TE AWAMUTU’S MONTHLY MOTORING MAGAZINE, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009 2 ~ ‘‘HotHot rrod’od’ ttruckruck a sshowhow sstealer.tealer. 5 ~ TTHEHE EExpoxpo - wwherehere bbiggerigger iiss bbetter.etter. 1100 ~ DDriveByriveBy ttestest ddrivesrives tthehe AAlphalpha 1160A.60A. HHONDAONDA CCIVICIVIC A SSPORTYPORTY SSEDANEDAN ~ PP33 Great 6794685AA Buying o rd Eur Acco Honda BS, side 2004 irbags, A , dual a isc CD INGHAM .4, auto ir, 6 d 2 ate a owner LMVD ags, clim ing, 1 Te Awamutu airb ote lock yer, rem lue Cnr Mahoe St + Arawata St, pla arctic b Te Awamutu. Ph 871 5630 in TREVOR HOSE - 021 298 4271 a/h 07 872 1770 MERV CARR - 027 484 7636 $15,990 6794690AA Swedish truck a real ‘hot rod’ n undoubted star of this year’s Truck Aand Heavy Equip- ment Expo (THE Expo) KEEP YOUR VEHICLE held at Mystery Creek was The Red Pearl - a hot rod SAFE ON THE ROAD! Scania brought here by the parent company along with its creator and owner Svempa Bergendahl. Checkck in forfo Mr Bergendahl founded, Check in for as is general manager, of CheckCh k in i for Svempas AB - a Swedish company which specialises in • Warrant of fitness customising Scania trucks. No youngster, Mr Ber- • Pre-purchase inspection gendahl proudly still puts in a 16 hour day in his busi- • Driver licensing nesses. • Vehicle registration When he’s not driving or showing The Red Pearl, he • Certificate of fitness feeds his need for speed in his Audi R8 or Harley Davi- • Road user charges son bike. Both have been customised to perform above SVEMPAS AB general manager Svempa 9 Bergendahl (left), builder of ‘The Red Pearl’. factory specs and both are injection. Power is doubled Check in...drive on.... also painted Red Pearl red. to about 740kW. The Red Pearl - or Svempa The Red Pearl runs an Al- R 999, is based on a Scania lison automatic gearbox and T 500 tractor with an R-Se- can sprint to 100km/h in 1423 Alexandra St, Te Awamutu ries grille. fi ve seconds. With its high Phone 870 2217 It has no roof, lowered ratio diff fi tted it will exceed windscreen and sits on low- 200km/h. ered suspension. Check www.svempas.se for Mon to Fri 8.00am to 5.00pm Powering the beast is a 16 more ‘hot rod’ trucks. and Sat 8.00 to 12noon litre, dual turbocharged V8 More on THE Expo on 6794713AA running a modifi ed cam and page 5. YAMAHA BIKE SERVICING • FARM • TRAIL • ROAD We at Norwoods have been servicing YAMAHA bikes for the last 20 years, Had an Accident utilising genuine Yamaha parts. 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The Civic has a premium has been one of the highest performers information, you know what is happening in sound system. Ithrough eight generations of develop- your car. Interior comfort is fantastic - the seats are a ment. The Civic also comes with a proven 1.8 good size and have plenty of adjustment. The facelift demonstration model Honda litre engine and choice of fi ve speed manual, And it may be a mid-sized car, but rear Civic 2.0 S from Ingham Honda reminds me plus the previously reviewed Hybrid. room and boot space are equally impressive. how good the car is, and how far innovation And while Honda designers have ex- has come for the family car. the en- pertly mixed the sporty For a start the two litre, 16 valve DOHC drive of the Civic with i-VTEC engine develops an impressive what can only be de- 114kW of power and 188Nm of scribed as a luxury torque. interior. With its fi ve speed But they have automatic, featuring gone even fur- sport mode and ther, incor- paddle shift porating an Sport Shift, impressive ar- this package ray of safety has plenty of features. get-up-and- Occupants go. are surrounded The by an air bag transmission system and rein- is a clever forced bodywork device - you can in strategic locations, xperienced car salesman Merv Carr (pictured) has use it at any time active head restraints move headed north from Otorohanga to join the award to quickly select the forward in the event of a Ewinning team at Te Awamutu’s Ingham Honda. gear you want, then it reverts crash to reduce neck injuries Mr Carr started in the industry with Mitsubishi dealership back to automatic - or you can lock it in for gines and all seat belts have pre-ten- AG Sanders in 1993 and moved to Otorohanga’s Excelsior complete control. are top-of-the class perform- sioners. Nissan in 1995 where he remained until winning the Te Awamutu And the display tells you exactly how eve- ance wise, they meet new Low Emission Ve- When it comes to peace-of-mind and per- position. rything is performing, from the large tacho hicle regulations. formance, Honda Civic has found an answer. He says there have been a lot of changes in the industry over 16 years, especially in terms of safety equipment in all makes of vehicles. Mr Carr says buyers today enjoy a huge range of features across the vehicle range. Most enjoyable aspect of the job is meeting lots of great peo- ple and forming relationships with clients. Mr Carr says he had developed a skill at selling commercial vehicles with the Nissan dealership, and while he will miss that initially, he is looking forward to putting his skills to use selling the well respected range of Honda vehicles, which are more pas- senger vehicle based. He also says it is fantastic to be part of a high performing dealership and learning Honda’s systems - which are respected within the industry. 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