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TE AWAMUTU’S MONTHLY MOTORING FEATURE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 MITSUBISHI A GAME CHANGER AFTER Your Local Vehicle SALES Electrical Experts SERVICE PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AUTO ELECTRICAL EXIDE BATTERIES • AUDIO BATTERIES • ALARMS DIAGNOSTICS AIR CONDITIONING 9588884AA When you are buying from a dealer, privately, online or want cash to negotiate, we provide an immediate answer. Need a loan for a holiday, DEANE MARK house renovation or new car? If you have a vehicle to use as security, 225 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu we can help. www.mtf.co.nz Ph (07) 870 6006 AUTO ELECTRICAL 027 222 2664 2 Te Awamutu Courier - Thursday, April 10, 2014 WHEEL ALIGNMENTS now available at TML! Unique Opel stays in the family BY DEAN TAYLOR ne of the great outcomes from attending car shows, such as O Sunday’s Te Awamutu Classic Car Show and Swap Meet, is finding a real treasure — then getting the story. This was the case this week when I looked back at my photos and found this gorgeous 1937 Opel Super 6, which I had thought was one of the prettiest cars at the show, as well as meeting the local couple out in their first run in their 1951 Bradford Pickup (see Page 7). I didn’t meet the owner of the Opel at the show so did my usual Google search for a bit of information on the model for this edition of DriveBy. HUNTER WHEEL There wasn’t much, so an image search was conducted and to my surprise ALIGNMENTAL SYSTEM the exact same car came up being driven in the 2000 Kilometer Durch Deutschland Bart collected pre-war Opels and had in 1933 in opposition to the Italian Mile is the latest technology available and earlier this century. the Super 6 in his collection, buying it Miglia, to show the world what a top class allows our NZQA qualifi ed technicians I looked more closely at my photo to from a German Autobahn Patrol Officer. product the Germans built. confirm this, and saw the distinctive Nothing was known of its previous Unfortunately for him the Fiat factory to provide the best possible service. country flag and name rally cars have on history, but the officer had been respon- team took the first ten places and the rally their flanks. sible for the restoration. was only held twice. For the safety of your vehicle and to maximise A close up showed the names Bart In the 1930s Opel would build the In the early 90’s it was re-enacted as a the life of your tyres we recommend a wheel Hendrix (Holland) and Jan Hendrix (New chassis and the engine and used four reliability trial with about 30 starters. Zealand). coachbuilders to make different models. Quickly the total reached 200 cars and the alignment every 15,000km. For many modern That must be the couple that own the Hebmuller and Glaser were the bigger Hendrix’, living in Holland, started taking vehicles perfect wheel alignment is essential for car. Still online I searched the White coachbuilders, Buhne and Kuhn (this part in the third version. Pages and found B. Hendrix in Taranaki — model) were made by smaller producers. Since 2002 Jan has been doing the co- correct functioning of your car’s ESP system. surely the owner. During World War II German military driving for his dad after his mum had When I rang and asked for Bart I was confiscated any form of transport, and it is enough after 10 events. Father and son For ALL your vehicle service told no-one there had that name, but likely this model was favoured by officers won the event on their sixth of seven requirements see TML today! asked who exactly was I after? for their own use. rallies — the only non-German team to I told the story and was told by the Once a car was out of fuel, or not ever do so. helpful woman Jan was her ‘father-in-law’ working anymore, they were just aban- In September 2012, while in hospital, from Auckland and yes that was ‘his’ car. doned and another one confiscated. Bart called his family to his side. Jan and TE AWAMUTU MOTORS LTD Another call and all was revealed. This model is based on an Opel 2 litre family went back to Holland and his father Phone 871 5048 Direct Line 870 1362 Jan is Dutch, and emigrated to New off road rally car build in 1932/33. This asked him which car he wanted. Zealand in 1988. His father is Bart, and the later model has the 2.5 litre engine and He chose the Super 6, the car he had Monday-Friday 7.30am-5.30pm, Saturday 9am-12noon car was his in Holland. three speed gearbox. shared fond memories with his father in. CHURCHILL STREET, TE AWAMUTU And the reason I found just images of Several were used by a factory team in Bart passed away in November while the exact same car — it is the only one in the original 2000 Kilometer Durch the car was enroute — it arrived on our the world. Wow! Deutschland, a rally started by Adolf Hitler shores in January last year. 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The Outlander PHEV The trick is the driver takes ‘hybrid’ more than just — drives. a few steps further. I cruised around, BY DEAN TAYLOR An 88kW 2 litre pet- pottering in town, rol engine and two 60kW powering up hills, cruis- e often hear the electric motors handle ing on the highway — term game- power. and achieved 1.9l/100km W changer used, It can travel 50km on economy. often incorrectly, but I batteries alone after The car handles well believe it does apply to being plugged in and — the experts say the the Mitsubishi Out- fully charged. weight of the under floor lander PHEV. Spend your day batteries actually help- I drove the VRX pottering around town, ing in that respect. model Plug-in Hybrid to work and back, and So Mitsubishi say the Electric Vehicle from chances are you will be PHEV is the performance Ingham Mitsubishi — it driving an electric car all model of the Outlander looks like a normal SUV, day. range. They are probably but has an amazing Demand more and right. array of tricks. that is where things The VRX gets The slight changes to start getting very clever. SatNnav, forward the 2014 model give the The Outlander PHEV collision mitigation, Outlander a bolder look, uses all the best bits of adaptive cruise control, with stronger front and the series-parallel a power tailgate, heated rear visuals coming from hybrid drive system and front leather seats and the new bumpers that the electric range the full PHEV colour dis- feature matt silver extender drive system play screens — plus the inserts and more and combines them PHEV remote app that is aggressive lines. using some very clever available for iOS and It is the first pro- computer brains. Android duction car on sale in The petrol engine can phones. New Zealand, and the just keep the batteries That first SUV anywhere in charged, or it can pro- means you on a hot day and get it turn the lights on to find To experience the the world, to use plug-in, vide more power, or can phone air conditioned down to it in a crowded carpark, future of motoring, book hybrid and electric tech- even directly drive the your car a comfortable level, or or get it demisted... a test drive now. VRX Model shown. 1. Offi cial test result from test regime ADR81/02. 2. Price is for XLS model and excludes On Road Costs of $750 which includes Registration, WoF and a tank of fuel. 3. $1.41 charge rate is based off the Energy Effi ciency and Conservation Authority advised off-peak rate of $0.15/kWh. Available at Mitsubishi Motors dealers. INGHAM MITSUBISHI Te Awamutu Arawata Street, Te Awamutu (next to Mobil) PHONE 07 871 5630 A/H Trevor Hose 021 298 4271 - Mike Gibson 027 574 6253 www.inghamdriven.com 4 Te Awamutu Courier - Thursday, April 10, 2014 Te Awamutu Courier - Thursday, April 10, 2014 5 Classic Car Show basks in late summer sun ith almost 300 cars on display, the Waikato chopper did make an appearance.