to be that, but fundamentally there’s no

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Electronic Stability Control is the generic term Industry Leaders at Loggerheads over ESC for computerized systems that detect a loss of driver control, and help to ‘steer’ the car to where the driver intended to go. ESC has a variety of manufacturer- specific names, including Electronic Stability Programme (ESP), Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC), Dynamic Stability and Traction Control (DSTC), as well as others. The Mercedes-Benz A Class gained notoriety after a Swedish journalist managed to roll it in the test (swerving to avoid an obstacle) while travelling at 37 km/h. Mercedes-Benz recalled all versions it had sold and retrofitted them with ESC, the first use of the technology in a small car.

proof of that at all. In fact if you buy the vehicles they want. result in a significant reduction their current vehicles – thereby look at the changes in registration, Manufacturers and distributers in the volume of used imported defeating the whole aim of they continue on, we change in New Zealand should continue vehicles. This would be at the increasing the safety levels of the vehicles every three years on to specify their vehicles to higher expense of cars that have safety overall fleet.” average. The numbers aren’t and and higher standards. equipment such as airbags, ABS, Whether the Safer Journeys haven’t been influenced by things “If it went ahead as in the EBD and the like already fitted. discussion document is converted like the emissions standards, it’s discussion document, and it were “Owners wanting to upgrade into a solid policy proposal remains just a rubbish story that the IMVIA made compulsory from 2015, would find they had little choice to be seen. However the positions like to run. There’s no factual proof it would just stop all of used in terms of what they could of the two Associations are already to that story at all, it’s just totally imports, which would mean a upgrade to, and thus remain in well defined. false and misleading.” huge loss of not only jobs and Nor does Kerr believe that were businesses, but it would also ESC to be made mandatory, used mean that the New Zealand car importers would have to much public would be stuck with the trouble finding stock. “There is stock which is currently in the ShiPPing stock over there, they’d just have country at that time, and the fleet new & uSed vehicleS to be more choosy about what would get older and less safe at a they pick. 15 years ago they were very fast rate.” pointing the finger at the new The Motor Trade Association “door to door” vehicle industry, for how great does not believe that ESC should be they were with air conditioning made mandatory, says Marketing Worldwide units and electric windows. Well and Communications Manager now we’re saying, ‘here’s a safety Ian Stronach, “MTA considers that from USA, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, feature that basically should be in the mandatory fitment of ESC to Japan, Australia, Dubai all vehicles, so get real’. all new cars is something that the “It’s not us saying it either, it’s manufacturers themselves need to NZ or... the Government saying it. The to decide across their current and Contact us today to see how we can provide import industry will basically future model ranges. Like most a Top Quality Service at Competitive Prices have to come forward, they’re safety features, it’s likely that ESC purchasing vehicles that are eight will, over time, become a standard nOw iS The TiMe to take Advantage of the High or nine years old on average, feature anyway.” Exchange Rate and Buy Yourself that Dream Car they’re just going to start having to On the potential consequences You DESERvE iT! purchase newer stock.” of ESC being made compulsory However Vinsen disagrees. for used imports, the MTA hold “This is just Perry Kerr, and his a similar position to the IMVIA. foreign-owned new vehicle Says Stronach, “We do not believe manufacturers up to their it is in the best interests of New old tricks again, trying to use Zealand motorists for ESC to be a Government proposal for mandatory on all used imports. We Contact Joe: market domination for their understand it has a low call up +64 9 303 0075 or 021 968 694 own products. It would be anti- rate for new vehicles in Japan, email: [email protected] • website: www.mmnz.biz competitive. The market should meaning fewer vehicles eligible 8 Farnham Street, Parnell, Auckland dictate, and people should for import and in turn likely

www.autofile.co.nz | 7 news Perceived efficiency gets buyers’ nod N ew car buying patterns have “Large cars now form the what the whole of the package manufacturer and distributor shifted dramatically since 2004, smallest segment of the market. means to your organization. I profit levels, particularly for those according to the Motor Trade This is a dramatic turnaround in think there’s been a whole lot brands that are more dependent Association (MTA). just a six year period, and one more consideration given to that, on sales from this segment. Segmentation data released few would have been forecasting, and therefore people are making Nevertheless, at the same by the association show that at least not to that extent,” says far better sourcing decisions time some manufacturers have medium (2.0-3.0-litre) and large Stronach. about the vehicles that ultimately positioned themselves well to cars (3.0-litre and above) have New vehicle sales dropped fit their organisation.” take advantage of the shift. lost significant market share, across the recession, as With sustainability an Todd McDonald, General while small (1.3-1.5-litre) and light businesses deferred fleet important part of corporate Manager of Motors New (1.6-2.0-litre) cars have gained. upgrades. Downsizing fleet cars image, smaller cars can Zealand, recognizes that According to MTA Marketing was another consequence of the also establish a company’s significant changes in the past and Communications General downturn, says Jack Gordon- environmental credentials, five years have impacted on car Manager, Ian Stronach, several Crosby, General Manager of believes Gordon-Crosby. buyers’ decisions in New Zealand. factors beyond petrol price GBS Supplycorp, a procurement “The banks are a really However he believes that the increases have influenced service-provider. good example. They used to growth in popularity of small cars buying patterns. “The move to smaller cars is buy Maximas, Falcons and is a result of more than just fuel “Once the price of oil started a definite trend, and has been Commodores, now they’re buying prices, citing improved safety and its upward march in mid-2004, it on-going. With the downturn, things like the Hybrid Prius, the design as important factors. was clear to most in the industry companies put the brakes on, with diesel Mondeo, and the diesel “It used to be said that you that larger would progressively be fleet sales dropping 30 – 35 percent. Skoda Octavia. couldn’t sell a small car in this replaced by smaller. What’s actually “It’s slowly picking up, but “Banks are always trying country because new car buyers occurred since then has been more it’s not a massive pick-up. And to leverage off those sorts of were only interested in larger complex than that, and thrown up purchasing of large 3-4 litre things, to create a greener more models, but that has changed trends and patterns that we doubt vehicles has definitely had a big, sustainable image, that they’re for good. anyone saw coming.” big slowdown. doing the right thing for the planet. “The reasons have not just The current market “There is a higher consideration “And it’s not unique to been about the cost of fuel and segmentation guidelines for new for cars that are diesel, high- the banks. All fleet operators the purchase price of the vehicle vehicles were introduced in April efficiency petrol engines, or just are being a lot more savvy itself, but also in key changes to 2004. Since that time, the price of generally anything that is more about what it is that they’re the vehicles themselves. petrol has risen from $1.15 a litre efficient to run. buying, because ultimately if “One of the biggest changes for 91-octane to $1.77, a rise of “It’s both a question of the they’re buying cars that are old has been the improvement in close to 55 percent. initial cost of the vehicle, and technology or not purely efficient safety standards, whereby small Though large cars comprised the long-term running costs. or safe, that’s going to have an cars now have the same sort of 24 percent of total new car sales But it’s more than that really, it’s impact on their bottom line.” technology and protection that in 2004, in the first four months the whole of life approach, you As the MTA notes, with larger used to be found on larger and of this year they made up only 14 shouldn’t purchase something cars tending to be much more more expensive cars. percent. The medium segment purely on its purchase price or the profitable than smaller vehicles, “Kia Motors was among the first has dropped from 18 percent in discount someone’s giving you. the consequent fall in popularity to introduce Electronic Stability 2004, to 14 percent this year. “You should be considering can have a flow-on impact on Control and multiple airbags Ken Worsley Vzin delivers outstanding result I ncreasing used import modest increases in the group’s Chairman Ken Worsley says numbers in the second retail WoF and CoF services, this is a sharp contrast to the half of the financial year helping to deliver a better than previous year’s loss of $615,000 contributed greatly to a turn expected result.” and very pleasing for the around for Vehicle Inspection In its annual report released directors in Vinz’s first year as New Zealand (VINZ). this week, VINZ reported a 12 an investor owned company. General Manager Frank percent revenue increase to In June 2009, Vinz changed Willett says that arrival year end 31 March, helping the from a co-operative company to volumes rose dramatically company achieve a net profit become investor owned. from September – adding to after tax of $1,112,000. Worsley says the result was

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Segment as % of New Passenger Market Perceived efficiency gets buyers’ nod 35% development of the SUV in recent lot of people, especially in New 30% years has made growth in the Zealand’s aging population, it’s segment a global trend. a lot easier to get in and out of a 25% “The ordinary, low-ratio, bush- small SUV than it is to get out of bashing SUV is dying out, and is a low-slung car. So it’s versatility being replaced by a more efficient more than anything else. 20% version, which has got 4WD, but “There’s also a perception that it doesn’t have low-ratio, it has they’re safer and stronger, which 15% electronic add-ons that make it a isn’t necessarily the case, but little bit off-road capable. perception is everything.” “These new vehicles are not As Oxley notes, SUVs are 10% nearly as heavy on fuel as the old ubiquitous in the more upmarket ones, they are usually about as suburbs in New Zealand as well good on fuel as a big sedan or as around the world. “Fashion 5% station wagon. obviously comes into it as well, Light Small Medium Large SUV “The other thing is that they’re it’s hugely fashionable to have an 0% very user-friendly for families. SUV. It’s not just New Zealand, it’s 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 04/10 A lot of them have seven seats, Cape Town, London, even Paris.” Supplied by MTA you can pack a lot of luggage, With efficiency increasing, and people sit high so the kids can with new smaller SUVs on the to small cars in New Zealand, One result that may have see around. They don’t take up a market, Oxley expects the SUV which helped to change the surprised some, and seems to go lot of road-space. to maintain and consolidate its consumer’s mindset. We benefitted against the grain, is the persistent “Another feature is that for a current popularity. considerably from that decision. popularity of Sports Utility “Similarly, when fuel prices Vehicles (SUVs), which have made rose, Kia was well-positioned up more than 25 percent of the to take advantage with a range new car market this year. SUV of fuel-efficient vehicles that purchases are largely fueled by matched the expectations and private buyers, who make up 73 tastes of the new car buyer – percent of this segment. we were at the forefront of the This growth is partially-driven introduction of high technology by a lack of used imports stock; diesel engines in small cars, for new emissions regulations which instance. came into force at the beginning “And when the financial crises of 2008, and increased buying struck, Kia was already well down competition in Japan, has seen Take us for the track with a programme to the number of used imports redevelop our entire model range available decline. to ensure that we were in tune John Oxley, editor of 4WD a test drive... with the tough economic times.” Magazine, says the technical We realise not every person fits standard vehicle finance criteria. That’s why at Avanti Finance we base each application on the client’s individual profile. Frank Willet Now there’s an alternative to get more customers Vinz delivers outstanding result on the road with approved finance deals. assisted by utilisation of tax So take us for a test drive. losses not recognised in the Contact Leyton Mercer 2008/9 year. Phone 021 706 215 or 0800 808 058 “If results were adjusted for normalised income tax, the profit www.avantifinance.co.nz would still be a credible $884,000!” A partially imputed final dividend of 15 cents a share was paid to shareholders on the 14 May 2010.

www.autofile.co.nz | 9 news News in brief Vehicles wanted Changes to Driver Licensing Fees Driver licensing fees have been changed, correcting what Transport Minister Steven Joyce says was poor financial oversight by the previous Buying now government, with the new fees coming into effect July 1. According to Joyce, the new fees will more accurately reflect the costs of the service. “Driver licensing and testing fees were last reviewed in 2001. Since 2006, the cost of providing the driver licensing and driver testing services has not been met by the fees charged and Paul Curin the gap between revenue and costs has steadily grown.” While fees for 22 services will increase, including sitting learner, 0274 333 303 restricted and full license tests, fees for 19, including the license [email protected] renewal fee, will decrease. Four fees, including those for drivers aged 75 years and older, will remain unchanged. We are always looking to purchase news In addition, three new fees will be introduced. A license NZ NeW cars aNd commercials reinstatement fee will apply from 31 January 2011 for disqualified drivers and drivers suspended for demerit points, as well as a new administration fee for withdrawing from or rescheduling a driving test.

• License renewal fee: Now $44.30, decreasing to $43.00 Vehicles wanted News• Learner license test fee: Now briefs $79.00, increasing to $91.90 BUYING NOW • Restricted license test fee: Now $88.20, increasing to $105.80 Volvo deal – done It’s been on-again, off-again, and this time it looks as if the BRETTBuying HARRIS 029 293 1232 now • Full license test fee: Now $115.10, increasing to $133.20 www.farmerautovillage.co.nz FARmER AUTOvIllAGE Ford- deal for the buy-out of Volvo is sign, sealed and delivered. Geely has bought the Swedish brand for $US1.8 billion ($NZ2.5b), China’s biggest overseas auto purchase. Ford Phil Wills 021 877 422 will continue to supply powertrains, stamping and other parts [email protected] Convictionto Volvo after the for sale. Vehicle Finance Company www.inghammotorgroup.co.nzPaul Curin A small Auckland-based car finance company, Dolbak Finance Honda, Mercedes Benz, & Mitsubishi. We purchase NZ new cars & commercials. All makes & models. Anywhere in NZ. 0274 333 303 Limited has pleaded guilty to breaching the Credit Contracts and [email protected] ConsumerChrysler Finance reopens Act (CCCF yards Act) and the Fair Trading Act in relation Chrysler Group, reversing an earlier stance, says it will offer to to car loan contracts. ALWAYS BUYING ANY VEHICLE OVER $500 CONSIDERED reinstate 50 closed US dealerships within the next few days. CONTACTWe OURare STAFF TODAYalways looking to purchase LettersA Commerce of intent will Commission be sent to 50 investigation of the estimated found 400 thatrejected Dolbak Adam Winter ph: 021 635 352 e: [email protected] Kane Owen ph: 021 356 300 e: [email protected] NZ NeW cars aNd commercials Financedealerships Limited’s that have car applied financing to get contracts their franchises did not back comply through with the AUCKLAND VEHICLE CONSULTANTS CCCFarbitration, Act, as Chrysler they did says not in a accurately statement. Theydisclose “are inthe locations annual interest ratethat chargedoffer customer on the service loans. bene The tsCommission’s and will have limitedinvestigation adverse also impact on the dealers within our current network,” says Chrysler. found that in relation to contracts entered before April 2007, Dolbak The National Automobile Dealers Association says “it is a move in Financethe right Limited direction”. misrepresented its right to enforce the terms of the contracts, a breach of the Fair Trading Act. In 2007, the Commerce Commission prosecuted the partners in DolbakToyota Finance, supplies Anthony Mazda Baker and David Dolbel for breaches of Wanted 2003 onwards HSV and Commodore, bothMazda the Motor CCCF Corp and will Fair introduce Trading a Acts,midsize for hybrid failure vehicle to provide by initial NZ new Suzuki, and Mazda product. 2013 based on core components supplied by Toyota Motor disclosure in relation to 99 customers who had taken out car Call Daryn Pennington 067594586 direct, [email protected] or 0274 496499 Corp, the Nikkei Business Daily reports. The two automakers loans.reached Both an agreementpartners pleaded under which guilty Toyota to 22 will charges supply the each and were convictedToyota Hybrid and System fined. II (THS II), currently used in the third- BUYING NOW generationDolbak Finance Prius. The Limited, deal will which enable took Mazda over to tap the the car growing loan contracts fromdemand Dolbak for hybrids Finance sooner in April than 2007, otherwise did not possible. correct For the Toyota, lack of the arrangement will help lower related production costs To adverTise disclosure and took action to enforce the contracts of 14 of the BRETT HARRIS 029 293 1232 FARmER AUTOvIllAGE through economies of scale. www.farmerautovillage.co.nzhere conTacT: affected customers, including issuing repossession notices and proceedings to collect payments. The affected customers included thoseFiat forwants whom moreDolbak Finance was originally convicted. 0508 288Phil 863Wills 021 877 422 FiatDolbak CEO Sergio Finance Marchionne Limited says was the fined Italian a automakertotal of $2000 will in the Auckland [email protected] increase its stake in Chrysler to 35% within two years. The rst 5% www.inghammotorgroup.co.nz District Court. In sentencing, Judge Cunningham noted that the level 021 455 775 increment could come as early as this year after Chrysler begins Honda, Mercedes Benz, & Mitsubishi. We purchase NZ new cars & commercials. All makes & models. Anywhere in NZ. of fine in this case should not be taken as precedent by other creditors, making engines for the Fiat 500 in Dundee, west of Monroe. The [email protected] assubsequent it took into two account purchases the will particular depend on circumstances increasing Chrysler’s of the creditor’s situation,distribution in outside that they the areUS andstill assembling paying off a newthe fuel-ef original cientfines. car in the US, he says.

10 | www.autofile.co.nz Driver magazine sold Fairfax Magazines has purchased Driver magazine and will merge it with New Zealand Autocar from the To adverTise May issue. John Baker, of former Driver publisher here conTacT: Tangible Media, says: “The publishing landscape has changed and it became 09 361 2346 clear to us that the market 021 927 941 in New Zealand was no longer able to support [email protected] two magazines devoted to new cars.”

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VW acquires majority holding in Italdesign

2010 VW Mk1 Golf Ltd Edition VW Up! Lite Concept

Volkswagen Group has bought in northern Italy. and the third-highest selling model continuing its model initiative over a 90.1 percent stake in iconic design Established by Giorgetto of all time, with over 25 million the coming years and will benefit house Italdesign Giugiaro. Giugiaro in 1968, the company has having been built by 2007. from the capacity and competence VW has bought the brand worked with a large number of VW boss, Dr. Martin Winterkorn, of Italdesign,” says Winterkorn. name rights and patents through European manufacturers, including says Italdesign, led by Giugiaro, Giugiaro is currently working the Group’s Italian subsidiary Lamborghini, BMW, Audi, Alfa “has been instrumental in shaping on the planned Volkswagen Up! Lamborghini Holdings. The Giugiaro Romeo and Fiat, to name but a few. the face of the automobile model family, which is likely to be family retains the remaining shares. Giugiaro also penned the design industry worldwide. As the creator Volkswagen’s flagship brand over The headquarters of Italdesign, for Volkswagen’s 1974 Golf Mk1, of the Golf I, Giugiaro laid a new the decade. The Up! Model is due to which has 975 employees and 800 the heavily influential model that foundation for Volkswagen design be released 2011, with E-Up!, VW’s CAD workstations, is situated in across six generations has been in the 1970s. first mass-produced electric car, to Moncalieri, 15 km south of Turin, Volkswagen’s best selling model, “The will be be released in 2013. Nissan cuts Pathfinder range to one N issan will sell only one rounded, with new bonnet, bigger version of its revised 2010 grille, restyled bumpers and sleek Pathfinder mid-sized, seven- Xenon headlights. It rides on seater SUV in New Zealand. 17-inch alloy wheels and has front The 2010 model lists at foglights and folding door mirrors. $76,800 and has a specification Inside, there’s leather based on the previous upmarket upholstery, chrome highlights, Ti, with turbodiesel motor and more user-friendly switchgear, Compact Mitsi crossover five-speed automatic gearbox. Bluetooth phone connectivity The 2.5-litre engine is 11 percent and an MP3-compatible six-disc for New Zealand more powerful and torque lifts by in CD sound system 47Nm to a healthy 450Nm which ESP, hill-descent control, Mitsubishi is playing the fuel litres/100km and 188 g/km. will ensure good towing ability. hill-start assist, ABS with EBD are economy and low emission hands Diesel Sport models are said to Nissan says fuel use drops to 9.0 standard, along with six airbags with its five-model ASX (Active be good for 5.9 litres/100km and litres/100km, a 1.3 litres/100km fall. and three-point seatbelts for all Smart Crossover) compact SUV 155g/km. The new Pathfinder is more seven occupants. range that arrives here in August. The ASX offers an SUV-like high It’s offering two engines, the ride height, Bluetooth connectivity 2.0-litre DOHC MIVEC petrol and on Sport models, one-touch 1.8-litre DOHC MIVEC intercooled engine starting and lightweight turbo diesel, a choice of two-wheel impact-resistant front guards. drive and four-wheel drive and Frontal styling follows the large standard and Sport specifications. rectangular grille theme debuted Mitsubishi quotes fuel use and by the Lancer Evo X. CO2 figures of 7.9 litres/100km and The five models range from the 184 grams/km for the petrol 2WDs, LS 2WD at $35,490 to the D4 Sport with the petrol 4WD managing 8.1 Manual 4WD at $45,990.

www.autofile.co.nz | 11 Upfront with Allan Dick

N othing I like better than a Good Drive. Get Queen’s Birth Weekend? Just three words for it. to explain it as neither speed nor alcohol were into the car and head for the horizon and when Stupid. found to be factors in most of the crashes. So you get there, keep on going Stupid. they scrambled around and found something In the past month I have driven from Auckland Stupid. new to blame — impatience. to Dunedin and back — twice! As well as sundry The cop line is that it’s an experiment, but if it It might be new to the Police, but it’s not new runs like Auckland to Taihape and back. proves successful, it will become policy. to tens of thousands of road users. I’ve developed a specific route and a If she was a man I’d accuse her of suffering Police measures have turned us into a nation timetable for these drives — as well as a specific from the Small Willie syndrome and likes being of drivers who have lost the ability to pass a way of driving. I set cruise control on 106/7km/h slower vehicle in front. Years of dumbing down and develop a rhythm. means most of us are simply now content to There was a stage when I collected speeding lower our speed and play follow-the-leader tickets in sufficient numbers to hit the 100 ... impatience. when we come up behind a slower vehicle. And points twice and had to surrender my license to then another comes along and joins the line the polite policeman who came to the door. It might be new to the and another and another until we have a mob of But, with age comes wisdom and I have now sheep, travelling single file along the road with largely learned that it’s easier to play their game. Police, but it’s not new their brains in neutral. A couple of weeks ago, I blotted my clean three Eventually someone will come along who year old record — I got the red and blue flashing to tens of thousands of isn’t brain-dead and they get impatient. The lights in my mirrors as I exited Ngaruawahia result is inevitably risky passing. on the back road late-ish one night. I hadn’t road users. Rose’s dumb idea, if applied evenly and waited until I cleared the 50km/h zone before across the board, means that those Big Rigs accelerating. that now travel at 100 – 105km/h and aren’t the He was a nice man — but a freshly arrived total pain in the bum they could be, will now be Pom who didn’t have a clue where my new a bossy-boots to assert her authority. His muscle travelling at 94km/h and thus the impatience home town of Oamaru was. flexing and money grubbing. level among following motorists will be even So, I like driving, but what do I think of Police Rose’s move comes after one of the worst higher. Result? More risky overtaking. More Superintendent Paula Rose’s idea of reducing road toll records last Easter for a long time and crashes. More deaths. the 10km/h “tolerance” to just four km/h over a time when the Police said they were at a loss Silly idea Paula Rose. Silly!

Classic Falcon sold for $330,000

A ussie auction house range of $260,000-$320,000. Shannons’ prediction that a 1971 Bidding started at $A260,000 Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III and rose in $10,000 leaps before would sell for a third of a million ending in a $1000 slugging dollars became fact at its May 31 match. A telephone bidder sale in Melbourne. bought the car. After a fierce bidding war, A left-hand drive 1961 the fully-restored Monza Green Corvette Convertible sedan, which is believed to have that until two years ago was had six owners from new and had owned by rock star Alice Cooper, 107,000 miles (172,000km) on the sold for $A78,000, complete with odo, sold for $A331,000, which Fender Squier Stratocaster guitar was above its pre-sale guiding signed by Cooper.

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Purchaser stuck with Commodore Why: The purchaser tried to reject a Holden Commodore because of a faulty ignition system. Ruling: The tribunal rejected the claim because the fault was not Background vehicle’s ignition to operate. The The tribunal’s decision deemed to be of ‘substantial On December 17, 2009 the next day the purchaser gave The tribunal was in little doubt character’. purchaser bought a 1997 Holden evidence that she was driving that the purchaser did not contact Where: VS Commodore for $4500 from the vehicle and her children at the trader and require him to Motor Vehicle Disputes the trader. about 11pm that night when she remedy this fault before having Tribunal, Rotorua. The purchaser has purported stopped the vehicle to talk to her it repaired. Hence, regrettably, to reject the vehicle under the father. When she attempted to the purchaser was not entitled to Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 restart the vehicle the ignition recover from the trader the cost. (“the Act”) because she said it had lock would not turn and the This was because s.18(2)(a) of the fault and second, the fault did not a serious fault, namely a faulty wheel remained locked. Act provided that a purchaser must make the vehicle unsafe; it simply ignition system. The purchaser had the vehicle “require” a supplier to remedy made the vehicle unable to be The trader said the purchaser towed back home. any faults and give the supplier a driven. Accordingly, the purchaser was not entitled to reject the Unfortunately the purchaser reasonable time in which to do so was not, in the tribunal’s view, vehicle because the fault in the did not instruct the mechanic before going elsewhere to get the entitled to reject the vehicle. ignition system was not a failure of to tow the vehicle back to the goods repaired. substantial character. trader so that the ignition and The tribunal was however steering lock could be repaired. satisfied that the purchaser made Bruce Dell’s Comment Instead the mechanic, without the trader aware of and required This purchaser bought a 1997 The evidence the purchaser’s consent, had the him to remedy the other faults. Holden vehicle for $4,500.00. The The salesman informed his CEO ignition lock replaced and repaired The trader had an obligation purchaser tried to reject the that the purchaser had requested the steering lock and invoiced the under s.18(2)(a) of the Act vehicle as having serious faults repairs to be done. The CEO told purchaser $826.31. The insurer having been required to remedy to justify a substantial fault and the salesman that the trader declined the purchaser’s claim for those faults, to do so within a to justify cancellation of the would not agree to do any of the repair costs for reasons which reasonable time of having the contract. Pleasingly, the Judge the work on the vehicle and that were not adequately explained to vehicle returned to him for that did not accept the evidence of if that was not acceptable the the tribunal. purpose. If the trader did not the purchaser. It would seem trader was willing to rescind the The purchaser’s partner do so or did not do so within a again that the dealer was VOSA. Unfortunately the salesman telephoned the salesman and reasonable time, the purchaser not given the opportunity of deliberately failed to convey that informed him of the faulty ignition may then either have the faults repairing the vehicle. instruction. He gave as his reason but he said the salesman did not repaired elsewhere at the trader’s At the end of the day though, for not doing so that “he wanted want to know about the matter. cost or reject the vehicle in terms the Tribunal was not persuaded by to get through Christmas”. The trader’s CEO said the of s.18(2)(b) (i) or (ii) of the Act. the purchaser that the fault with Instead the salesman completed repairs to the vehicle’s ignition As soon as the purchaser paid the ignition switch and the steering the VOSA with his signature as had been completed before the the account and uplifted the lock were failures of substantial agent for the trader and the date purchaser informed the trader of vehicle she should take it to the character. The faults did not make on which the purchaser’s offer was the problem and hence the trader trader with a list of the faults she the vehicle unsafe. accepted by the trader. should not be liable. wanted fixed. On December 23 the The vehicle remained with the Meanwhile, the tribunal was not On a note of caution, dealers purchaser said she had stopped mechanic because the purchaser, a persuaded by the purchaser that should well acquaint themselves the vehicle and had difficulty beneficiary, and her ex-partner, an the fault with the ignition switch with the Fair Trading Act provisions starting it because the ignition opossum trapper, claimed they had and steering lock was a failure and Consumer Guarantees Act key would not turn. The purchaser no money to pay for the repairs. of substantial character because provisions as these decisions Bruce Dell Law – “problem solver” called out a mobile mechanic The trader’s CEO said he had made first, the vehicle would probably generally come back to provisions who sprayed a lubricant in the various offers to try and resolve the still haveauto beenfi leacquired are delighted by a to have ofBruce these as Acts part and of the dealers’ Autofi le team advising our readers ignition lock which enabled the matter, without success. reasonableon the purchaser lessons aware to be of learned that fromobligations past Motor thereunder. Vehicle Disputes Tribunal cases If you require legal advice give Bruce a call on 09 570 5036

Bruce Dell Law – “problem solver” . Bruce Dell has been closely associated with the auto industry for 37 years, during this time he has handled many complex legal issues on behalf of dealers both in Auckland and Palmerston North autofi le are delighted to have Bruce as part of the Autofi le team advising our readers on past Motor bd Vehicle Disputes Tribunal cases. If you require legal advice give Bruce a call on 09 570 5036 law www.autofile.co.nz | 13

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Why: Trader loses cool The purchaser wanted to be reimbursed for new tyres and repairs. Ruling: Background and her son took the vehicle back of sale, meet the guarantee The dealer dodged the tyre On August 21, 2009 the purchaser to the trader and attempted to get of acceptable quality in s.6 bill but was liable for the $600 bought a 2002 Toyota Corolla his agreement to replace the tyres, of the Act because it was not it cost the purchaser to repair for $10,500 from the trader. The repair the CV joints and fix the air as durable as a reasonable the other items. purchaser sought to recover $1080 conditioning. The trader refused to purchaser of such a vehicle Where: which she had paid to replace the do any repairs to the vehicle and would regard as acceptable. Motor Vehicle Disputes vehicle’s tyres ($480) and repair the discussion between the parties The purchaser also claimed Tribunal, Auckland. its air conditioning and front CV became heated, culminating in that the vehicle’s tyres were joints ($600). The purchaser said the trader’s director ordering the badly worn at the time of sale but that at the time of sale the vehicle purchaser and her son off the failed to produce any evidence to was not of acceptable quality as trader’s yard. support that claim. Accordingly the cost of the four new tyres for the guaranteed by the Consumer On January 20 the purchaser tribunal was not satisfied the tyres reasons stated earlier. Guarantees Act 1993 (“the Act”). bought four new tyres for $480 and were defective at the time of sale. The trader said first, that the on or about January 25 she had The tribunal understood from Bruce Dell’s Comment tyres were of acceptable quality at her mechanic repair the vehicle’s the purchaser’s evidence that at This case involved a sale of a 2002 the date of sale and did not need air conditioning sensor on the that time the trader refused to Toyota vehicle for $10,500.00 to be replaced and secondly that compressor and replace both front remedy any of the vehicle’s faults, where the purchaser subsequently he was willing to repair the air CV joints for $912.38 of which probably because the trader sought recovery of $1,080.00 to conditioning or to repurchase the the purchaser paid $600 and her considered that after five months replace tyres costing $480.00 and vehicle from the purchaser. mechanical breakdown insurer from the time of sale he had no $600.00 for air conditioner and paid $312.38. further responsibility to do so. front CV joints. The evidence The trader heard that the The tribunal found that The car dealer seems to have The day after she bought the purchaser was having the vehicle the purchaser did require the adopted a reasonable approach in vehicle the purchaser noticed repaired and sent the purchaser trader to remedy the vehicle’s air offering the purchaser to bring the that the air conditioning was not a letter in which he asked her to conditioning and CV joint faults on car in for repairs or have the sale working and the vehicle’s tyres bring the vehicle back to allow the January 17 but the trader refused price refunded. were badly worn. The purchaser trader to repair it and the trader to discuss the matter with her. Surprisingly, I believe in this said that when she telephoned would supply a loan car. The letter Accordingly the tribunal found case, the dealer did not consider the trader to ask him to repair said that if the purchaser was not the purchaser did “require the that a vehicle for $10,500.00 should the air conditioning she was told happy with the repairs the trader supplier to remedy” the failures require such work months after that trader would be prepared was willing to refund her the as she must do by s.18(2)(a) of the the sale. A warrant of fitness was to look at the vehicle but that purchase price. The purchaser said Act but that the trader refused to presumably obtained prior to the any repairs would be at her cost. that the vehicle was already in the do so. Accordingly, the purchaser sale so I am amazed that the dealer The trader refused to replace the workshop being repaired when she then became entitled to take the lost on that count. vehicle’s tyres. The purchaser’s son received the trader’s letter. vehicle to have the faults remedied The Tribunal, it would seem, was gave evidence that he had also elsewhere, which did on January 25. comfortable with the state of the telephoned the trader and was told The tribunal’s decision The purchaser was able to tyres as at the date of the sale. The the same thing. The tribunal did not consider recover her repair costs from the air conditioning and CV joints were The purchaser received an that a reasonable purchaser of trader and the tribunal considered replaced at a cost of $600.00 and estimate of $636, plus GST, to a seven-year-old vehicle sold the sum she paid to have the air that was at the cost of the dealer. replace the tyres, $794, plus GST, to for $10,500 with only 66,770km conditioning and CV joints replaced You can only ponder the logic of repair the CV joints and $174, plus on its odometer would consider of $600 was reasonable and this decision but basically, it comes GST, to repair the air conditioning. it acceptable that the vehicle’s ordered the trader to reimburse down again to the fact that dealers The vehicle had then been driven a air conditioning and CV joints the purchaser with that sum. The have to be super cautious and dot further 5230km since the purchaser required repairs within five months tribunal did not accept that the the I’s and cross the T’s so far as sale had bought it. of sale. Hence the tribunal found trader had any responsibility to Agreements are concerned and what On January 17 the purchaser that the vehicle did not, at the time reimburse the purchaser with the warranties that are provided.

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Around the country Total New Cars 4616 2009: 3979 16.0% Car sales - May 2010 Total Used Cars 7381 2009: 5211 41.6%

Whangarei NEW: 78 2009: 114 31.6% Thames Us: ed 127 2009: 85  49.4% NEW: 34 2009: 30 13.3% Us: ed 41 2009: 36 13.9% Auckland NEW: 1988 2009: 1606 23.8% Tauranga Us: ed 3619 2009: 2566 41.0% NEW: 217 2009: 142 52.8% Us: ed 280 2009: 246 13.8% Hamilton NEW: 323 2009: 260 24.2% Rotorua Us: ed 469 2009: 369 27.1% NEW: 128 2009: 158 19.0% Us: ed 60 2009: 55 8.3% New Plymouth NEW: 82 2009: 83 1.2% Us: ed 133 2009: 81 64.2% Gisborne Wanganui NEW: 42 2009: 29 44.8% NEW: 56 2009: 113 50.4% Us: ed 45 2009: 34 32.4% Us: ed 51 2009: 36 41.7% Napier Palmerston North NEW: 120 2009: 94 27.7% NEW: 129 2009: 121 6.6% Us: ed 159 2009: 90 76.7% Us: ed 189 2009: 113 67.3% Masterton Nelson NEW: 38 2009: 17 123.5% NEW: 47 2009: 42 11.9% Us: ed 38 2009: 23 65.2% Us: ed 122 2009: 78 56.4% Wellington Westport NEW: 524 2009: 433 21.0% NEW: 6 2009: 1 500.0% Us: ed 671 2009: 466 44.0% Us: ed 5 2009: 4 25.0% Blenheim Greymouth NEW: 38 2009: 41 7.3% NEW: 10 2009: 7 42.9% Us: ed 42 2009: 24 75.0% Us: ed 25 2009: 23  8.7% Christchurch NEW: 542 2009: 511 6.1% Us: ed 926 2009: 659 40.5%

Timaru NEW: 37 2009: 25 48.0% Us: ed 87 2009: 37 135.1%

Oamaru NEW: 6 2009: 4 50.0% Us: ed 12 2009: 10  20.0%

Dunedin NEW: 108 2009: 103 4.9% Us: ed 210 2009: 108 94.4%

Invercargill NEW: 63 2009: 45 40.0% Us: ed 70 2009: 68 2.9% 16 | www.autofile.co.nz industry statistics

continued from page 1 Suzuki hatchback still selling swiftly

Among new passenger cars best-selling brand with 571 Suzuki’s Swift has continued its registrations, Toyota was second remarkably long-lived success in (557) and Hyundai third with New Zealand, to be the country’s 486. Year-to-date, Toyota leads New Car Sales by Make May 2010 best-selling new car in May. from Holden and Ford. Market Market MAKE MAY 2010 MAKE MAy 2009 The small five-door largely May’s total new-car share share unchanged since its introduction registrations (4616) were 16 FORD 571 12.37% TOYOTA 613 15.41% five years ago, reinforced the percent ahead of May 2009, and TOYOTA 557 12.07% FORD 455 11.44% enduring appeal of its styling, the year-to-date total of 24,496 competitive pricing and good is 14 percent up on 2009 and HYUNDAI 486 10.53% HYUNDAI 392 9.85% packaging by racking up 249 sales. slightly ahead of projections. HOLDEN 480 10.40% SUZUKI 352 8.85% Hyundai’s i30 took second New commercial vehicle sales MAZDA 416 9.01% MAZDA 350 8.80% place with 217 sales in May, are showing an even stronger SUZUKI 409 8.86% NISSAN 303 7.61% its sharp styling and good improvement despite the tight NISSAN 224 4.85% HOLDEN 270 6.79% specification striking a chord market. May registrations of 1801 MITSUBISHI 198 4.29% HONDA 221 5.55% with buyers. were the best monthly total for But the Kiwi love affair with 11 months and 37 percent ahead HONDA 186 4.03% KIA 174 4.37% the Toyota Corolla still thrives, of May 2009. KIA 177 3.83% VOLKSWAGEN 113 2.84% the perennial favourite taking Toyota’s Hilux ute was the SUBARU 174 3.77% SUBARU 100 2.51% third place with 199 sales. best-selling commercial vehicle VOLKSWAGEN 153 3.31% MITSUBISHI 99 2.49% Year to date, the Corolla with 477 registered, followed by MERCEDES 104 2.25% AUDI 90 2.26% retains top spot ahead of the the Nissan Navara ute (233) and Swift and Holden’s Commodore, the Toyota Hiace van (204) AUDI 101 2.19% BMW 82 2.06% the big Aussie hanging on Toyota’s 737 registrations BMW 99 2.14% MERCEDES 75 1.88% despite the buying trend gave it just over 40 percent of OTHERS 281 6.09% OTHERS 290 7.29% towards smaller cars. the commercial market, from Ford was the month’s Ford (241) and Nissan (237). Total 4,616 Total 3,979

Top New Car Sales by Model May 2010

MAKE Model MAY 2010 YTD MAKE Model MAy 2009 Suzuki SWIFT 249 1328 Suzuki SWIFT 253 Hyundai I30 217 574 Toyota COROLLA 196 Toyota COROLLA 199 1,588 Mazda MAZDA3 172 Holden COMMODORE 167 1013 Hyundai GETZ 169 Ford FALCON 160 776 Holden COMMODORE 167 Holden CRUZE 159 851 Ford FALCON 137 Mazda MAZDA3 159 982 Ford MONDEO 121 Ford TERRITORY 143 n.a. Mazda MAZDA6 94 Mazda MAZDA6 138 719 Ford FOCUS 87 Ford MONDEO 118 538 Toyota YARIS 85 Ford FIESTA 95 403 Honda JAZZ 80 Toyota HIGHLANDER 92 n.a. Honda ACCORD 75 Mitsubishi OUTLANDER 85 506 Hyundai I30 74 Holden CAPTIVA 84 425 Nissan TIIDA 73 Hyundai SANTA FE 80 410 Toyota HIGHLANDER 73

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Used Passenger Vehicle Sales by Make May 2010

M aKE May 2010 Make May 2009 TOYOTA 1870 TOYOTA 1403 NISSAN 1115 NISSAN 834 HONDA 990 MAZDA 682 MAZDA 964 HONDA 618 SUBARU 627 SUBARU 408 MITSUBISHI 416 MITSUBISHI 274 BMW 296 VOLKSWAGEN 150 VOLKSWAGEN 219 BMW 150 SUZUKI 204 FORD 125 FORD 139 SUZUKI 114 AUDI 62 MERCEDES-BENZ 64 CHEVROLET 57 AUDI 63 Subaru Legacy and the Toyota range are still kiwi favourites when it comes to used vehicles 53 PEUGEOT 41 MERCEDES-BENZ 50 HYUNDAI 37 CHRYSLER 42 VOLVO 34 HYUNDAI 42 CHEVROLET 29 VOLVO 40 CHRYSLER 25 JAGUAR 26 OPEL 21 DAIHATSU 20 HOLDEN 17 ALFA ROMEO 16 DAIHATSU 16 OPEL 15 SAAB 12 13 ISUZU 10 JEEP 12 ALFA ROMEO 9 12 JAGUAR 8 HOLDEN 11 6 ISUZU 10 RENAULT 5 LAND 8 PORSCHE 5 LEXUS 7 MINI 5 SAAB 6 5 Top Used Passenger Sales by Model May 2010 5 BUICK 5 M aKE Model May 2010 Make Model May 2009 SKODA 3 ROVER 4 2 DODGE 4 Subaru LEGACY 353 Subaru LEGACY 238 CADILLAC 2 KIA 3 Toyota COROLLA 350 Toyota VITZ 236 FIAT 2 DATSUN 3 Mazda ATENZA 273 Toyota COROLLA 161 LINCOLN 2 CADILLAC 3 Toyota ESTIMA 249 Honda ODYSSEY 160 MG 2 SMART 2 Mazda DEMIO 218 Mazda ATENZA 156 PORSCHE 2 MG 2 Honda ODYSSEY 197 Toyota ESTIMA 154 ROLLS-ROYCE 2 FACTORY BUILT 2 Toyota VITZ 194 Mazda DEMIO 148 SMART 2 CITROEN 2 Subaru IMPREZA 185 Nissan PRIMERA 141 TRIUMPH 2 2 Honda CIVIC 182 Subaru IMPREZA 124 VAUXHALL 2 TVR 1 Nissan PRIMERA 174 Nissan WINGROAD 123 ASTON MARTIN 2 PONTIAC 1 Honda ACCORD 173 BMW 3 Series 113 ALVIS 1 OLDSMOBILE 1 Honda STREAM 171 Honda FIT 109 AUSTIN 1 LVVTA 1 Mazda AXELA 167 Nissan MARCH 106 BUGATTI 1 LINCOLN 1 Nissan BLUEBIRD 141 Toyota PLATZ 99 BUICK 1 LEYLAND 1 Suzuki SWIFT 135 Toyota ALTEZZA 98 CITROEN 1 FIAT 1 KIA 1 DE SOTO 1 Honda FIT 115 Honda ACCORD 94 MERCURY 1 DE LOREAN 1 Mitsubishi LANCER 109 Nissan BLUEBIRD 89 PACKARD 1 Nissan WINGROAD 105 Honda CIVIC 86 PONTIAC 1 Toyota ALTEZZA 103 Mazda AXELA 85 Total 7381 5211 Volkswagen GOLF 100 Mazda FAMILIA 83

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New Commercial Sales by Make May 2010 Used Commercial Vehicle Sales by Make May 2010 MAY Market MAy Market MAKE MAKE M aKE My a ‘10 Make My a ‘09 2010 share 2009 share NISSAN 90 NISSAN 71 TOYOTA 737 40.92% TOYOTA 447 34.02% TOYOTA 57 TOYOTA 69 FORD 241 13.38% FORD 189 14.38% ISUZU 23 ISUZU 14 NISSAN 237 13.16% HOLDEN 130 9.89% HOLDEN 142 7.88% NISSAN 118 8.98% MAZDA 20 MITSUBISHI 9 MAZDA 97 5.39% MAZDA 70 5.33% MITSUBISHI 7 MAZDA 7 MITSUBISHI 87 4.83% MITSUBISHI 66 5.02% CHEVROLET 6 CHEVROLET 6 HINO 37 2.05% HYUNDAI 51 3.88% FORD 4 FORD 4 MITSUBISHI FUSO 34 1.89% ISUZU 38 2.89% HOLDEN 4 DODGE 3 HYUNDAI 31 1.72% HINO 26 1.98% SUZUKI 4 VOLKSWAGEN 3 MERCEDES-BENZ 30 1.67% MERCEDES-BENZ 24 1.83% DODGE 3 CADILLAC 1 ISUZU 22 1.22% MITSUBISHI FUSO 19 1.45% HINO 2 FACTORY BUILT 1 FIAT 19 1.05% FIAT 18 1.37% FACTORY BUILT 1 HINO 1 VOLKSWAGEN 18 1.00% SUZUKI 17 1.29% LAND ROVER 1 HONDA 1 SCANIA 13 0.72% VOLVO 17 1.29% MERCEDES- 1 SUBARU 1 SUZUKI 13 0.72% SCANIA 14 1.07% BENZ OTHERS 43 2.39% OTHERS 70 5.33% STUDEBAKER 1 SUZUKI 1

Total 1801 Total 1314 Total 224 Total 192

Toyota Hilux is Number One commercial vehicle for May

New Commercial Vehicle Sales By Model May 2010 Top 10 Selling Used Commercial Models May 2010

M aKE Model May ‘10 Make Model May ‘09 M aKE Model May ‘10 Make Model May ‘09 Toyota HILUX 477 Toyota HILUX 1,601 Nissan CARAVAN 40 Toyota HIACE 53 Nissan NAVARA 233 Nissan NAVARA 803 Toyota HIACE 35 Nissan CARAVAN 32 Toyota HIACE 204 Ford RANGER 634 Ford RANGER 179 Toyota HIACE 567 Nissan VANETTE 34 Nissan VANETTE 25 Holden COLORADO 120 Holden COLORADO 515 Isuzu ELF 19 Isuzu ELF 10 Mazda BT-50 79 Mitsubishi TRITON 444 Mitsubishi TRITON 60 Mazda BT-50 289 Mazda BONGO 18 Nissan ATLAS 10 Ford TRANSIT 36 Ford TRANSIT 183 Nissan ATLAS 13 Mazda BONGO 7 Hyundai H1 31 Hyundai H1 133 Toyota HIACE 26 Mitsubishi L300 119 Toyota DYNA 7 Toyota TOYOACE 4 Toyota LANDCRUISER 26 Toyota HIACE 105 Toyota REGIUS 6 Dodge RAM 3 Mitsubishi L300 25 Holden UTE 76 Fiat DUCATO 17 Toyota LANDCRUISER 72 Suzuki CARRY 4 Isuzu FORWARD 3 Mitsubishi CANTER 17 Mercedes SPRINTER 69 Toyota TOWNACE 4 Mitsubishi DELICA 3 Ford FALCON UTE 16 Isuzu N SERIES 63

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New Bike Sales By Make May 2010 Used Bike Sales By Make May 2010 M aKE May ‘10 Make May ‘09 M aKE May ‘10 Make May ‘09 HARLEY DAVIDSON 62 SUZUKI 115 HARLEY DAVIDSON 33 HONDA 40 MOPED 61 MOPED 106 HONDA 22 YAMAHA 24 SUZUKI 59 HARLEY DAVIDSON 57 YAMAHA 18 SUZUKI 19 HONDA 38 HONDA 48 SUZUKI 14 HARLEY DAVIDSON 14 YAMAHA 38 YAMAHA 48 MOPED 7 TRIUMPH 10 TRIUMPH 25 KAWASAKI 36 DUCATI 6 DUCATI 9 KAWASAKI 20 TRIUMPH 33 BMW 5 BMW 9 FACTORY BUILT 16 HYOSUNG 20 KAWASAKI 5 KAWASAKI 6 PIAGGIO 15 KEEWAY 20 FACTORY BUILT 4 MOPED 5 KEEWAY 14 FACTORY BUILT 17 KTM 3 APRILIA 4 HYOSUNG 13 PIAGGIO 13 MOTO GUZZI 2 VESPA 3 VMOTO 13 KTM 10 PIAGGIO 2 VICTORY 2 KYMCO 8 BMW 8 VICTORY 2 MOTO GUZZI 2 VICTORY 7 MOTORCYCLE 6 BOLWELL 1 LAVERDA 2 BMW 6 DUCATI 5 BUELL 1 KTM 2 APRILIA 5 PGO 4 GILERA 1 BUELL 2 KTM 5 VESPA 3 LAVERDA 1 BSA 2 MOTO GUZZI 3 SYM 2 LVVTA 1 VINCENT 1 MOTORCYCLE 3 LIFAN 2 MOTORCYCLE 1 VILLIERS 1 DAELIM 2 HUSABERG 2 MV AGUSTA 1 ITALJET 1 LIFAN 2 DAELIM 2 TRIUMPH 1 HYOSUNG 1 MV AGUSTA 2 PIONEER 2 GEELY 1 PGO 2 APRILIA 1 ENFIELD 1 VESPA 2 BUELL 1 CAGIVA 1 BENELLI 1 MOTO GUZZI 1 BUELL 1 ZONGSHEN 1 Total 131 Total 162 CUSTOMBUILT 1 PEUGEOT 1 DUCATI 1 GILERA 1 GAS GAS 1 CAGIVA 1 GILERA 1 MOTO MORINI 1 SYM 1

Total 429 566

Harley Davidson topped the charts in both the new and used bike sectors

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To benet from our technology today call 0508 288 688 or email [email protected] Autofile’s regular report focusing on the car sales market. Each issue we focus on a different part of New Zealand or a different market segment or niche, interviewing and seeking comment from local and specialist dealers. Plenty of optimism in Timaru It’s been cold and wet in Timaru three-year warranty and three as winter starts to bite, but there’s years free servicing. a generally optimistic mood That buoyancy isn’t mirrored among motor vehicle dealers in used cars. “I think they’re in spoken to by autofile. a steady sort of pattern – not Daytime temperatures in the increasing but not decreasing.” South Canterbury hub have been Timaru Ford saw a big sales jump single digit in early June, but though in March, though April and May that’s probably decreased the level reverted to “a more normal level of foot traffic around dealers’ yards, and June is showing signs of being relatively quiet mid-winter months similar, with a steady flow-on.” Pateman says that by having down in October but lifting again are not out of the ordinary for the The March spike came on the a selection of used car makes and in the lead-up to Christmas. “I town’s auto retailers. back of Pateman’s aggressive models to choose from Timaru think it will pick up again when And there are signs that with advertising campaign on radio Motors has become a one-stop people need to replace cars before the thaw, the car trade’s and in the local newspaper. shop. “It’s an attraction for people the holiday season and will be fortunes will be sunnier. “I spent a lot of money on to come on to this yard.” It has also prepared to pay the extra 2.5 Even so, it’s not all doom and advertising in March and if you increased the firm’s chances of percent GST.” gloom in South Canterbury. have a big budget and pump it increasing its finance and warranty Take what’s happening at Timaru into advertising, it works.” sales and vehicle servicing business. enshaw Quality Cars at the Motors for instance. The dealership The increased sales “proved to “But we make sure we have a Hsouthern edge of the Timaru at Washdyke on the main road into me that advertising works if you good selection of used Fords and CBD likes to ensure its stock Timaru from the north holds Ford have good price reductions and Mazdas here because people come reflects the company’s name and and Mazda franchises and also you’re offering good specials.” to this yard for that reason.” its slogan, Focused on quality at a stocks an eclectic range of used Pateman says Timaru Motors Pateman says he thinks the car competitive price. cars – from its franchised brands has widened its used car range to market is starting to pick up. “We’ve “We sell low-kilometre, very through NZ-new cars from others include a good selection of other got a lot of inquiry for new vehicles high-quality cars,” says Roger manufacturers and Japanese used makes, though it retains plenty of further down the track, but it would Patterson who started the imports. Fords and Mazdas to reinforce its be hard to crystal-ball the figures for company with Keith White in 1984. Prices are equally wide- position as the franchise holder used cars – will it continue for the “And our customers come looking ranging, from $5000 bargain cars and promote the two brands. rest of the year as it is now? for that very thing. We’re in the to near-new. It’s a conscious move to “There is certainly some $10,000-$15,000 bracket.” increase traffic on the yard activity in used cars but it’s not as Brands are across the board, ealer principal Wayne without undermining the good as what the new car sales and customers are largely people DPateman says new vehicle company’s loyalty to its franchised are at the moment.” looking for low-mileage cars. inquiries are very buoyant – brands, and it’s working. The winter weather is having Patterson says that after more “double what they are normally” “We have a mix of makes, an effect. “I think that in the winter than 30 years in the business they’ve – riding on the now traditional models and prices, from very months, people don’t tend to weathered recessions before. price and equipment special low-priced, $5000, upwards. We’re come out to Washdyke and wander “We’ve seen it all before. offers in conjunction with the getting people in now who have around; we don’t seem to have the The market’s up and down but National Fieldays at Mystery trade-ins that we can keep on foot traffic over the colder months.” we’re not too stressed. You’ll get Creek, Hamilton. a franchised yard where in the That was especially true at Queens a couple of good weeks and a Each year, Ford and other past we would have sent them to Birthday Weekend when the couple of quiet ones; it’s pretty new vehicle franchises slug it out another yard. weather was very cold and rainy. stop/start.” nationwide for an increased share “We have 55 used cars and a He sees both new and used He says the Timaru used car of the market – especially in utility quantity of those are Japanese used cars selling strongly in August and market is “certainly down on what trucks – around the Fieldays. imports. We’ve seen an increase (on September before GST rises. it was a couple of years ago when The deals are backed by the Timaru Ford yard) in Japanese The expected surge means we had a huge year, but we’re up television, radio, newspaper and used imports in the last few months dealers will need good stock levels. year-to-date, so there are signs of flyer advertising and are working and I have to say that by having a “When people are ready, they want improvement.” well, Pateman says. variety for people to choose from, to buy now, so you have to have He’s not sure yet whether the But he says new car sales have we’ve had good results. vehicles available. You need to have upward trend is steady. “You think been good all year, with businesses “Those imports have been adequate levels so customers stay that it might be and then you hit a buying Australian Fords and private a good variety of makes and on your yard; so you need a variety quiet patch and wonder.” buyers attracted by Mazda’s 2 and models and there’s certainly still a of colours, sizes and models.” Patterson thinks the 3 with their unlimited kilometre demand for them.” He sees the market quietening improvement will be “slow and

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Plenty of optimism in Timaru by Mike Stock

steady…but it’s pretty hard to “Some weeks have been through the winter.” winter – will be a bit quieter but read at the moment.” good and we’ve been going when winter’s gone the market will But he’s sure that businesses for it and then the next week, otor racing legend Leo “come on really strong.” which come through the you’re doing nothing. MLeonard is in the truck “We want to be prepared for it, recession will be in better shape “And we’re struggling to business these days after decades so we’re still buying and still selling.” than when they went into it. finance people who have had a selling cars in Timaru. “We’re Leonard says buying domestic “We’ve pruned back excess pothole in their histories.” totally truck, 100 percent truck,” market trucks for his yard can overheads to be pretty lean and Gilbert says the strong Yen says the man whose saloon be difficult. “There are plenty mean when we come out of it. So against the New Zealand dollar car racing exploits made him a of trucks around but it’s hard from that point of view I suppose and the domestic demand for used household name in New Zealand picking the eyes out of them, it’s good for business.” cars in Japan makes buying new in the 1960s and ’70s. And because we’re very fussy about Patterson says the fortunes imported stock a struggle. “The business has been good. selection and quality.” of the dairying industry have a stock isn’t available in Japan like it “(Japanese truck) imports He tries to carry 130 trucks to strong impact on the Timaru car used to be and at this time of year have been killed by legislation, ensure he has a good selection of trade. “We found last year with the Japanese domestic demand is so we’ve had to change tack. It’s all configurations, from flatdecks dairy farmers than when milk high coming into their summer.” not a problem, we just went back to tippers, to box-bodies – prices dropped, they put their He says Australian cars have to our grass roots, buying and “everyone’s requirements are chequebooks away. As soon as been selling quite well. selling domestic trucks.” different and you have to have a Fonterra said the price was going “But the biggest problem is Leo Leonard Motors good selection.” up it made a big difference. As we maintaining your margin. The specialises in trucks between If there’s one thing that speak, there’s a dairy farmer out guys who need turnover are two tonnes and 10 tonnes and in rankles with Leonard it’s the (on the yard) buying a car. We’re dropping their pants to get a deal all configurations and never has emission requirements that have starting to see a few of them and that hurts people who are fewer than 130 trucks on the yard. hamstrung the truck import trade. coming in now. We’re reliant on trying to make a margin.’ Leonard met the economic “I can’t comprehend the farming down here in many ways.” However, he says there’s downturn in typically forthright government’s decision to abolish nothing to be too gloomy about. fashion. “When the ripples of imports, because people are raNZam saloon car ace and “I’m certainly doing my share” recession were rumbling around having to hang on to their old Tlong-time Timaru dealer, Craig and the used car trade is “still the place, we didn’t get defensive. ones which are pumping out Gilbert, now operates from the dynamic, still great fun.” We went on the attack and worse emissions than the (newer) township of Temuka, north of “You can make a good living increased our stock and selection imports would have been. There Timaru after making a lifestyle from it. If you do things right and and it’s paid off for us. could be another reason than choice and closing his high-profile treat people well, they’ll normally “I’m not saying that we haven’t emission standards, the industry car yard on the northern edge of come around again.” noticed there’s a recession; the isn’t sure.” Timaru city. Gilbert predicts that in the last couple of months have been But Leonard is steadfastly “I’ve always lived in Temuka face of a high Yen and weak NZ the quietest we’ve had, but in optimistic about vehicle and I decided to move out here dollar, it’s inevitable that prices saying that we’re still getting retailing’s immediate future. and keep it more simple.” will have to rise; “but I don’t want away with it.” “We’ve been around for a long Gilbert now stocks 30 cars on to be the first to put them up, I Leonard says he’s noticed over time and we’ve been through his compact yard in Temuka, and can’t afford to be the first to do it.” the years that the Government recessions before; and based concentrates on cars that retail for He predicts, though, that Budget “stops people in their tracks. on past experience, the longer less than $10,000. “That’s where all dealers will see a lift in sale But as soon as it’s (announced) the (the recession) goes and the the market is ­– $5000-$10,000. before the GST increase cuts in, phone starts ringing again and harder and more difficult it is, the He describes the South but doesn’t think it will have a big that’s what’s happened.” stronger the industry comes back.” Canterbury used car market as effect over the full year. He’s anticipating the next three Optimism is definitely alive in “still fickle, still up and down.” “But it might help us to get or four months – the middle of Timaru.

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Paddon shines on Rally Portugal

He got a result – first Pirelli Star I need to sort out. from Portugal. It was bad luck.” Driver to finish and third in the “The mistake I’ve made with “On the whole this was a good Estonian Ott Tanak had been the standard production () class these technical roads is that my rally where we showed, what I feel, fastest of the Pirelli Star Drivers in – but Hayden Paddon says he was normal style of writing quite was pretty good pace for our first the event’s first two days, clearing suffering from information overload complex pacenotes was too full-on time on these roads. out from local star and reigning during the Rally of Portugal. at times for roads where things “The chances of getting a result production car champion Armindo The World Rally Championship happen very quickly. I had too much were spoiled a bit when we got Araujo in another Mitsubishi Lancer. counter was the New Zealand information coming at once.” (time) penalties on Friday afternoon. By the end of day two he was rally champion’s second event What to put in the notes and “The team did a great job getting 14th overall, but on the final day, he in the 2010 Pirelli programme, what to leave out is always a the gearbox changed (but) we knew hit a bank in SS15. The Lancer was and he rejoined it after a first day quandary for drivers. Some like it was going to take longer than the too badly damaged to continue and retirement to go on and take the a lot of information, noting even time we were allowed (that extra he retired. Pirelli win. the shortest of straights, some time incurred a 1min 40s penalty That left the way clear for Along the way, he was fastest prefer to opt for less and rely on which added to the 20 seconds he’d Paddon who had restarted his Group N driver on several stages, memory of the stages from the lost during the stage). repaired Evo X on Saturday under despite it being his first experience pre-event reconnaissance and “The problem with the gearbox the SupeRally rules. of Portuguese roads. what they can see. came on the final stage on Friday He got quicker and quicker and But he says his pacenotes – The late Colin McRae was morning. We’d had a rear puncture finished the rally in 20th place, third details of the route which tell a an advocate of the former, and for the last few kilometres of the in Group N and at the head of the driver of the type of corner he’s his notes for the ultra-tight stage and I think this might have Pirelli contenders. approaching and the length of Motu special stage near Opotiki caused the problem. Paddon’s next outing in the straight after it – were far too in Rally New Zealand ran to “We only had fourth and fifth the Pirelli programme is Rally detailed. hundreds of entries. gear for the last three kilometres (July 29-31) where he’ll “(What) this event has By contrast, Frenchman Francois of Special Stage 4, but we got be concentrating on reducing the highlighted for me is the need to Delecour noted only the trickiest through.” speed gap to Tanak which he says is reduce the amount of information of corners in the long stage which Leg one ended for Paddon that about half a second a kilometre. I’m trying to pack into my was packed with corners. His Motu afternoon. “We hit a rock which was He thinks that’s possible but says pacenotes,” he says. “There’s just too pacenotes had only a handful of right on the (driving) line in the last it’ll be difficult because Finland is much of it. John (Kennard, Paddon’s corners for his co-driver to call out. stage. This broke the steering and a highly-specialised event which co-driver who calls out the notes So for their next outing in event left us stranded. Tanak has done before. The Estonian during the special stages) is starting as technical as Portugal, Paddon “It was pretty much impossible had also rallied in Portugal before. to talk at the start of the stage and and Kennard will take the editor’s to miss the rock. We were But before heading to it’s just non-stop. pencil to their pacenotes and committed to the corner and if Finland, Paddon and Kennard will “This has been a really technical include only what’s really needed. we’d tried to avoid the rock we’d contest the International Rally rally, so it’s probably where it has But pacenotes aside, Paddon have hit a post on one side or a of Whangarei in their own Team been at its worst, but it’s something has plenty of positive sot take tree on the other side of the rock. Green Lancer Evo 9.

24 | www.autofile.co.nz motorsport Hey Murph, want a drag? For, once V8 Supercar star Greg Commodores in the learned a fair bit about ,” Murphy won’t be looking for the Supercar Shootout on the Saturday says Murphy. “It’s slightly different fastest way around a corner when of the Australian Queen’s Birthday to our style of racing but I think it’s he lines up on the startline in weekend race meeting. a fantastic sport, I love watching it Queensland this weekend. They got a look at what and I don’t think people realise just In fact, the four times Bathurst- to expect when they were at how much goes into it. winning Kiwi will be trying to make Willowbank for the unveiling “Any chance to have a race of any sure his car doesn’t deviate from a of triple Australian drag racing description is something we jump straight line this weekend. champion Ben Bray’s new-look at and we’re a pretty competitive lot Gentleman Jim joins Murphy and fellow V8 Supercar Castrol Edge Top Doorslammer so we’re looking forward to getting driver Russell Ingall will give their Holden Monaro. on track and having a go.” road safety drive Holden Commodore circuit race Ben and his father, six times Murphy’s teammate, Ingall New Zealand racing great, Jim cars an outing in the Castrol Edge Australian Top Doorslammer dismisses the notion among some Richards, is lending high-profile Winternationals drag race meet at champion Victor Bray, gave them a circuit racing fans that drag racing is support to a vehicle safety campaign Willowbank Raceway in Ipswich, few pointers on how to tackle the a simple sport. run by Australian automotive Queensland.. standing quarter mile sprint on “You hear people say it’s just association, the VACC. They’ll drive their Castrol June 12. pointing the car in a straight line The former Aucklander, a Edge (Murphy) and Supercheap “Talking to Victor and Ben we’ve and going but after spending some four times Australian Touring Car time with legends of the sport it’s champion and seven times Bathurst really quite interesting just how winner, says he fully agrees with technical the whole thing is. the Victoria-based association’s “There are probably a few things campaign that highlights the Murph and I can pick up as well, dangers of driving unsafe, poorly they have been telling us how they maintained vehicles. work on their reaction times for the “Now the winter months are starting tree and the techniques upon us, a combination of wet are very interesting, and definitely roads and bald tyres can be fatal,” something I’ll be putting in the he says. “Good tyres are essential memory bank to see if I might be as they keep you on the road; worn

Greg Murphy and Russell Ingall block their ears as Ben Bray unleashes his Holden Monaro Top able to cut some better lights at the or bald tyres mean little or no grip Door Slammer at Queensland’s Ipswich Raceway. Photo by blacktrack.com.au next V8 Supercar round. and your chances of staying alive are greatly reduced. “It’s essential that drivers make sure their car is fit for the road Dixon third on points after Texas and that they are prepared for all weather conditions.” Former IndyCar champion, “(My) car was solid and we held our His race had come unstuck during VACC says figures recorded New Zealand’s Scott Dixon, is a ground for the most part. a pitstop. during its mid-year Five Point handy third on points in the 2010 “Outside of that it wasn’t your As Dixon left the pits after the Safety Check showed that that IndyCar series in the USA after typical Texas race and things got routine stop his Dallara’s left front nearly one in five of the vehicles finishing fourth at Texas Motor strung out a bit at the end. We’ll wheel came loose. By the time that tested had problem tyres. Speedway last weekend. take the points and move to Iowa had been rectified, he’d dropped to The Five Point Safety Check The Team Target Chip Ganassi (the next round on June 20).” the back of the lead-lap pack. inspects a vehicle’s key safety areas driver has amassed 235 points and Dixon finished fifth at “We just never really regained,” – tyres, brakes, steering, lights and trails Texas winner, Australian Will Indianapolis a fortnight ago. he said. “I slowly picked off cars restraints. Power by eight points. He said after the Indy 500 that if as I went along. If it was a 600- or “I’ve driven plenty of cars on a Scotsman Dario Franchitti, Dixon it had been a 600-mile or 700-mile 700-mile race, we would’ve been variety of surfaces and in different teammate and the 2010 Indianapolis race he might have been looking looking decent.” weather conditions, but I’ve only ever 500 winner, leads the drivers’ a lot better than fifth at the finish. But he said teammate and race climbed into a car that’s properly standings with 246 points. He winner Dario Franchitti had prepared, well looked after and that finished fifth at Texas. done a fine job. “He got lucky is safe,” says Richards. Dixon started fourth last on the yellow, but you’ve got to “If you know the car you’re driving weekend and ran in the top- give the guy a lot of credit. He is unsafe and you do nothing about five for most of the race. led a lot of laps and definitely it, then you’re irresponsible. Driving, “It wasn’t a bad day for the worked on it. particularly in winter, is hard enough Target team with a double top- “(But) for me, it was not much without having the added risk of five finish today,” Dixon says. of an exciting race.” unsafe cars thrown into the mix.”

www.autofile.co.nz | 25 industry profile Profile: Garry Cliff

How did you first get involved Then we would go to the different due to costing; in the car business? areas which we would pull out of a because tariffs I‘ve been a licensed dealer since hat. That’s how we used to buy our were so high 1973. I was a mechanic by trade, stock originally, as well as travelling they were trying but I realised it was more profitable around the country. to bring in the to sell cars than service them. By going to Japan I discovered cheapest models there was a huge pool of stock, possible. I understand you began which was very handy for us. I importing cars through your started doing ‘baggage’ tours So with a racing connection? to Japan, and at one stage I was better car and Yes, I was the very first person to taking 80 people a week to buy lower prices you bring anything in from Japan. I was cars, mainly in Tokyo. would have been driving for Nissan at the time, and making a killing? they sent me up to buy a works How did buying cars in Japan After I swapped from 240RS. My service manager and I at that time compare with baggage delivery went to Tokyo for three days, but today? to selling, we were changed very quickly, and once we were there they upped The auctions have always been selling 20 or 30 cars on a Saturday, some guys got caught, the price quite a bit on the car. So trade-only, so you have to go with easily. We opened for the Saturday having bought large we were stuck in Tokyo for three one of their agents. The auctions only, since there was no stock here, amounts of New Zealand days with nothing to do. I bought weren’t quite as big in those days, and I’d buy a whole pile of say trade-ins, which quickly a Toyota Supra and a Mitsubishi and we also bought from used car Mazda Familias off Mazda in Japan, lost their value. Chariot, thinking I might be able lots. I had a master-agent in Tokyo trade-ins, and put them out at the to bring them in for racing car who had about four or five other right price here. I remember having And that’s when the use. When I got back, the law had agents, and they just went out in 25 RX7’s in my courtyard here at LMVDIA was formed? changed here regarding personal vans all around the different car one stage. I particularly remember In the middle of all that, vehicle imports. Previously you market areas and bought from the first shipment of Familias, we formed the LMVDIA. had to own and use the vehicle used car lots. Couples could buy which I was selling for about $6- I was there with Martin overseas for a minimum time of 90 two, bring them back, sell one and 7,000, while the equivalent you Todd, there were about days. This was changed with the 90 the other was virtually free. could buy here was about $14,000. five of who were days rule being dropped therefore When I first started bringing having trouble with you only had to own and use the What was the reception like them in I was selling a few through Customs who were vehicle while overseas. back in New Zealand? the auctions as well, and some being picked on individually as we In December 1985 the two cars In the early days when you bought pretty well-known gentlemen in bought vehicles into the country, arrived, and I made a good profit a new car here, you could buy an Christchurch, who are retired now so we all got together and decided on those. HQ Holden with no power steer, but have been in the industry that if we were going to get bigger I couldn’t find any used cars to no air-conditioning, no electric a long time, were buying these we needed to combine. buy at the time, everything was windows, and you had to wait to things at the auctions and trying to Customs were being very picky high-mileage, ex-Government cars, get one. When we started bringing figure out where they came from. at different ports, I know Ricky and the franchise guys bought in imports they had power steer, I remember after I brought Boyer had 22 cars stuck in Timaru them up. air-conditioning, electric windows my first lot of cars in, all the on the wharf while they were and mirrors, every extra you can dealers here in Christchurch waiting to get documentation, etc. It’s interesting how narrow buy. It revolutionized the industry, had a big emergency meeting, It started getting a bit tricky the market was before the it really made the new car guys because none of them were since the manufacturers were used cars came in. sit up and take notice, and they selling anything. They were pretty pushing for standards, and the Very much so. There was a lot of started supplying cars that were against me, and I stood up at one Government brought in new – how shall I say – entertaining of higher spec. of their meetings pretty early on regulations. The Government the franchise used car managers, and said ‘hey you guys, get your vehicle standards people made it so that you could get stock, and all Was there a particular reason head out of the sand, don’t do quite hard for us and that’s why we you got given was what was traded why the new cars didn’t have any more HP-ing unless it’s 50% formed the Association. After that or what you could buy out of the these features? involved, because cars in New we began to get more involved as paper. In the early days four or five Well they could bring in what Zealand are going to go down the Government started bringing of us together would meet at the they liked because there was no in value. There’s a big market in out more and more Vehicles Latimer Lodge hotel at 6 o’clock competition. They changed pretty Japan and you need to get into it.’ Standards Regulations. on a Saturday morning and divide quickly, but the cars they were I took some of the dealers over, We dealt with seat-belt up the city, go through the press bringing in were a pretty base got them organized, and they anchorage points, so the LMVDIA to see what was for sale privately. level. I understand this was mostly started importing. The market naturally moved on in that area

26 | www.autofile.co.nz That’s where we played our part, ensuring that our members were able to keep importing. the world at that time. I’d just been The manufacturers in New I spent five years on the for a run, and I turned up at the Zealand were assembling cars Executive, and was the national agent’s in my shorts and a t-shirt, here, and there was a big cry about spokesman for that period. and there were four well-dressed losing jobs. They were called New Japanese executives waiting for me. Zealand new cars, but in actual fact The situation’s obviously a bit I had to go back and get changed. they were all bought here in crates more stable now. But they were very serious about and assembled. I got some figures Yeah, well we’ve been importing looking after us. So at that time in Wellington, and I understand now for 25 years, and I’ve got my Japanese agent was dealing that we were paying in the articles on my desk, some of with Mitsui. Then of course, not thousands of dollars each year in the old newspapers saying much later on, Armacup formed a subsidies per worker. But when the ‘they’re not going to last’ etc etc, shipping company to accommodate factories closed, we were importing everyone was saying it will take vehicle imports. 80-100 thousand Japanese cars about two minutes and Japanese The original boats coming in per annum, and they’ve all got imports will disappear. were reefer boats, and we had a to be serviced and tyred, painted and we started doing our own lot of trouble with them, since the and panelbeaten, and so rather testing and seat-belt anchoring, Were the shipping companies cars were lifted off the deck and than subsidizing the new car in order to keep up with the set up to bring the cars in? onto the wharf in a cradle. That manufacturers, it’s all stand-alone, regulations the Government was I remember when I went situation wasn’t very good so the so everyone’s benefited from it. bringing in. At one time, when I to Tokyo, and I took a friend of association worked pretty hard to was on the executive, we spent mine who was the manager of get it changed, and now of course That’s a long way to come from something like $1.6 million setting the Lyttelton Port Stevedoring we have the roll on and roll off wanting to buy a race car. up a seatbelt anchoring test plant, Company. We had an appointment boats. Armacup Shipping first and From me originally bringing in the beginnings of the certification to see Mitsui Shipping, who were then Kiwi Shipping providing this those two cars, instead of Nissan programme. the biggest shipping company in service to New Zealand. paying a bit extra and letting me bring in the works rally car, we That car, racing after having been What were the wider effects ended up with imports. This ended restored in 2005 in Japan. of the import trade? up costing them money as they A lot of businesses grew around now had huge competition for the import trade. We had a lot of sales. They probably should have people knocking us, saying that let me buy that car! we would close down panel- In fact I ended up buying that beaters and painters, but in exact car, many years later in actual fact these businesses grew, England. The Works 240RS Nissan since obviously cars coming in was quite a famous car in the end. from Japan also needed these I imported it here and I used it for services. Because there were more a while, before selling it back to cars coming in, there was more Japan. A man in Japan has fully business for these guys. restored it.

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Used Bike Sales By Make Apr YTD Apr YTD MThlY % MAKE New Bike Sales By Make YTD MAKE ‘09 ‘09 Apr ‘09 ’10 YTD MThlY % MAKE ’10 MAKE Apr ‘09 Apr ‘09 YTD ‘09 ’10 ’10 HONDA 30 141 -28.6 HONDA 42 187 New Truck Sales By Make YTD % MAKE 194 789 Advertising MThlY % 210 99 516 -29.8 SUZUKI Apr ‘10 YTD ‘10 23 MOPED MAKE -45.2 ISUZU 141 745 HARLEY 26 155 23.8 YAMAHA 33 155 39.1 100 32 115 18 SUZUKI 91 538 -53.1 MOPED ISUZU 76 300 SUZUKI 21 78 16.7 HARLEY 21 137 news 11.1 -21.0 MITSUBISHI 88 20 79 13 61 262 -6.2 HONDA MITSUBISHI 74.4 HINO HARLEY DAVIDSON BMW 14 55 180.0 DUCATI 20 79 128.6 68 HARLEY DAVIDSON 65 319 16 68 12 49 183 172.2 FORD TRIUMPH 275.0 -41.5 SCANIA 40 56 263 YAMAHA 12 78 -63.6 SUZUKI 18 92 15 48 10 46 181 -17.9 YAMAHA MERCEDES-BENZ YAMAHA 15.4 -11.4 FIAT 19 42 223 DUCATI 11 60 -45.0 KAWASAKI 13 50 15 78 10 HINO HONDA 46 275 -39.5 KAWASAKI 0.0 -36.4 VOLVO 26 33 154 6 46 -50.0 TRIUMPH 12 45 6 28 8 FACTORY BUILT TRIUMPH NISSAN 26.9 27 82 125.0 8 26 -25.0 39 HYOSUNG 33 -25.0 MOPED 6 33 7 21 98 MOPED 6 IVECO -32.5 FORD KAWASAKI 26 116 -38.1 PIAGGIO 8 27 -40.0 7 46 18 146 4 34 -69.2 PANTHER continued from page 1 6 FREIGHTLINER KAWASAKI autofi le and its supplements are read FIAT 40.0 FREIGHTLINER 18 98 -45.5 TRIUMPH 100.0 30 FACTORY BUILT 5 20 6 14 7 16 66 3 11 50.0 APRILIA DAF KENWORTH MOTORCYCLE 100.0 KENWORTH 44 PIAGGIO 14 65 -33.3 KEEWAY 5 59 3 10 6 14 53 BMW VOLKSWAGEN NISSAN BMW LVVTA 3 5 24 14 60 3 8 5 BMW VESPA 4 22 MAN WESTERN STAR DUCATI 14 36 3 13 2010 82 13 23 FACTORY New Passenger Registrations 2009 3 22 4 KYMCO 2 11 Strong sales figures for2008 April MERCEDES-BENZ 12 68 68 16 FACTORY KENWORTH 2 2007 10 11 32 32 HYOSUNG VESPA of used imports were 48% 2006 2 9 3 VMOTO 2 4 4 VOLVO DAF 12 47 MOTORCYCLE above 2009, and year-to-date 12 52 MOTORCYCLE 12 47 MOTO GUZZI 2 12 by the decision makers in the auto pent-up buying demand, because 9000 2 8 2 KEEWAY 11 52 STERLING INTERNATIONAL 8 48 BOLWELL 1 2 2 registrations are up 43% on 2009. 7 KTM 2 2 2 if you have a traveller doing 2 21 2 9 11 KYMCO Kerr believes that the used car SCANIA MAN MOTO GUZZI 49 1 1 1 100,000 or 120,000km, you can 8000 11 SYM 7 19 BOMBARDIER 2 5 1 8 45 APRILIA 2 numbers signal market stability. MACK MACK KTM 1 new cars defer replacing that vehicle for 2 7 40 BROUGH 1 1 “Looking at their numbers, 2 10 1 6 28 VESPA 1 6 6 only so long. 7000 FREIGHTLINER RENAULT APRILIA VICTORY industry statistics 2 5 20 1 3 3 “And if you’ve pushed that they’re doing relatively well. 1 7 1 29 APRILIA 1 4 4 BSA WESTERN STAR STERLING VESPA 4 PIAGGIO Used cars are primarily private 6000 8 Whangarei 5 4 23 1 4 4 vehicle out to 140,000km you’re 1 4 22 PGO 1 3 3 CAGIVA industry so is the perfect environment INTERNATIONAL VOLKSWAGEN SYM PGO going to need to replace it sooner purchases, so that gives the 2 117 3 3 19 1 1 27 BUELL 4 CUSTOMBUILT indication that people are happy 5000 CHEVROLET 2009: 100 KATO MOTORCYCLE 4 NORTON 1 4 rather than later. And for those 2 Thames 0 2 4 4 1 2 2 FACTORY BUILT 7 DAELIM ENFIELD that have a salary package or for about where things are heading FACTORY BUILT 17.0% 3 7 1 1 1 4000 1 36 1 ROYAL ENFIELD MITSUBISHI Dec 2 15 1 if they’re out buying a second- AroundOct Nov theMAZDA country TADANO 13 LIFAN GILERA the managing directors, they’re 28 3 1 Aug Sep 2009: 2 LIFAN LAMBRETTA 1 1 hand car. It’s peoples’ perception, Jun Jul 2 18 going to want to be seen to have Apr May CHEVROLET MOTO GUZZI 1 3 3 3000 Mar 28.6% 3 21 8 LAVERDA rather than money in the back Jan Feb 2 DUCATI KTM 1 8 the new car; it gets back to the GROVE 2 5 5 9 Tauranga 2 2 2 VICTORY MOTO GUZZI 1 9 for you to get your message across pocket that leads to spending.” 1 1 9 9 status issue.” Used car sales - April 2010 SACHS 1 BUELL TEREX DAYTONA 1 1 2 Kerr is happy to see the market However house prices and 266 875 2 4 4 NORTON 1 2 17 7 140 MOTO MORINI 1 1 1 house stability are an important -31.1 2009:ToTA l 1 1 1 BSA coming out of last year’s low. Auckland 2.9 2 10 FALCON 1 6 6 Total 144 603 50.3% DAELIM 1 PIAGGIO “Growth-wise we aren’t factor in influencing peoples’ ToTAl 3338 Rotorua 1 2 2 VELOCETTE 2010 1 1 1 LVVTA 1 1 1 purchasing decisions, says Kerr. 2009 2248 URAL 1 TITAN predicting huge numbers, Used Import Passenger2008 Registrations 2009: 64 1 3 3 RUDGE Housing prices remain flat, with 2007 12 PEUGEOT 1 4 4 2006 7053 48.5% 2009: 46 PGO 1 VICTORY probably only 10% on last year. 1 ROYAL 3 uncertainty about tax changes 39.1% Apr‘09pr‘09 ‘09 YTD 1 2 2 CMG 10 to the people who really matter. It is Certainly the 30% for April was 14000 Used Truck Sales By Make YTD % MAKE ITALJET 1 BUELL which will we be announced in 4759 MonThlY % 90 1 RHINO much higher than I anticipated. 2009: Apr’10 ‘10 YTD 19 90 1 2 2 GARELLI 4 MAKE HUSABERG 1 VINCENT next week’s budget. 12000 Hamilton -10.5 -71.1 ISUZU 9 1 MINI Overall we’re still only at about 17 26 Gisborne 3 9 8 GAS GAS “There are still a lot of 48.2% ISUZU 458 BENELLI 1 8 KTM 4 12%, so we’re not seeing any large +100 -11.1 MITSUBISHI 14 3 MATCHLESS 1 uncertainties in that area, and the 10000 3756 8 28 3 2 GILERA increases, but we’re seeing a slow MITSUBISHI 2009: PEUGEOT INDIAN 4 19 +33.3 +35.7 TOYOTA 2009: 40 25 5 2 numbers show that the housing 22.1%4 2 1 HUSABERG ups theMAGNI performance ante build-up in the market again.” 8000 TOYOTA GT2 RS 3 PANTHER market isn’t picking up to the +50 -76 NISSAN 30.0% 6 6 1 LAMBRETTA However as a consequence of 3 6 1 6 1 HUSQVARNA LAVERDA a highly respected publication that NISSAN New 2 extent that the new car market has 6000 +200 -69.2 DODGE 4 MV AGUSTA 1 LVVTA the slowdown, some dealers are 3 4 1 4 ITALJET LAMBRETTA 1 in the last two months,” adds Kerr. HINO Plymouth FACTORY BUILT 1 2 experiencing shortage of stock, +200 -25 Napier 2 MINI 1 AMERICAN wheels are shrouded by fl ared 4000 3 3 1 2 KINETIC of 284 grams/km, despite being 1 Overall, the signs indicate FACTORY BUILT 136 eVen eXtreMe1 performance HYOSUNG wheelarches, the front and rear says Kerr. 75 +200 +33.3 FIAT 186 13 KINETIC 1 that our economy is headed in 2009: 2 4 1 67kW more powerful.1 Not bad 60 HYOSUNG “Stock levels of car companies 2000 FORD 2009: 96 is going green3 – well, greener,MINI BSA spoilers are carbon-fi nished Nov Dec 0 +6100 HINO HUSQVARNA the right direction. Consumer Oct 81.3% 62 1 3 3 fi gures for a vehicle3 with race car 1 are at their lowest levels we’ve Aug Sep 0 anyway. 1 URAL CFR as are the bucket seats and Jun Jul MAZDA SCANIA 93.8% 4 MOTO MORINI BIMOTA 0 May Wanganui 0 0 GILERA confidence remains strong, and Mar Apr 0 26 0 3 3 Take Porsche’s newly- performance. 6 1 seen in 30 years of monitoring. Jan Feb MV AGUSTA AJS lightweight interior door panels. business confidence is at its IVECO 56 +900 FORD 15 Its twin turbo six-cylinder carries real weight in the trade. The 0 Certainly the car companies here 0 10 Palmerston 0 2 2 BUELL announced 911 GT2 RS, for 1 The basic interior1 colour is black, 2009: 42 MZ windows, lightweight engineMAGNI cover, have cut back on their stock, highest level in over 10 years. MERCEDES-BENZ 0 0 CHEVROLETNorth example. The German sports boxer motor drives the rear wheels  0 5 0 1 1 1 with red alcantara1 centre sections Figures recently released by 33.3% PIONEER through a six-speed manual lightweight door panels,MV lighter AGUSTA and that I understand is causing TEREX 0 0 GROVE 216 carmaker says that though it’s the in the seats. 0 5 118 0 1 1 single-mass fl ywheel, and a lighter problems for some people who Statistics New Zealand show 2009: gearbox and delivers5 0-100km/h MZ 1 FREIGHTLINER 0 0 MERCEDES-BENZ fastest and most powerfulROYAL road- ENFIELD Matt black carbon-fi bre- that unemployment dropped 2010 Nelson 0 1 1 lithium-ion battery. want a particular vehicle in a 2009 0 2 83.1% in 3.5 seconds, 0-200km/h3 in 9.8, 1 New Motorcycles (>60cc, & <60cc)2008 MAN 0 MACK going Porsche ever, with SACHSa 462kW SUNBEAM reinforced (CFR) components are particular colour. in the March quarter from 7.1 2007 92 0 1 and 0-300km/h in 28.9. Porche has Ceramic brake discs are standard, 2006 0 2 0 1 (620hp) motor and a 328km/h top 1 1 to 6%, the first drop since the 2005 CHEVROLET2009: 80 SILVER along with upratecd springs,VELOCETTE used extensively in the bodywork “If dealers are confident that 2004 -100 -100 MAZDA Masterton 1 increased the RS’s turbo boost to opportunity to backup advertising with 0 1 0 1 speed, the GT2 RS delivers fi ve 3 Porsche is building only 500 December 2007 quarter. This is a FIAT 15.0% 67 ZONGSHEN Porsche Adaptive Suspension 207 962 962 the market has got back to some 1600 -100 -600 DAF 1 1.6 bar from the standard GT2’s 1.4. 156 869 -24.6869 -24.6 particularly strong result, as this 0 1 29 0 1 percent lower fuel consumption ToTAl GT2s and a handful will come stability, we’ll see stock levels DODGE SPARTAN 2009: The760 RS 3598 uses3598 lighter aluminium Management (PASM) and PSM 1400 Westport 177 and581 2755exhaust2755 -23.6 emissions-23.6 than the here. No New Zealand price has picking up. Car companies have fall in unemployment occurred 131.0% 32 177 ToTAl Porsche Stability Management. Its 7 Wellington transverse arms and diagonal struts across the period where seasonal 1200 18.75 +4.0 standard GT2. been announced but in Britain, been saying that this year will 4 38 184 in the rear suspension, carbon 325/30 ZR19 tyres were developed labour jobs and the Christmas 2009:ToTA l 630 Porsche says it can return fuel www.autofilethe.co.nz GT2 | will 21 sell for the equivalent be a slow climb out of the hole. 1000 397 specially for the GT2. 75.0% 2009: economy of 11.9 litres/100km fi bre reinforced bonnet and rear Certainly we think 2011 will be rush comes to an end. Blenheim Wider light-alloy front of $332,800. 800 58.7% spoiler, polycarbonate rear and side editorial exists and this has proved to With interest rates expected to better than 2010, because it’s 38 (23.7 mpg) and CO2 emissions 18 election year, you’ve got the be raised in the next few months, 600 Greymouth 2009: 5/17/10 5:31:00 PM 20 | www.autofile.co.nz Rugby World Cup, and a lot of it looks as if the economy and car 400 16 111.1% 19 other things happening that will sales will continue to strengthen. 2009: 200 Nov Dec Sep Oct 15.8% stimulate the market.” Jul Aug 0 May Jun Super M3 – a 300km/h screamer The NZTA figures show that See our stats pages for individual Mar Apr AF_13May.indd 20-21 Jan Feb Christchurch Lightweight componentry sales figures. Autofile will provide 12mm for track work. The front end car runs on Y-spoke 19-inch matt be a very successful way for advertisers the used vehicle market began BMW Is pushing the M3 towards 891 black M alloy wheels. shaves 70kg from the kerb weight its recovery earlier than the new, sector-specific coverage in the weeks www.autofile.co.nz | 7 can be lowered 16mm, and damper 626 the 320km/h club with an uprated which is now 1530kg. The roof is in which no new stats are released. 2009: rates and front and rear camber are can be adjusted with sales beginning to grow version designed to double as a Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Plastic 42.3% adjustable. using the rear wing – based on late last year. April registrations Timaru road or track car. and side and rear windows are 5/17/10 5:29:30 PM Brake disc size rises by 18mm BMW’s 320si World Touring Car 70 BMW quotes 0-100km/h in 4.4 polycarbonate. at the front (six-pot callipers) and Championship racer’s – and the 2009: 32 seconds and a 304km/h top speed Deleting the rear seats and 30mm at the rear (four-pot) and the front apron’s air defl ectors. to nail home their message. 118.8% for the M3 GTS whose highly- reducing sound insulation saves adjustable chassis allows it to be more weight, and the thin-walled

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