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Issue 14-2015 7 August 2015

Used industry to lead sales of electric cars

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wo automotive organisations are working together to increase the supply and sale of electric vehicles (EVs) in New Zealand. The Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association (IMVIA) and Drive Electric are teaming up to establish and promote a reliable supply chain for used EVs from overseas with fleet buyers in mind. The heads of agreement comes at a time when registered motor-vehicle traders are reporting greater success in selling these cars to members of the public.

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Both organisations believe fleet buyers may be tempted to enter the used EV arena if more stock can be accessed at the right price. David Vinsen, chief executive of the IMVIA, believes the used import market can provide these vehicles at prices that appeal to them. “The reason we think used electric cars can lead the charge in New Zealand is because we can take advantage of other jurisdictions’ pricing, depreciations and incentive regimes,” he told Autofile. “We are going to be able to introduce them into this country at

price points, or within a price band, attractive to New Zealanders. We need to take that into account, as well as EVs’ reduced running costs.” Vinsen says another reason used EVs can make in-roads in this country is that demand for new ones from fleets may be affected because of their costs, which in turn may limit their commercial viability. He adds this is why the IMVIA and Drive Electric are looking to used importers and dealers to help implement an agreement between the two organisations. “We are trying to put into

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Businesses hit by email scams

embers of the automotive industry have been hit by scams that could have cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars. David Vinsen, chief executive of the Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association (IMVIA), says the organisation has received bogus emails trying to con it out of money.

Jacanna Customs & Freight has also been targeted by scammers and, as previously reported by Autofile, so has Autohub. The first bogus email received by the IMVIA came from what appeared to be an existing customer saying money was owed. It started “Dear Bev [Purchase]”, who is the office manager, and stated “your account remains

unpaid, please check the attached invoice”, which was in a zip file. “We know our actual customer doesn’t sell anything to us, so we didn’t open it after realising it was spam or worse,” Vinsen told Autofile. “It was clever because they used the name of a client of ours and also wrote to the right person.” The spamming then got worse.

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Trains, planes and automobiles

ong-haul flights are never fun, but having two back-toback can become oppressive. Normally, I fly to Blighty “direct” via Singapore with an hour or so between connections, but the latest jaunt back was in peakseason July. A mixture of carriers came in about $800 cheaper although this meant five-hour breaks halfway both ways. The outward trip was fine and involved getting from one Tokyo airport to another. The transfer bus from Narita took about an hour to get to Haneda where terminal time passed quickly thanks to a 50-metre banked Scalextric track with 10 lanes. But the return leg through Shanghai was arduous. The inward flight was dreadful and a transit battle ensued with immigration officials, which was followed by rude check-in staff for the second flight and a two-hour delay on the tarmac as we awaited a gap in the take-off mayhem. Pudong Airport is no fun, so we took in some sights. The first was the city skyline with its all-engulfing smog. It resembled a surreal scene from a post-apocalypse movie. Many people when asked to name the world’s most polluted metropolis opt for Shanghai or Beijing, but the latter is only half as polluted as Delhi. The Indian city’s air pollution is 10 times higher than acceptable standards and has the most particulate matter. This can be made up of substances such as carbon, sulphur and nitrogen, while cancer, heart disease and respiratory issues can result from traffic emissions. The next most air-polluted cities are Doha in Qatar and Kabul, Afghanistan. In fact, none in China make the top 10.

Next up was Shanghai’s emissions-free maglev train, which completes the 30km journey from the airport to Longyang Road in eight minutes. It tops 431kph which, according to its museum, makes it the planet’s fastest train in regular commercial service. As an aside, Japan’s Lo Series maglev set a world record of 603kph on April 21 over 1.8km, but fare-paying passengers face a long wait for the all-aboard call. When comparing Auckland’s air quality to major cities in other countries, it appears, prima facie, to be doing quite well – although an airport rail link would help. The problems with pollution elsewhere in world do show how relatively clean and green New Zealand is. Some issues affecting this country were covered by a Ministry for the Environment official at the inaugural Tyre Industry Summit in June. He said New Zealand is only responsible for about one per cent of the planet’s emissions and about half of ours come from agriculture, “but we’re in the business of making food”. Road transport is responsible for about 20 per cent. This basically means most of our harmful emissions are caused by cows farting, not car fumes. The irony is China – where major pollution is caused by burning fossil fuels and vehicle emissions are choking cities – is New Zealand’s top export market for dairy products, which account for about 30 per cent of all of our merchandise exports by value. So what industry will fall more into the spotlight for reducing emissions here in the future – agriculture or automotive? A rhetorical question, perhaps. Darren Risby, editor

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Security of supply essential place a proper supply chain with serious corporate grunt to enable the sale of these used vehicles,” he explains. “The numbers are small, and they will still be relatively, but it’s about getting a bit more traction than what would otherwise happen by natural processes.” While most imported vehicles are used, Mark Gilbert, chairman of Drive Electric, says the supply of second-hand EVs is a challenge the industry needs to tackle. He highlights two main issues affecting their supply from overseas right-hand-drive (RHD) markets as being the weaker New Zealand dollar, and demand from other markets impacting on what importers and dealers in this country can access. “We have got two things happening at the moment,” explains Gilbert. “Prices for used

EVs are going up and there are less of them available because other markets are competing for the same stock New Zealand has been purchasing.” Drive Electric is also working to get more fleet buyers to enter the EV sector by discussing options available to them. This involves bolstering demand for EVs and what’s available to be on-sold by used car importers, who normally do not operate in the fleet market. However, if used EVs stack up as the way forward, there needs to be a system in place if, for example, a company requests 25 units. Gilbert notes if this happens now, “we will have a problem because not one retailer has 25, so it would be difficult to satisfy a fleet demand”. He adds: “Then you have got the complexity of centralised

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procurement, which most fleet companies have, but they want distribution nationwide. They need sales and after-sales support across the country. “What we are trying to do is ensure supply exists for whatever the demand is. If you are going to change the game, we’ve got to change it with companies.”

Gilbert says while the heads of agreement with the IMVIA is in its conceptual stages, there are a few irons in the fire. “It is early days. We are having talks around the opportunity for the IMVIA to perhaps look at a formalised structure to enable buying in volume and appropriate after-sales programmes.” The timescale for this has yet to be set, but he confirms the goal between now and Christmas is to come up with a formal document and information pack to help fleet operators with decision-making processes. While there are lots of good reasons to move forward with these ideas, Gilbert recognises EV prices may be sticking points. “When you look at vehicles at the moment, new EVs are at the top end – in the $60,000-$80,000 

Getting fuelled up Auckland’s CBD now boasts its first public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. They have been installed thanks to a partnership between Mighty River Power and Auckland Transport. They bring the total number of stations available across New Zealand to more than 70 and a map showing where they can be found online at www.driveelectric.org.nz. With growth in ownership rates of plug-ins, Fraser Whineray, the power company’s chief executive officer, says the new facilities allow motorists to fuel-up for free. “There is a compelling proposition for all of us to support the uptake of renewable electricity as a transport fuel,” he says. “It is made here, costs less than 30 cents per litre and takes about two tonnes of carbon out of the environment for every EV on the road every year.” Whineray adds Auckland has the country’s highest rate of EV

ownership, and public charging stations are important for consumers to be confident about fuelling up when they need and want to. Another key to growth in the sector is an expanded variety of plugin models in New Zealand, which will enable a local second-hand market to develop, while some organisations are now taking EVs into their fleets. “Working with organisations such as Auckland Transport to install chargers in prominent areas shows the momentum and positive change in our transport fuel mix,” adds Whineray. “This is one of the initiatives we have to stimulate the roll-out of infrastructure. Of course, most EV charging will take place at home or businesses as New Zealand has a high rate of off-street parking.” Auckland’s new charging stations are suitable for all plug-ins. They are on the ground level of the Downtown Carpark near the Customs Street exit.

news t bracket for a small EV or plug-in hybrid. A lot of company cars are probably $30,000-$50,000. “We can talk as much as we like, but while the pricing is away from that sweet spot, penetration is going to stay where it is and that’s low.” The uptake of EVs may be accelerated between $25,000 and $50,000 by looking at what is available used from overseas – be that Japan, the UK or other RHD markets. Mike Underhill, chief executive of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, says with New Zealand’s high uptake of renewable energy, it makes real sense to look at EVs especially with ongoing costs in mind. “The bottom line is it now costs $2 a litre to fill your car with petrol and the equivalent of about 30 cents per litre for electricity.”

TRADER’S VIEW OF MARKET Henry Schmidt, of Autolink Cars in Grey Lynn, Auckland, describes the market for used EVs as “looking quite good”, although he believes the general public still needs to be educated about them. “The majority of people don’t know anything about EVs and worry about where to charge them,” he says. “The technology is too new to them.” However, most consumers buying them from him are wellinformed and have done their research online before visiting the dealership. “We’ve got many emails from people who are absolutely rapt with their EVs,” Schmidt told Autofile. “I have never experienced anything like it and they are so pleased after switching over.”

Henry Schmidt, of Autolink Cars, specialises is selling used electric vehicles, including this BMW i3

The business has now sold between 60 and 80 electric cars. Only one has been traded back by someone going from a first to second-generation Nissan Leaf and “everyone who owns one is hanging onto it”. Schmidt says the Leaf is the most popular used EV he sells. They are easy to buy and can be readily sourced from Japan, while the dealership has sold a few Toyota Prius plug-ins. “I have got a BMW i3, but it’s in a different price bracket,” he explains. “It is a $65,000 vehicle versus $20,000 to $30,000 for a Leaf. “I could bring the Tesla in, but I think it will be slow to sell because not many people are going to outlay $130,000, but it is soon releasing a model that will compete with the Leaf – a cheaper one. “I had 30-something EVs three or four weeks ago, and recently only had two left. “I have got three arriving and they are all pre-sold. I’m keeping one for myself and there are two on the yard. I’ve bought some more, but it takes five to six

weeks for them to get here.” Schmidt’s EV buyers tend to be “very well-informed people”, and have included university professors, the pilot of a 747, Mighty River Power staff, a lawyer and an accountant. There have also been expats returning from England, while many are younger people “because they know all about them”. Schmidt says Autolink entered the used EV market because of buying trends developing globally. He points out more than 30 per cent of Norway’s fleet is now electric with such vehicles also being popular in the US and UK. “It’s a trend happening all around the world,” he says. “Surely we should follow that. It’s a nobrainer not to own an EV if you are running around town.” He likes that fact they make no noise, which means neighbours are not disturbed by comings and goings late at night. “EVs are also competitive. If you look at 2011 Volkswagen Golfs, they are about $20,000 and a 2012 Leaf is virtually the same.” There are some issues

operating in the EV market. Although there are no problems getting used stock into New Zealand, there was an initial matter to overcome. “We had a bit of a problem with the lead that charges the cars because the voltage in Japan is different from here,” explains Schmidt. “We learned from that and now modify the charging lead to suit New Zealand power.” A major market to source used EVs from is Japan, where there is plenty of stock. But buyers in the Sri Lankan market have recently been paying more than those in this country and Russia is also a competitor. For example, 70 Leafs went through an auction in Japan one day last month and Schmidt bought one with “the Sri Lankan market being the one paying the money”. There is also stock available in the UK, “but it’s still a bit expensive there”. For the used EV market to expand in New Zealand, Schmidt says: “More information is needed [continued on page 6]

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Electric vehicle demand expands out there for the average Kiwi who doesn’t do research and read up about it. “I think the market is going to grow. We are now selling cars to people who are saying, ‘my friend bought one from you and I quite like it’. That is going to happen more – word-of-mouth advertising. “More people are aware the government and power companies, such as Mighty River Power, are installing charging stations around shopping centres and different places. “This gives them more confidence in charging cars, but you never burn 150km getting around town. “You can also charge an EV when you get home. However, I think when there are more charging stations, people will be more aware of electric cars.” On top of that, Schmidt says manufacturers are likely to achieve 300km ranges from batteries installed in their EVs in the near future.

COMPOSITION OF FLEET According to the monthly light vehicle report published by Ministry of Transport (MoT), growth in imports has taken the share of hybrid and EV registrations to about one per cent of light vehicles in recent months. “The introduction of plug-in hybrid EVs to the New Zealand market has boosted registrations of EVs significantly,” it states. “They now make up 0.15 per cent to 0.20 per cent of light-vehicle registrations. “Imports of used conventional hybrids continue to increase as

more of them are available in the Japanese used market. “Used conventional hybrid registrations have now overtaken new. Used registrations are increasing while new registrations are decreasing. Conventional hybrid registrations are just over 2,000 a year and are growing slowly.” The MoT reports EV sales increased significantly in early 2014 following the introduction of

and energy and resources, believes there are opportunities to reduce New Zealand’s carbon emissions through the energy sector. “About 42 per cent of New Zealand’s carbon emissions are from energy use,” he says. “Transport is our largest consumer of energy and more than 99 per cent of transport energy is oil-based. Light passenger vehicles represent

balance of payments is in trying to minimise this cost of oil.” While there are positives to EVs, Bridges realises they are not without their challenges. “Price is seen as the barrier with EVs having been up to three times more expensive than internal combustion vehicles. “However, changes in the market suggest prices are starting to come down to a level where

“It costs $2 a litre to fill your car with petrol and the equivalent of about 30 cents per litre for electricity.” – Mike Underhill, EECA Mitsubishi’s Outlander plug-in hybrid. “The Outlander and Nissan Leaf have made up most of the new registrations, and Leafs have made up most of the used imports,” it notes. “Audis and BMWs are the next biggestselling new light EVs.” Average monthly registrations in 2015 have been 32 and may hit 400-450 for the full year. The light electric fleet has now reached 695 units and there are about 12,000 conventional hybrids on New Zealand’s roads. The MoT adds: “The new conventional hybrid fleet is not growing as quickly as it was due to the drop in new registrations, but the used conventional hybrid fleet is growing faster.”

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60 per cent of transport energy consumption.” He believes this is an area where the country could improve fuel efficiency, make savings, reduce carbon-dioxide emissions and improve its drive to increase the use of renewables. “EVs present an opportunity for a serious leap forward,” says the minister. “Replacing a comparable petrol car with an EV would reduce emissions by more than two tonnes a year. A transition to EVs could reduce New Zealand’s $9 billion oil bill and improve security of supply.” Underhill adds: “Oil is far bigger than any other single import. “When you think about how many tonnes of milk powder, butter or meat we would have to send overseas to pay for that, you realise how important the

EVs can be a viable option. “We are also starting to see second-hand EVs arriving from Japan for private buyers.” Bridges has been heartened to see two major industries – automotive and electricity – working together on EVs. “For the motor-vehicle industry, greater uptake by fleets may make EVs more viable when you take into account most new cars are bought by fleets. “It will be important for EV requirements to be integrated with future smart-grid technology and infrastructure. “Emerging technologies – such as EVs, solar energy and advanced meters, as well as developments in distribution automation, distributed storage and demand response – will make different demands on electricity systems of the future.”

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Man of ‘leadership and vision’

ributes have been paid to Sir John Todd, who died at his home in Wellington on July 29 after a period of ill health. The 88-year-old, who received his knighthood in 2012, was chairman of the Todd Corporation from 1987 until he retired in 2011. After studying accountancy and commerce at Victoria University, Wellington, he joined the family business in the 1940s by working at Todd Motors’ assembly line in Petone, Lower Hutt. Sir John became managing director in 1968 and the company acquired the Mitsubishi franchise for New Zealand two years later. The operation – previously a distributor and dealer for brands such as Ford, Commer trucks, Studebaker, Chrysler, Hillman, Humber and Peugeot-Talbot – shifted to Porirua in the mid-1970s. By 1980, it was the country’s biggest car company and held

Todd Motors’ Porirua site in 1982. Photo by John Nicholson, Evening Post, courtesy of Alexander Turnball Library. Inset, Sir John Todd

the largest market share of any Mitsubishi distributor globally. It exited the industry in 1987 by selling up to Mitsubishi Motor Corporation (MMC) before assembly activities ended in 1998. Prime Minister John Key describes Sir John as an admired businessman. “He also dedicated time to charity work with the Todd Foundation. It was a privilege to have known him.”

Sir John’s son, Mike, says: “Our father was a highly respected New Zealander who made a significant contribution to business and philanthropy. “Our family salutes him for the work he did in the service of our wonderful family enterprise.” “Sir John was a huge driving force behind establishing our brand in New Zealand in the 1970s,

’80s and ’90s, the benefits of which we still feel today,” says Masao Tanuma, managing director of Mitsubishi Motors NZ. “As a businessman, his integrity and leadership were unequalled, yet our staff remember the gentleman and personal rapport he had with them, which extended long after his retirement from the board of directors in the late-90s.” A statement from MMC in Japan reads: “We recognise the great contribution made by Sir John from our first meetings in the 1960s as we contemplated opportunities in New Zealand, through great growth in the ’70s, through negotiations in which assembly operations passed into MMC’s hands in the 1980s and to his retirement from the board in 1997. “Sir John’s leadership and vision is remembered with great respect.” Visit www.autofile.co.nz to find out more Sir John and the Todd Corporation.

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Online criminals up the ante Rather than a fake external email apparently from an existing customer, this time one was received from Vinsen’s email account. “Bev got an email from me ‘internally’ with an invoice attached asking how she was and hoping she had a good weekend, and saying ‘please pay the attached invoice’. “She knows I would never speak to her in this manner because I would normally just say ‘pay this’. “But she could see straight away it was spam and the invoice was in a zip file, so she didn’t open it.” Vinsen says there were no other signs his system had been hacked into and the email hadn’t come from his phone or PC, but the sender’s address was set up to look like it had. Ken Quigley, managing director of Jacanna Customs & Freight, says his business was the target of scammers earlier this year. On that occasion, the hacker went one step further and registered a “.com” domain name for Jacanna – whereas his company’s

website address ends with “.co.nz”. An email was sent from “his” email address to Jacanna’s financial controller, Michelle Wellesley-Davies, asking her to pay an account. “What they do is go through your website and find out who your staff members are and their positions,” says Quigley. “I got the email from Michelle and thought, ‘what’s this about’

Quigley adds: “It appears these scams are becoming more sophisticated so awareness is important.” Vinsen agrees that spam emails are getting more elaborate. “When people have worked out what the chain of command is inside organisations, they use fake internal emails to try to spam you or commit fraud,” he says.

“The message is spam is now quite sophisticated. It’s quite frightening.” – David Vinsen, chief executive of the IMVIA

and ‘who am I paying’. It was all a bit confusing, but in the end we worked out what had happened.” Quigley says what struck him was the effort the hackers went to register a domain name to send an email purporting to be from him. “It takes a bit of effort to register a domain name and then try to solicit money through it. It was

Advice on hacking Scammers go to great lengths to hack into computers, according to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. The “set-up” often involves an email inviting the receiver to click on a link, but doing so means scammers can then access the computer to steal personal details or use it to run other scams. Scammers can go to great lengths to install malicious software,

.com and not .co.nz, so unless you checked it out closely it looked like my email address. “The amount involved was also big – US$148,736. Although we do handle large sums and often in overseas currencies, we have systems in place to ensure all payments are bona fide with the appropriate documentation. “However, not all businesses are

known as “malware”, onto computers. Spyware is a type of malware. When you click on links in spam emails or download certain internet files, spyware can be launched onto a computer without its user realising. Criminals use spyware to collect information about how a computer is operated. For example, a “keystroke

like this, so I’m sure these scammers get paid from time to time.” The company also checked the jacanna.com domain name on www.who.is and found it was registered by an organisation that appeared to be set up to avoid detection, “so there’s little the authorities can do to find out who is conducting the scam”.

“The message is spam is now quite sophisticated and a lot of work goes into identifying internal relationships in organisations with the intent of making instructions look authentic. It’s quite frightening.” In June, Autofile reported Autohub issued a warning to car importers and dealers not to get caught up in an overseas scam that 

logger” can record all key strokes made. This means when you are accessing your email or internet banking and type in a password, the scammer can see. Spyware can be hidden in files called “trojans”. These seem innocent on the outside – for example, an e-greeting card. Scammers also use banners, pop-up windows and even entire websites to install spyware onto unsuspecting victims’ computers by using free downloads or product trials as attention grabbers.

The spyware then gets installed after a link is clicked on – for instance, to claim free stuff. People targeted by virus scams or who have downloaded software giving scammers access to their systems should have their computers checked. It’s imperative to have internet security software installed and for this, including virus and spyware checkers, to be kept up to date. Visit www.consumeraffairs. govt.nz/scams for more advice on protecting your business.

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news t was using the company’s name. difficult to combat due to the sheer Managing director John Davies number of such attacks, and the says the scammers used emails ever-evolving methodology and with names from Autohub’s techniques employed by people contact list, but the addresses were behind them. misspelt “autohvb.co” with only “An email can be quite trusted one letter different from the real depending on how it is sent and “autohub.co” ones. what network infrastructure is used Most of the vehicles involved to send it, especially if it comes were motorcycles advertised from within an organisation,” she as being in the UK with victims explains. located in the US. “From a company When a vehicle was perspective, internal sold, the buyer was IT services work told a company called to monitor and “Autohub Ltd” would mitigate against these be in touch to take a campaigns or attacks, deposit and deliver it. communicating and “Autohub Ltd” educating respective then contacted the employees when purchaser for payment required.” into an account in the Ken Quigley, managing director Ross has this advice of Jacanna Customs & Freight UK. But no vehicles for people who get turned up because they were nonspam similar to what people in the existent. automotive industry have received. Christine Ross, senior “Do not open any attachments communications adviser at the or click on any hyperlinks that may Department of Internal Affairs, be in the email,” she says. “Don’t says her office is alerted to emails forward these messages onto any and attachments containing other unwitting individuals or malicious software. colleagues. These have included “software “People who receive these that once executed may cause email messages should notify damage to a machine, network their IT security or help-desk team infrastructure or simply work in immediately.” the background of a machine or Ross says rogue emails can also network and undertake malicious be reported to her department activity of some kind”. by forwarding them to scam@ Ross says the problem is reportspam.co.nz.

Test case for changes

he Commerce Commission says its dispute with Motor Trade Finances (MTF) is important for establishing rules on the fees lenders can charge. Chairman Mark Berry told guests at last month’s Competition Matters conference in Wellington it will continue to use the courts to firm up consumer-credit boundaries. He says clarification is needed after changes to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA), which recently came into effect as part of the loan-shark laws. “We have an important role in bringing test cases to get clarity on principles and legislation that

doesn’t tell us all we need to know.” The commission’s case against MTF and Sportzone over alleged CCCFA breaches before the new legislation was introduced is set to go to the supreme court following a high-court ruling. It alleges MTF and Sportzone charged unreasonable establishment and other credit fees on 39 finance contracts from 2005-08.’ “We are looking to be active in taking cases to establish relevant precedents,” Berry told conference delegates. “The most significant is the MTF case, which is litigation still in process.” Visit www.autofile.co.nz for more on this story.

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Taking challenges head on T

odd McDonald’s passion for the industry can be traced back to his first car, which he built with his father. As a young man, the now general manager of Kia Motors New Zealand rose to the challenge. He was soon behind the wheel of the 1,500cc twin-carb 1974 Hillman Avenger with AWA rally specification, which was finished in high-gloss black with gold stripes. “It was one of only 500 ever made in New Zealand and the enjoyment I got from building it with my father led me into the automotive industry,” he recalls. McDonald relishes a challenge – to him, a synonym for opportunity. “A wise man once told me there are two roads to take – one is an easy road, the other is hard. If you take the hard road, you learn a lot more. “I have used that philosophy quite a bit in life, so when I see a challenge I see it as an opportunity and take it head on.” This mantra has stood him in good stead during his career with Kia. He joined the marque seven years ago and since then “it has gone from strength to strength”. Before that he worked within the Honda franchise in many roles and responsibilities for about 21 years until December 2007, including a three-year stint as an associate for the parent company in Tokyo, Japan. He cites several reasons for

but have a way to go in achieving the brand’s quality and designedfocused profile.” He views his biggest industry achievement as introducing safety features across the Kia range no matter what the variant. “That started back in 2008 before which you had to opt for top-specification models to secure your safety. Today, most mainstream manufacturers include such features across their ranges. “Another big achievement, in the same year, was introducing a front-wheel-drive variant in the medium-sized SUV sector with the Kia Sportage. About 90 per cent of its sales now are two-wheel-drive.”

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME Todd McDonald, general manager of Kia Motors New Zealand, with his current drive – a 2015 V6 Sorento Limited – outside the company’s head office in Auckland

joining the Korean marque with career advancement being the “obvious initial attraction”. “The opportunity to head up the local arm of an international company had long been an ambition.” Kia was in a “relatively weak position” in New Zealand, which was seen as an opportunity to test his past experience. Internationally, the marque was gaining internal strength and “had potential to become a major player on the world stage, but it was still in the early stages”. McDonald adds: “I wanted to grow the business and make a significant contribution to New

Zealand’s long-term strategic plans.” He believes the company now punches above its weight despite a small local market. “For me, personally, a highlight has been to build a team and network that reflects Kia’s new philosophy and supports our direction. “We’ve got a small headoffice staff compared to other car companies, and we hire well and work hard. Our attitude is a bit like New Zealand’s – a small player wanting to make its voice heard.” He adds this country has yet to see the best emerge from the marque. “We’ve come a long way,

One recent challenge taken up by McDonald was Kia being a major sponsor of the FIFA U20s World Cup staged in New Zealand in May and June. As well as the company’s pitchside advertising being seen by 200,000 million people around the world on television screens, there was local grassroots work to be done. “We took part in familyorientated events in conjunction with our dealers where matches were played. We were also able to invite numerous customers to watch games with us – such personal time is invaluable.” A fringe benefit was watching some world-class football.

and enhanced V8 rumble. Although the Camaro is now in regular use, “it’s an ongoing project because when you work on old cars, you are never really satisfied

until you have perfected it”. He adds: “It definitely provides a reality check to today’s modern cars and you get to appreciate them as well as the classics.”

Classic love affair Todd McDonald’s passion for cars is highlighted by a restoration project, which can be linked back to his teenage years. Aged 17, he saw a 1971 Z28 Camaro in the showroom of Chevron Motor Court in Dunedin. He fell in love with it and “wanted one since”. He eventually asked a US specialist to look for an RS or Z28. Six months later, his red and white 1971 V8 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport, pictured, with a three10 www.autofile.co.nz

speed automatic transmission arrived on these shores. That was back in 2007. He first took it back to bare metal and then painted it Lamborghini yellow – his favourite colour. The suspension has since been upgraded with original bushes, but with heavier-duty front springs and new shocks. McDonald has also fitted a new exhaust with ceramic headers, as well as a rear system for performance

industry profile “I enjoyed going to games,” says McDonald. “It was a great opportunity to see future stars in our own backyard. “We’ll be able to look back in coming years and see them in action with teams such as Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich knowing we saw them here in New Zealand first.” McDonald is keen for the marque to reap the benefits through sponsorship and, internationally, Kia supports sport building its profile. “Our local sponsorships recognise sport is an important part of our social fabric and allows us to engage with different customers on a variety of levels.” This is why Kia is the major sponsor of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, for example. He says netball not only appeals to women, but men as well. “The whole family, in fact, which has a generational effect being exposed to our brand,” he adds. “Such sponsorships enable us to engage with audiences at a local and personal level.”

INDUSTRY MARCHES AHEAD actual purchase to also take place One of the major issues facing electronically. the wider industry is how vehicle “We aim to support the customer’s manufacturers engage with freedom and choice in that respect. owners and prospective customers However, we need to deliver an in the everenjoyable and rewarding changing digital experience.” environment. McDonald sees “Our dealers consumer trends have invested towards SUVs of significantly in the past few years infrastructure, continuing, “although and it’s still the vehicles themselves important our may not be what we customers have have traditionally somewhere known as SUVs in the to take their four-wheel-drive offvehicles for road sense”. servicing,” says He describes the McDonald. move to alternative “But with fuels as “a work in – Todd McDonald much economic progress” and doesn’t activity now being conducted foresee any step-changes unless in the ether, the challenge is to there is a major breakthrough in build trusting and long-term battery technology to enable cars relationships with people without to travel hundreds of kilometres meeting them first-hand. on a single charge and for full “Consumers complete their charging to be much quicker. research for car buying online and “Hybrid technology is probably a it’s increasingly common for the stepping stone between fossil fuels

“We’ve come a long way, but have a way to go in building the brand’s profile.”

and electric power, with the next logical step being electric vehicles with longer service intervals. “The potential game-changer is likely to be fuel-cell technology, which is environmentally very clean and delivers the range most motorists want.” Another area that’s developing rapidly is “intelligent sensing technology” and – in the next three years – most new cars will utilise it to some extent, but a shift to fully autonomous vehicles may be “too expensive for high-volume models”. McDonald adds: “Most of us still really enjoy the driving experience and being integral part in controlling our cars. Who’s going to want to give that up in a hurry? Not me. “We have some exciting times ahead of us, but I would still like to be actually driving my car in the future.” True to his philosophy, McDonald says challenges such as these make the automotive industry an exciting one to be involved in. “Our industry cannot sit still and doesn’t repeat itself. It keeps evolving in new ways.”

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otus has filled a niche in its range with the Exige S Club Racer driving onto the scene 15kg lighter than its predecessor. The sports car boasts a lightweight aluminium chassis tub and aerodynamically enhanced composite bodywork. Its 3.5-litre supercharged V6 engine delivers exciting performance, benchmark handling and a “pure driving experience” combined with a 0-100kph acceleration time of four seconds and a top speed of 274kph. “Factoring the Club Racer ethos into the Exige enhances the trackfocused potential of this important model,” says Jean-Marc Gales, chief executive officer of Group Lotus. “It encompasses our benchmark in handling with lightweight and efficient construction.” Although available only as a

The Lotus Exige S Club Racer

coupe model, the new Club Racer occupies an important niche in Lotus’ range, he adds. The marque has shaved 15kg off this model when compared to the Exige S with it weighing in at 1,161kg. This is due to its lightweight battery, with it also having a centre console, sports seats in leather or alcantara and lighter doors. Traction-slip thresholds come in

drive, sport and race settings. These allow the motorist enhanced vehicle control before intervention is required and they can be altered via a driver-selectable switch, which is now fitted as standard. The Club Racer is available in metallic white, orange, metallic yellow and matt black. The front splitter, rear wing,

front access panel, roof panel, wing mirrors and rear transom are in matt black. The sports car’s decals on the dashboard and seats, and outside above the side indicator, identify this latest addition to the Exige range. There is no word yet on when the Exige S Club Racer will be available in New Zealand.

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he issues with ACC’s 1 2 accurate information and safety ratings, endstatistics. Any disruption to of-life tyres (ELTs) our industry if they move and Ports of Auckland (POAL) the port is going to cost time have been highlighted and money.” at a dinner hosted by the He added the Ministry of Imported Motor Vehicle Transport is doing longIndustry Association (IMVIA). term work on intelligent Chief executive David transportation systems (ITS) Vinsen took the opportunity to establish what is needed to provide updates on matters by 2015. at the event on the North “We have big computing Shore on August 4 attended capabilities, big databases and by about 50 members of the connectivity. The question sector and government. is how we use that to better He stressed the IMVIA has manage our fleet.” healthy relationships with Vinsen said part of the government departments and IMVIA’s role is identifying 3 4 officials, “which is different bigger-picture issues before 1 Lloyd Wilson and Bev Purchase, of the IMVIA, with Euan Philpot, of JEVIC 2 Gordon Shaw, of VINZ, from when we first started”. they arise “and not just Malcolm Yorston, of the IMVIA, and Greg Ranson, of Drivesure 3 Liz Yeaman, of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Council, with Darren Wiltshire, of Trade Me Motors 4 Nick Owens, of the IMVIA, and However, concern fighting fires as they come up Steve Owens, of Provident Insurance was expressed a national as we used to in the old days”. “We will be working with the stewardship scheme for ELTs Visit www.autofile.co.nz for automotive industry] working Employers and Manufacturers has yet to be taken forward by a photo gallery from the event and with ACC giving good advice and Association to provide it with the Ministry for the Environment edited versions of speeches. recommendations, but those despite hundreds of thousands of recommendations are not taken. government dollars and a lot of “The associations are continuing industry time spent being on it. to work with ACC through this issue.” Vinsen said another area of The IMVIA is also liaising with concern was ACC’s ratings for which POAL and Auckland Council over many cars have been put in the the future of the port, which wrong bands for annual licensing. “generates wealth for the country” “It’s frustrating when you with new and used vehicles have every association [in the contributing to that.

Meeting with minister There is some progress to report on the ongoing saga with endof-life tyres (ELTs) – of sorts. Members of Tyrewise met Nick Smith, Minister for the Environment, on July 29 with him suggesting the working group carries out extra research. This is to clarify differences between the scope of its stewardship scheme’s cost-benefit analysis and KPMG’s outcomes of cost-benefit modelling on the economic analysis of infrastructure investment. Smith remains cautious about the ability for end-use markets to establish in New Zealand from which benefits can exceed the

cost of recovery, according to Tyrewise. Meanwhile, the botch-up that has seen thousands of people overcharged for car registrations may be bigger than first thought. In June, a fault in ACC’s safety ratings revealed about 9,000 drivers were owed refunds of up to $103 after several models were put into the wrong levy bands. But Sue Moroney, Labour’s ACC spokeswoman, says information from ACC estimates 90,000 vehicles “have already been reclassified”. She adds that number may grow. Visit www. autofile.co.nz to find out more. www.autofile.co.nz

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Fuel-economy world record A fuel-consumption record with an average of 2.82l/100km has been set over 13,498km on a 25-day drive across 24 European Union (EU) countries sharing common borders. Fergal McGrath and Julian Warren, of Honda’s research and development (R&D) team, completed the challenge in a Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC, pictured. The distance was similar to them driving to Australia from their UK homes. They refuelled nine times at a cost of about $1,070 and achieved an average of 1,500km on each tank. The trip started in Belgium on June 1 and they navigated the continent clockwise before finishing on June 25. The fueleconomy figures exceeded the Tourer’s quoted 3.8l/100km by more than 25 per cent. The Guinness World

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Record of “lowest fuel consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries” was calculated over the entire journey. The rules stated the same two drivers must be in the car for the whole trip. McGrath and Warren drove an average of 600km on each 7.5hour day. They had to enter each country and collect evidence, such as a fuel and mileage logbook, GPS readings, videos and photos, and witness signatures. The Tourer was fitted with a tracking device to ensure accurate route monitoring, journey time and distance driven. Under the rules, it had to be a standard model with no modifications. The tyres were inflated to recommended pressures and the wheel alignment was set to factory specifications.

A gold trader who caused losses of about $1.5 million has been jailed for what prosecutors describe as a “bogus, fraudulent scheme”. Robert Kairua, who used to be a luxury car salesman, was a director of Grace Holdings NZ. It traded as BullionBuyer and collapsed in 2012 reportedly holding investor funds of around $2.7m. The Serious Fraud Office launched an investigation in 2012 when Grace Holdings entered liquidation. Judge Christopher Field sentenced Kairua to three years and nine months’ imprisonment last month. He previously pleaded guilty to 13 out of 17 theft charges and nine of 12 false statement charges. Kairua claimed two others should have also faced charges – excompany director Simon Bratley and former trader Elijah Geldman, who is behind bars in the US for an unrelated fraud. The 55-year-old Aucklander added he wasn’t a con man and was duped, but prosecutor Nick Williams stressed he couldn’t get away from the fact he pleaded guilty. Williams said Kairua made false statements about his experience and qualifications, and the nature of the trading.

Customs moves forward with making imports easier Traders can go online to register and manage their own information and client and supplier code applications through the trade single window (TSW) from July 6. Customs Minister Nicky Wagner says: “The ability to go online reduces a 24-hour turnaround down to minutes – at any time of day or night – in many cases. “This milestone comes as inward border transactions through the TSW pass two million. The window is an example of how Customs is making trade easier while maintaining border security. “The next major milestone will be introducing all remaining transaction types and advanced technology for managing risk and intelligence.” During June, about 60 per cent of all inward border transactions and 100 per cent of those going outward were processed via the TSW.

Company denies takeover claim reported across ditch Trade Me has informed the NZX it is not participating in any process to acquire Fisher & Paykel Finance. The announcement on July 24 followed a story in the Australian Financial Review that claimed it was one of a number of companies preparing to submit final offers for the business’ assets. Trade Me’s policy is generally not to comment on market speculation, but it issued the statement “given the nature of the assertions in the article” and its disclosure obligations as a listed company.

Contract ‘future-proofed’ for hybrid and electric cars Three vehicles in the new all-of-government contract are hybrids – Toyota’s Prius and Camry, plus Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV. The deal has been “future-proofed” for extra hybrids and electric vehicles as their demand and cost-efficiencies “continue to develop”. In the 12 months to March, government agencies spent $128 million on 4,550 vehicles and associated purchases, while the new contract is expected to save $10m annually compared with market rates. Five-year contracts with options to renew for a further half-decade have been awarded to Ford, Holden, Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki and Toyota.

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itsubishi’s new Outlander boasts more than 100 engineering and design improvements, according to the marque. Its features a redesigned front and rear fascia, new front guards, LED daytime running lights, silver roof rails, new designs for its 18inch alloys and LED tail-lights. The next-generation continuously variable transmission offers improved acceleration, performance, shift feel and torque delivery. This is a result of increased structural rigidity in the body, revised suspension design and new electronic power steering. The Outlander, which was unveiled at the New York Auto Show in April, is available with a two or 2.4-litre four-cylinder petrol or a 2.2-litre four-cylinder diesel engine. Average fuel consumption for the two-litre petrol model is down

The new Mitsubishi Outlander

to 6.7l/100km from 6.9l. The 2.4-litre engine now achieves 7.2l/100km – formerly 7.5/100km – while the diesel remains at 6.2l/100km. The 2016 Outlander is the first Mitsubishi production vehicle to bear its new “dynamic shield” fascia that signals future models’ design direction.

The marque says it has made big strides with multiple design and engineering improvements to the suspension, handling, body rigidity, steering feel and performance. Engine noise, cabin boom, road and wind noise are reduced in a variety of ways. These include modified engine

air-intake systems, thicker, noiseisolating windscreen glass, improved weather stripping, damper tuning and modified suspension mounts, as well as sound insulation and isolation-damping materials. The XLS and VRX models sport high-efficiency LED headlamps and black, machine-finished 18inch alloys. The range also conforms with the brand’s “reinforced impact safety evolution” body-structure design. All models have active-safety aids, such as traction control and active stability control, hill-start assist, reversing camera, reverse warning sensors, ABS with electronic brake distribution and emergency-stop signal. VRX models also have adaptive cruise control and forwardcollision mitigation. The Outlander range starts at $39,990, plus on-road costs.

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a new platform to include wagon, coupe and potentially convertible variants, as well as the company’s first dedicated SUV. The Guilia is expected to arrive in showrooms early next year with entry-level four-cylinder petrol and diesel models starting at about $70,000. The high-performance QV is likely to come in close to the C63 AMG and M3 sedans – as well as crossing over the Ghibli range – at around $150,000. More details about the Guilia’s range and specifications will be announced at Frankfurt Motor Show next month.

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he Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) recently released its annual report for 2014. It’s interesting that out of the country’s workforce of 63.51 million people, 8.7 per cent – or about five million – are employed in motor-vehicle manufacturing. This total includes those in associated industries, which supply items such as springs, dampers, turbochargers, bearings, pumps, tyres, batteries, glass, tools, electronics and lighting components, filters, starter motors, alternators, audio systems, safety equipment and much more. Automotive manufacturing is recognised as a “core industry” in Japan with its exports making up 17.8 per cent of the total value of its manufacturing exports and 40.9 per cent of the value of machinery industries’ combined

shipments in 2013. per household. Automotive The country’s shipments – internal fleet at the end and external – in of 2014 included 2013 had a value of 60,667,517 cars. Of 52 trillion yen, which these, 17,714,352 was 3.4 per cent more were standard size, than 50.3 trillion yen 21,974,741 were small in 2012. and 20,978,424 were MALCOLM YORSTON In 2014, motorkei class. There were IMVIA membership and technical services manager also 14,624,986 trucks vehicle production recorded its first and 226,944 buses. increase in volumes for two years Fifty-two per cent of cars in for a total of 9.77m units with Japan were registered after April 8.28m, or almost 85 per cent, being 2006 with more than 5.6m units normal and mini-sized, or kei class, registered before March 2000 passenger vehicles. The figure for still in the fleet. The average age trucks came in at 1.36m units and of such vehicles in its national 139,000 buses were made. fleet is 8.13 years. Average private car ownership There were 3.84m new cars in Japan comes in at 1.07 units exported from Japan in 2014, per household. This includes which was down from a high in 0.46 in Tokyo, while Fukui is at 2008 of nearly seven million. Just the other end of the scale with over 1.66m units were exported 1.74. Nagasaki sits closest to the to North America with the next national average with 1.08 cars biggest market being the Middle East with about 626,000.

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JAMA’s report also covers efforts to reduce hazardous substances in cars, especially reducing levels of passenger compartments’ volatile organic compounds (VOCs). New models introduced since 2007 have been required to have lower levels of 13 hazardous VOCs, such as formaldehyde, toluene, xylene and styrene. On top of this, manufacturers have been developing advanced technologies to reduce exhaust emissions. Japan will adopt UN-ECE test cycles to measure emissions from heavy-duty diesel vehicles and petrol-powered cars from 2016 and 2018 respectively to achieve another step towards the global harmonisation of safety and environmental standards. I will be looking into more intriguing facts and figures in the mid-September issue of Autofile magazine.

The Japanese government started incentivising the uptake of “eco-friendly” vehicles in 2009. Since then, their sales have been steadily increasing. With registrations of hybrids being the biggest numbers so far this year, they will further climb in 2015. Looking at the statistics, it may not be long before New Zealand sees a marked increase of hybrid and electric vehicles on its roads. Vehicle type Hybrid PHEV Electric Fuel-cell Clean diesel Total

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100,070

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658,164

939,842

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Buyer failed to give dealer opportunity to rectify fault with car’s transmission Background On December 4, 2014, Stephen Decke bought a 2005 MercedesBenz E350 from Buy Right Cars for $16,468. He rejected it under the Consumer Guarantees Act (CGA) on February 3, 2015, claiming it had a transmission fault that made it unsafe and wanted a refund of its purchase price. The trader claimed it wasn’t unusual for a fault to occur with a car’s transmission after 90,000km and the problem required its control unit to be replaced. It added the work would take one-and-a-half hours and a part costing $1,210 plus GST.

The case The car had travelled 97,825km by the time Decke, of Tauranga, agreed to buy it without first test driving the vehicle. On December 23 or 24, 2014, he said it became stuck in third or fourth gear, which he thought might have been because it was unused for some time. On January 23, 2015, Decke said the transmission made a clunking noise and wouldn’t allow the car to accelerate. Three days later, when he and his wife were driving home from Waihi, it went into limp mode at 80-90kph and decelerated without warning. He notified the trader and took the car to Ingham Sears on January 30. It diagnosed a faulty transmission controller and recommended a full transmission service. It quoted $1,210 for the control

unit and 90 minutes’ labour at $110 per hour to fit it – a total of $1,581 including GST – and $1,518 inclusive of GST to service the transmission. The trader asked Decke to obtain another quote, but he rejected the vehicle on February 3. He claimed the fault was serious because of the cost to fix it, the problem occurred soon after purchase and the fault made the car unsafe on the open road. The dealer replied it must be given an opportunity to fix the fault in a reasonable time and requested Decke have Ingham Sears remedy it. The parties engaged in correspondence on whether or not the failure was substantial, which ended with the application being filed on February 16. On March 20, an oil-warning lamp lit up and Decke thought it prudent to have the car checked by an independent Mercedes-Benz specialist. De Mey’s Autos found the oil was in normal parameters, but the engine and gearbox mounts were worn and the castor arm bushes were cracking. It quoted $1,768 to replace those items, including labour and GST, by which time the car’s odometer was on 102,087km. It had been driven for 4,262km since supplied. Mr Q Wong, general manager of Buy Right Cars, said replacing the control unit wasn’t difficult. He added the vehicle went into limp mode on January 12 to prevent the transmission being damaged.

The finding The tribunal considered the car was an ageing Japanese import with 97,825km on its odometer and cost $16,468. It ruled the worn engine and gearbox mounts, and cracking castor bushes, reflected the vehicle’s age and mileage. They didn’t constitute a failure in the CGA’s guarantee of acceptable quality because any reasonable consumer buying a nine-year-old used vehicle would expect such worn items. The tribunal considered the door actuator and transmission control unit being electrical components could fail at any time in a moderately high-mileage car of that age. But it tended to think a reasonable consumer wouldn’t regard the vehicle as durable if those faults occurred within a month of supply. There was no evidence to suggest the trader wasn’t prepared to pay to have the unit replaced when it was informed about it in January 2015. Decke claimed he wasn’t required to give the dealer the opportunity to replace the unit because it was a fault of a serious nature. Section 18(3) of the CGA states when the failure cannot be remedied or is substantial, the consumer may reject the goods or obtain damages. Decke claimed the control unit’s failure was substantial because the cost of the repair and the problem made the vehicle unsafe.

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n: The tribunal The decisio er should pay the

ruled the deal purchaser compensation for the cost of replacing the vehicle’s transmission control unit. r Vehicle Disputes At: The Motoland . Tribunal, Auck

The tribunal didn’t agree the fault was serious for either reason. It said the repair cost plus GST was less than 10 per cent of the car’s purchase price. It added servicing the transmission was something Decke would – given the odometer was on 100,761km when the fault occurred – be a cost he would probably have had to incur at its next service. The tribunal didn’t accept the vehicle’s sudden deceleration on January 26 and going into limp mode necessarily made it unsafe. It considered Decke didn’t give the trader the opportunity to rectify the fault with the control unit and wasn’t entitled to reject the vehicle. The tribunal ruled the trader should pay the cost of replacing the control unit as quoted by Ingham Sears on January 30. Because it was prudent the vehicle had its transmission serviced at the same time, the dealer had to foot half of that bill.

Order The trader had to pay the buyer $2,340.

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Application dismissed because problem fails to reach ‘substantial’ definition Background Sean Fleming bought a 2007 Volkswagen Golf GT TSI from Ted Tracey Ltd for $13,490 on November 4, 2014. He rejected it on January 27, 2015, wanted a refund and claimed losses. The trader said the faults weren’t substantial and Fleming hadn’t given its repairer a reasonable opportunity to fix them.

The case Fleming bought the car after getting an AA pre-purchase inspection completed on October 29, 2014. This recorded its odometer on 59,876km and rated the vehicle as a “grade one – medium to low risk of unplanned maintenance and repair”. The report noted it required a service. When Fleming received the car on November 6, its battery was flat and it had to be jump-started and on several other occasions. The driver-side rear-door lock was also faulty. The trader arranged for Autostop to inspect the battery and lock on November 17, but it simply recharged the battery without fixing the lock and the battery went flat on December 16. This was when Fleming took the vehicle to North City Motors, which found issues with the electrical system. In particular, the fuse box wasn’t letting the vehicle shut down and it was continually drawing battery current. On December 17, Fleming phoned the trader’s salesman, Mr P Mottram,

and told him that he was unhappy. He followed this up with an email claiming the vehicle wasn’t of acceptable quality and claiming he was entitled to reject it. His email included the contact details of North City’s mechanic who had inspected it. Fleming asked the trader to reply with details on “how the car’s return will work and the refund process”. On December 19, the dealer’s sales manager, Mr V George, emailed him to say Janssen Holdings would contact him to rectify the problems through his mechanical warranty. Subsequently, the trader confirmed it was paying the repair costs. On January 9, 2015, North City told Fleming the battery issue – due to the fuse box – was fixed, but when he collected the car he was told he would have to return it to have window switches replaced. The cost of the fuse box’s control unit and recoding the module was $1,548, and was paid by Janssen. The next day, Fleming noticed the stereo was broken and, six days later, that the rear door on the driver’s side wasn’t locking via the central-locking system. He emailed the trader to have these faults fixed at the same time as the windows. The car wouldn’t start on January 25. Two days later, Fleming emailed the dealer rejecting it claiming the fault was serious. The trader replied on January 29 saying it was doing its best to

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resolve the issues and believed it had isolated the problem, but the parts were unavailable. It added “we agreed to wait the arrival of these parts”. It added they had been received and the repairer was waiting for the vehicle. The trader wrote Fleming’s failure to deliver the car compromised its ability to repair it. Fleming – in an email dated February 3 – refused to do so and insisted he was entitled to reject it. The trader produced an email dated March 23 stating North City had explained to Fleming it had to replace the control module first and that might solve all the issues. Otherwise, the rear modules could be contributing to it and it hoped the control module was causing the faults. The trader also produced a report from Janssen in which it said it suspected the comfort module, also known as the interior fuse box, was causing the problems but couldn’t guarantee this would solve the current draw issue with the rear door. The cost of both rear-window regulators and the door-lock module as quoted by North City came to $1,617 plus GST.

The finding The tribunal’s assessor thought it probable the vehicle’s fault when it was supplied was a faulty rightrear door actuator that caused the battery to flatten. The tribunal thought it likely the body control module was probably

purchaser The case: The nd-hand Volkswagen rejected a seco Golf under the Consumer Guarantees Act (CGA). He wanted his purchase price to be refunded and claimed other consequential losses. The trader said it hadn’t been given enough time to fix the failures, which weren’t substantial.

n: The tribunal The decisio s weren’t serious

ruled the fault enough to fall within the definition of substantial character in section 21 of the act. r Vehicle Disputes At: The Motoland . Tribunal, Auck

not faulty and didn’t need replacing. It added North City should have started by replacing the door module, which might have avoided the need to replace the control module. However, it didn’t and a relatively simple fault when the car was sold caused Fleming considerable inconvenience. The tribunal didn’t consider a reasonable consumer paying $13,490 for a seven-year-old Golf would regard this fault as acceptable, so it didn’t comply with the CGA’s guarantee of acceptable quality. It appreciated Fleming had been inconvenienced by the delay in diagnosing and fixing the fault. But this might have been the result of the wrong item – the body control module – being replaced first rather than fixing the faulty lock to stop the drain on the battery.

Order The application to reject the car was dismissed because the tribunal ruled the faults weren’t substantial. The buyer had to take it back to North City for repairs at the trader’s cost.

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2014: 62

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2014: 271

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USED: 104

2014: 84

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NEW: 3,473 2014: 3,270  6.2%

NEW: 303

USED: 6,711 2014: 5,955  12.7%

USED: 606 2014: 444

USED: 887

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Rotorua

Hamilton NEW: 531

2014: 307

2014: 517 2014: 775

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2014: 41

 58.5%

 14.5%

USED: 135

2014: 133

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New Plymouth NEW: 148

2014: 170

USED: 223

2014: 217

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2014: 33

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2014: 59

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Wanganui NEW: 61

2014: 64

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USED: 93

2014: 74

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2014: 207

USED: 386 2014: 321

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Palmerston North NEW: 206

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2014: 176

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2014: 39

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 20.2%

USED: 63

2014: 60

 5.0%

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Nelson NEW: 84

2014: 89

USED: 230 2014: 201

NEW: 607

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2014: 1

USED: 14

2014: 12

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2014: 63

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USED: 67

2014: 65

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NEW: 29

2014: 15

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NEW: 842

USED: 45

2014: 46

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2014: 848

Timaru NEW: 54

2014: 62

 12.9%

USED: 129

2014: 101

 27.7%

Oamaru NEW: 25

2014: 13

 92.3%

USED: 29

2014: 36

 19.4%

Dunedin NEW: 204

2014: 236

 13.6%

USED: 428

2014: 370

 15.7%

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2014: 116

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Jul'15

Jul'14

+/- %

Jul'15 Mkt Share

2015 YEAR TO DATE

Imported Passenger Vehicle Sales by Model - July 2015 2015 Mkt share

Make

Model

Jul'15

Jul'14

+/- %

Jul'15 Mkt Share

2015 YEAR TO DATE

2015 Mkt share

Toyota

3,152

2,871

9.8

22.7%

18,953

22.4%

Suzuki

Swift

706

642

10.0

5.1%

4,411

5.2%

Nissan

2,453

2,393

2.5

17.7%

14,311

16.9%

Nissan

Tiida

647

692

-6.5

4.7%

3,541

4.2%

Mazda

2,219

1,881

18.0

16.0%

13,673

16.2%

Mazda

Axela

621

548

13.3

4.5%

3,950

4.7%

Honda

1,422

1,278

11.3

10.2%

8,915

10.6%

Mazda

Demio

559

504

10.9

4.0%

3,381

4.0%

Suzuki

850

775

9.7

6.1%

5,181

6.1%

Honda

Fit

521

402

29.6

3.8%

3,228

3.8%

Subaru

797

462

72.5

5.7%

4,652

5.5%

Subaru

Legacy

426

269

58.4

3.1%

2,497

3.0%

Bmw

629

483

30.2

4.5%

3,872

4.6%

Toyota

Wish

359

323

11.1

2.6%

2,008

2.4%

Volkswagen

527

408

29.2

3.8%

3,263

3.9%

Mazda

Atenza

342

246

39.0

2.5%

2,081

2.5%

Mitsubishi

519

440

18.0

3.7%

3,237

3.8%

Volkswagen

Golf

337

245

37.6

2.4%

2,038

2.4%

Mercedes-Benz

281

201

39.8

2.0%

1,709

2.0%

Mazda

Mpv

276

194

42.3

2.0%

1,564

1.9%

Audi

269

233

15.5

1.9%

1,740

2.1%

Mitsubishi

Outlander

262

177

48.0

1.9%

1,657

2.0%

Ford

150

130

15.4

1.1%

1,055

1.2%

Toyota

Corolla

212

325

-34.8

1.5%

1,435

1.7%

Lexus

36.1

0.6%

343

0.4%

Toyota

Vitz

208

281

-26.0

1.5%

1,664

2.0%

Volvo

20.3

0.6%

529

0.6%

Nissan

Bluebird

200

136

47.1

1.4%

1,074

1.3%

Land Rover

37.8

0.4%

276

0.3%

Toyota

Estima

200

179

11.7

1.4%

1,239

1.5%

Mini

4.5

0.3%

347

0.4%

Honda

Odyssey

190

213

-10.8

1.4%

1,260

1.5%

Chevrolet

9.8

0.3%

407

0.5%

Toyota

Ist

182

168

8.3

1.3%

858

1.0%

Jaguar

33.3

0.3%

281

0.3%

Nissan

Note

169

229

-26.2

1.2%

1,027

1.2%

Holden

81.8

0.3%

247

0.3%

Nissan

Dualis

168

145

15.9

1.2%

1,067

1.3%

Hyundai

-24.4

0.2%

280

0.3%

Mazda

Premacy

168

169

-0.6

1.2%

1,084

1.3%

Daihatsu

27.8

0.2%

112

0.1%

Nissan

Murano

163

146

11.6

1.2%

886

1.0%

Dodge

57.1

0.2%

147

0.2%

Honda

Stream

159

108

47.2

1.1%

816

1.0%

Peugeot

37.5

0.2%

136

0.2%

Toyota

Mark X

158

109

45.0

1.1%

869

1.0%

March

147

152

-3.3

1.1%

785

0.9%

Porsche

122.2

0.1%

103

0.1%

Nissan

Chrysler

366.7

0.1%

Subaru

Outback

144

102.8

1.0%

789

0.9%

Jeep

16.7

0.1%

Toyota

Prius

144

114.9

1.0%

708

0.8%

Kia

200.0

0.1%

Bmw

320i

140

103

35.9

1.0%

847

1.0%

Alfa Romeo

0.0

0.0%

Subaru

Impreza

134

139.3

1.0%

861

1.0%

Renault

-40.0

0.0%

0.1%

Honda

Accord

129

125

3.2

0.9%

937

1.1%

Rover

400.0

0.0%

Toyota

Auris

129

135

-4.4

0.9%

886

1.0%

Aston Martin

-42.9

0.0%

Toyota

Rav4

123

142

-13.4

0.9%

743

0.9%

Buick

33.3

0.0%

Nissan

Teana

118

162

-27.2

0.8%

761

0.9%

Citroen

-20.0

0.0%

Nissan

Wingroad

118

43.9

0.8%

701

0.8%

Lincoln

400.0

0.0%

Honda

Cr-V

115

108

6.5

0.8%

683

0.8%

Skyline

115

135

-14.8

0.8%

829

1.0%

Maserati Others Total

300.0

0.0%

Nissan

-4.9

0.3%

306

0.4%

Others

5,102

4,264

19.7

36.7%

31270

37.0%

13,891

12,052

15.3

100.0%

84,435

100.0%

Total

13,891

12,052

15.3

100.0%

84,435

100.0%

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egistrations of used imported passenger vehicles rose by 15.3 per cent last month to 13,891 compared to 12,052 in July 2014 to bring the year-to-date total to 84,435. Toyota was the leading marque with 3,152 sales, which was up by 9.8 per cent over the same timescale for a market share of 22.7 per cent. Nissan came second on 2,453 units – a 2.5 per cent increase – and Mazda was third with an 18 per cent jump to 2,219. Neil Macfarquhar, managing director of Hoffman Ford in Paihiatua, says: “We are looking at our used-vehicle stocking mix much more closely than in the past. “We have chosen not to pursue used imports, but look to stock vehicle types and segments that better match trends and general market demand. “Countering against this has been the traditional ex-rental defleeting in May and June, and dealer restocking with late-model and lower-kilometre New Zealandnew passenger cars. “This has now reached the point from our view as ‘who can drop their pants the lowest’ unless you have a prior lower-priced buy-back arrangement in place. “Sadly, for the rest, some of these cars presented on the open market are not worth the trip. “That is particularly the case when you also add into the mix Turners, which now openly operates as a consignment retailer for multi-national rental companies and, more latterly, for ex-company lease returns.

“While the odd few bargains do still exist, they are fewer and further between.” Andrew Peck, owner of Universal Imports in Grey Lynn, Auckland, says: “It has been the best July I’ve ever had. All of it comes down to the stock we have had available and our competitive pricing. “When I first started, the New Zealand dollar was 45 against the yen, so the fluctuations at the moment are not an issue. “But I kind of hope it goes down because I believe there are some

variety of factors may have slowed the market for used imports. These include lower dairy pay-outs and cheaper new vehicles being available to purchase with low interest rates on finance packages. “There’s no such thing as a free lunch and customers who chose more expensive cars over cheaper ones pay the premium for better quality vehicles without scratches and dents,” he says. “Some people just can’t see past lower-priced Nissan Tiidas than those that are in far better condition. Others are happy to pay

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2015

6000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

high-volume importers selling rubbish. We pay extra money for quality vehicles. “Some members of the public are uneducated and think an AA appraisal is a pre-purchase inspection, but it’s not. If they knew the differences, they probably wouldn’t be buying cheaper and lower-grade vehicles.” Tim Elliott, manager of Value Motor Cars in Hamilton, believes a

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a premium for a well-presented car with lower kilometres of much better quality.” Elliott adds newer stock is cheaper than it has ever been before and part of that has been because of the dollar. “It will be interesting to see whether a lower New Zealand dollar in the long term will have some impact on the pricing of new cars,” he told Autofile.

“In theory, with the dollar weakening, new car prices may go up a little bit, but that’s harder to do when benchmarks have been set. “I think a lower dollar has to have that sort of impact. There’s no way that it cannot have an impact on the trade in terms of values. “There once was a day when dealers worked on two, three or four grand margins, but that was about 10 years ago. “Nowadays, more dealers are working on $500 margins and customers are still coming in with the mentality that cars have massive margins.” Matthew Foot, dealer principal of Brendan Foot Supersite in Wellington, says: “Some used importers are struggling to buy the cars to be competitive and the amount of stock from the UK has dropped away due to the pound’s strength against the dollar. “Plus, manufacturers are getting involved in selling to rental car fleets so there are a lot of late-model, ex-rentals available on the used market now. This is making it more competitive for used-vehicle importers.” Neil Howard, of Value Vehicles in Nelson, describes business as being “patchy, to say the least”. He adds: “It will pick up for a couple of weeks and then go quiet. It’s just not constant. I haven’t seen it this quiet for a while and in all honestly I don’t think it is normal. “There are a lot of bigger companies that have gone into sale mode to try to create some activity. Last year was much better.”

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new car sales New Passenger Vehicle Sales by Make - July 2015 Jul'15

Jul'14

+/- %

Jul'15 Mkt Share

2015 YEAR TO DATE

2015 Mkt share

Make

Model

Jul'15

Jul'14

Jul'15 Mkt 2015 YEAR Share TO DATE

+/- %

2015 Mkt share

Toyota

1,179

1,030

14.5

16.2%

8,919

16.6%

Toyota

Corolla

352

428

-17.8

4.8%

2,751

5.1%

Mazda

724

529

36.9

10.0%

4,841

9.0%

Toyota

Rav4

288

128

125.0

4.0%

2,055

3.8%

Holden

647

805

-19.6

8.9%

5,710

10.6%

Mazda

Cx-5

241

206

17.0

3.3%

1,474

2.7%

Hyundai

539

571

-5.6

7.4%

4,653

8.7%

Mazda

Mazda3

201

222

-9.5

2.8%

1,382

2.6%

Ford

513

602

-14.8

7.1%

3,422

6.4%

Suzuki

Swift

197

193

2.1

2.7%

1,408

2.6%

Mitsubishi

413

405

2.0

5.7%

3,457

6.4%

Honda

Jazz

195

302

-35.4

2.7%

1,263

2.4%

Honda

358

421

-15.0

4.9%

2,207

4.1%

Holden

Commodore

191

304

-37.2

2.6%

1,616

3.0%

Suzuki

352

394

-10.7

4.8%

2,563

4.8%

Hyundai

Santa Fe

180

130

38.5

2.5%

1,241

2.3%

Nissan

348

373

-6.7

4.8%

2,647

4.9%

Holden

Captiva

178

152

17.1

2.4%

1,301

2.4%

Volkswagen

312

307

1.6

4.3%

2,413

4.5%

Hyundai

ix35

175

147

19.0

2.4%

1,445

2.7%

Kia

282

241

17.0

3.9%

1,839

3.4%

Toyota

Yaris

173

148

16.9

2.4%

1,320

2.5%

Subaru

199

152

30.9

2.7%

1,300

2.4%

Toyota

Highlander

142

117

21.4

2.0%

1,176

2.2%

Mercedes-Benz

178

138

29.0

2.4%

1,203

2.2%

Ford

Focus

136

141

-3.5

1.9%

591

1.1%

Bmw

162

147

10.2

2.2%

1,142

2.1%

Nissan

X-Trail

131

120

9.2

1.8%

878

1.6%

Jeep

140

113

23.9

1.9%

810

1.5%

Mitsubishi

Outlander

129

118

9.3

1.8%

1,149

2.1%

Audi

130

168

-22.6

1.8%

1,102

2.1%

Ford

Kuga

114

121

-5.8

1.6%

791

1.5%

Ssangyong

111

63.2

1.5%

771

1.4%

Mitsubishi

Asx

109

104

4.8

1.5%

1,062

2.0%

Fiat

27.9

1.2%

377

0.7%

Mazda

Mazda2

108

227.3

1.5%

951

1.8%

Land Rover

15.3

1.1%

560

1.0%

Subaru

Outback

106

194.4

1.5%

643

1.2%

Skoda

-3.9

1.0%

618

1.2%

Nissan

Qashqai

103

128

-19.5

1.4%

877

1.6%

Dodge

43.5

0.9%

350

0.7%

Kia

Sportage

103

101

2.0

1.4%

646

1.2%

Porsche

210.0

0.9%

323

0.6%

Mazda

Cx-3

102

0 10200.0

1.4%

460

0.9%

Peugeot

-7.0

0.7%

455

0.8%

Ford

Territory

-2.0

1.3%

614

1.1%

Golf

120

-27.5

1.2%

883

1.6%

Lexus

30.0

0.7%

371

0.7%

Volkswagen

Mini

17.6

0.6%

366

0.7%

Suzuki

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100

-14.0

1.2%

548

1.0%

Volvo

-15.2

0.5%

243

0.5%

Honda

Cr-V

43.1

1.1%

540

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Renault

71.4

0.3%

132

0.2%

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Lancer

107

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1.1%

618

1.2%

Isuzu

233.3

0.3%

103

0.2%

Holden

Cruze

103

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1.1%

956

1.8%

Jaguar

80.0

0.2%

Toyota

Camry

102

-23.5

1.1%

577

1.1%

Citroen

13.3

0.2%

147

0.3%

Hyundai

i30

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1.0%

649

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Chery

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137

0.3%

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Journey

43.5

0.9%

350

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Can-Am

150.0

0.1%

Fiat

Punto

34.7

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177

0.3%

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Kia

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194.7

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303

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It was followed by They say there’s too much of a which holds a franchise for Holden, Mazda with 724 and Holden on 647. small segment, which has seen a higher step into them or they ride says registrations have slightly Having been displaced in recent decrease of 38 per cent over the like trucks, but this isn’t a bad thing decreased up to the end of May months, Toyota’s Corolla was July’s same timescale. because customers are trying out compared to the corresponding top-selling model on 352 units and Overall though, Ebbett Tauranga new vehicle styles.” period in 2014. next up was its RAV4 on 288. Mazda’s has notched up notable successes Dumper, who talks in depth Despite this – and when CX-5 took third spot with 241. when it comes to sales of new about the Subaru’s high-flying sales compared to other New Zealand The SUV segment remained cars by doing well in its PMAs – an online at www.autofile.co.nz, notes markets – he adds last month was dominant last month with 35 per upward trend that started under the cent of new passenger vehicle sales. former dealer principal’s guidance. New Passenger Registrations - 2013-2015 Looking at the wider picture, “We are the number-one the Motor Industry Association franchise, which is quite an 10000 2013 reports overall growth in the achievement for us in our area,” 9500 2014 market for new passenger and says Clements, who has been in 2015 9000 commercial vehicles has slowed. his new role for a few months. “It is “Sales remains strong,” says David something we have also retained 8500 Crawford, chief executive officer. so far this year and it’s something 8000 “But in line with other economic I’m keen to repeat.” indicators, further growth above Mike Farmer, group managing 7500 current levels is uncertain. director of Farmer Auto Village in 7000 “While registrations of new Mount Maunganui, predicts the 6500 vehicles for 2015 are likely to be market will be stable and strong for above the record 127,179 achieved the next 12 months. 6000 in 2014, they are unlikely to The dealership is expanding its xxxxxxxxx 5500 xxxxxxxxxxx break the 130,000 barrier for the physical site from 16,000 to 20,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec first time, which we previously square metres. anticipated might be possible.” “We have bought some more always been the way. units, are more static with their 1996, it has ebbed and flowed.” he amount of stock held sales. boosting are that some consumers are buying good for business and the outlook Christchurch Registrations of all new vehicles when land in the corner of our site and global oversupply the can after “You did come down holding not changing too much. that dropped to this year’s low of Used car stock levels are tock levels of new cars have by used car dealers during “Trades people are upgrading buying conditions are good, but financial crisis [GFC]. A drop of 50 units may not be 18,653 in January. traditionally based on what’s increased every month October was the highest their vehicles,” says Crawford. corrects normally levels then increased on the marketplace “Stocking vary can stock executive But chief drastic. too Crawford, David the prices of cars and not on going forward appears to be bright. remain at record levels with the what are expanding out through there,” and with Japan in year, this happening except one monthly total of the year. or “Although passenger cars aren’t so again and they respond to the enormously by proportion on yards itself by pulling back from Japan officer of the Motor Industry consumers are buying here. ctober’s total of 29,509 being the There were 10,374 units hot, SUVs are. selling down. The numbers might number of new vehicles sold and with 30 to 40 cars. Association (MIA), says current have improved there Conditions ghest of 2013. a with month last imported their specification levels. “I think we have got a really market growing by five per cent explains Farmer. market “People in the housing drop for a month or two before the rate at which they are sold. “They can suddenly be selling models aren’t sitting around in recently and the exchange rate There were 7,962 sales last variance of 1,829 on 8,545 sales. are refinancing their mortgages trundling up again. “They basically go up when without having bought for a few stock for too long. has gone up. onth, also this year’s biggest The number of cars in stock especially big-ticket items to buy “There’s no magic supply-chain “Once you get themamounted on price, good market that’s very strong, year to date. “It’s part of our long-term sales go up, but I’m not so sure units down” being 10-15 weeks and “The industry tends to manage “October and November are mount, while the variance was to 9,323 compared to about confident are they when for miracle. When it’s slow, it tends to be makes them more susceptible,” stock levels quite well and does this about the days stock is held normally difficult for the industry, 400 with 9,362 units imported – September. in 7,494 keeping their jobs.” slow for everybody. If you can get being longer and can’t explain that. all-wheel-drive Macdonald. says day out,” he told Autofile. day in, go to tends stockpile the so doesn’t really says Clements. Wallis Dumper, managing property purchasing strategy. he second highest amount after other two been There have All that said, some of the good supply with a good exchange “Average sales per day came “Dealers then jump online to “My data suggests this is a up,” says Macdonald. “But trade 1,065 imports in August. major increases during 2013 – with regional centres, such as Hawke’s rate, everyone benefits.” down during the GFC and before buy more from Japan, but that’s cyclical thing and levels were no swings up over Christmas and the The total stock figure at the variances between imports and sales aren’t North, feature, ” he adds. “We have got the port in director of Subaru New Zealand, Palmerston The work has started with the and Bay ” that they were much higher. higher in previous years, but they holidays, so it goes down. nd of December was 20,683 and of 3,121 in April and 2,507 in May. showing as much growth as If 80,000 vehicles are sold one “December and January are Graeme Macdonald, chairman imports in New Zealand - Oct 2013 stock of used car centres. Dealer otherHe are sold the year and 100,000 notes the new motor-vehicle Tauranga, which is bringing in has noticed buying patterns in the cranes and diggers now here, because good months for sales of the North Island branch of the “But 80 per cent of New Zealand’s following year, the average sales Dealer stock of new cars in New Zealand - Oct 2013 people take time off work, the kids Imported Motor Vehicle Industry 2012 population is in Auckland and per day should be higher – and have are off school and people may the current says industry was against used imports commercial growth, and we new car market starting to shift. Association, and we’re expecting completion Christchurch. 2012 the MIA is expecting more new stockpile should correct itself – as it Christmas bonuses or holiday pay. “If you add in Dunedin and vehicles to be sold this year than “It’s a time when Kiwis tend to normally does. cover a these centres inWellington, the past, “they have done us a are getting people moving into “There seems to be aduring lot2012. of in early February. make financial decisions, so dealers “If the monthly stockpile was large proportion of the population There were 54,404 sales in 2009, need to have plenty of stock to 10,000 on a regular basis it means and all have strong economies.” in 2010, 64,019 in 2011 huge favour”. our region from Auckland and customers moving from 62,029 four-door “It will give us a better used-car match demand. there are solid holding numbers,” Year to date, 77,438 new cars and 76,871 in 2012, and the MIA is “When the market’s down in he told Autofile. “North of that 68,612 and imported been have passenger 82,000 about predicting get. When Japan, stock is hard toso looking at an be would we and a “Because of used imports, there overseas, I think the outlook utes into SUVs or switching back give layout and some of our key brands to registered been have vehicle and SUV sales this year. it’s buoyant, you tend to buy what oversupply issue. variance of 8,826 so far this year. “We’re looking at about 30,600 you can because you don’t know “There was good buying in Japan at hand has with stock Days and we’re on commercials light“It’s are now 130,000-odd Subaru drivers seems pretty positive. ” into cars,” he told Autofile. not will be relocated to the same site. ” 17% what will be available next time. in March, and we saw high arrival been steadily increasing from 78 in New Passe or 113,000 new

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206

5,026

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4,920

6,000

(1,080)

4,315

210

Feb ‘12

7,368

5,633

1,735

12,246

223

Mar ‘12

6,504

6,429

4,390

209

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7,228

6,499

729

12,975

218

Apr ‘12

6,613

5,877

736

5,126

206

Apr ‘12

6,285

5,430

855

13,830

209

May ‘12

7,693

6,793

900

6,026

208

May ‘12

7,742

5,942

1,800

15,630

205

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6,947

6,184

763

6,789

208

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8,870

7,142

1,728

17,358

211

Jul ‘12

5,335

6,641

(1,306)

5,483

209

7,894

6,208

1,686

19,044

209

Aug ‘12

5,540

6,621

(1,081)

4,402

210

8,589

5,959

2,630

21,674

207

105

6,222

(716)

3,686

209

Sep ‘12

6,828

6,637

191

21,865

209

105

Oct ‘12

8,155

7,336

819

22,684

211

107

12,984

128

220

31 Oct

6,769

34,559

220

34,293

222

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100

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Mitsubishi

15 Nov

Honda

16 Nov

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17 Nov

158

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8,826

7 Nov

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16 Nov

17 Nov

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JUn

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132

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125

214

28,668

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1805

216

28,159

mar

7,006

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27,077

509

Jan

11,065

Sep ‘13

25,594

1,082

Dec

Aug ‘13

(471)

1,483

oct

8,423

6,347

nov

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6,800

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211

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GAP

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25,153

1,714

13,883

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6,102

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6,484

7,816

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677

635

6.6

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4,647

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537

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529

608

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4,069

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448

411

9.0

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3,033

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325

352

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10.5%

2,220

9.9%

Holden

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300

320

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9.7%

2,111

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Isuzu

253

171

48.0

8.2%

1,642

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Nissan

Navara

238

332

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7.7%

2,123

9.5%

Nissan

238

332

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2,123

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Toyota

Hiace

213

205

3.9

6.9%

1,423

6.4%

Mitsubishi

191

188

1.6

6.2%

1,435

6.4%

Mitsubishi

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191

141

35.5

6.2%

1,363

6.1%

Mazda

147

198

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4.8%

866

3.9%

Isuzu

D-Max

162

100

62.0

5.2%

1,051

4.7%

5.4

3.1%

840

3.8%

Mazda

Bt-50

147

198

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866

3.9%

Volkswagen Hyundai

61.5

2.0%

406

1.8%

Volkswagen

Amarok

29.6

2.3%

571

2.6%

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2.0%

446

2.0%

Ford

Transit

0.0

2.1%

546

2.4%

Mercedes-Benz

21.6

2.0%

306

1.4%

Ssangyong

Actyon Sport

-20.3

2.0%

446

2.0%

Hino

-20.0

1.8%

366

1.6%

Hyundai

iload

53.8

1.9%

395

1.8%

Fiat

75.0

1.6%

295

1.3%

Isuzu

N Series

155.6

1.5%

253

1.1%

Mitsubishi Fuso

-2.1

1.5%

348

1.6%

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

7.3

1.4%

245

1.1%

Ldv

-13.5

1.5%

274

1.2%

Fiat

Ducato

73.9

1.3%

229

1.0%

Foton

-4.9

1.3%

300

1.3%

Ldv

V80

-23.1

1.3%

263

1.2%

Great Wall

-40.6

1.2%

316

1.4%

Isuzu

F Series

-12.8

1.1%

236

1.1%

Mahindra

10.5

0.7%

118

0.5%

Foton

Tunland

-5.9

1.0%

277

1.2%

Ud Trucks

0.0

0.6%

151

0.7%

Hino

500

-9.4

0.9%

188

0.8%

Kenworth

63.6

0.6%

110

0.5%

Holden

Commodore

-20.0

0.8%

0.4%

116

144

-19.4

3.7%

1089

4.9%

387

491

-21.2

12.5%

3,152

14.1%

3,094

3,242

-4.6

100.0%

22,367

100.0%

3,094

3,242

-4.6

100.0%

22,367

100.0%

Others Total

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Dealers report high demand J

uly was a strong month for sales of used commercial vehicles, which notched up a 19.2 per cent on the same month of last year to 806 units. Toyota topped the ladder on 384 units. Nissan came second on 139 and Mazda was third on 51. Peter Coory, owner of Valley Motor Court in Dunedin, says all four-by-fours have been popular with local buyers. “We have been doing well with used commercials and, at the same time, I’ve sold a couple of cars out of this yard to people in the North Island. Maybe that’s because they are short of units, but I don’t know.” Coory adds Christchurch is also crying out for anything

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

commercial. “If you have got something that’s reasonable, it doesn’t last long.” Julian Clements, dealer principal of Ebbett Tauranga, says buyers are looking at new vehicles

Jul'15

Jul'14

+/- %

Jul Aug Sep

Oct Nov Dec

as investments and what their resale values will be. “However, with more commercial models on the market, it will be interesting to see if they have the same values that

Used Commercial Sales by Model - July 2015

Used Commercial Sales by Make - July 2015 Make

have been enjoyed over the past decade,” he adds. “Resale is driven by supply and demand. When you have got more supply, I don’t believe you are going to have the same sort of values.” Todd Cater, owner of Team Todd Cater in Hastings, wishes he had some light commercials to sell. “If I had a yard full of them, I would be out on the golf course and you wouldn’t be able to get a hold of me,” he adds. “I think New Zealanders are obsessed with them. “We may get an opportunity to have more of them here because a lot more of them are obviously selling.”

Used Commercial Sales - 2013-2015

900 850 800 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300

Jul'15 Mkt Share

2015 YEAR TO DATE

2015 Mkt share

Make

Model

Jul'15

Jul'14

+/- %

Jul'15 Mkt Share

2015 YEAR TO DATE

2015 Mkt share

36.4%

Toyota

384

312

23.1

47.6%

2,544

50.0%

Toyota

Hiace

268

224

19.6

33.3%

1,849

Nissan

139

143

-2.8

17.2%

961

18.9%

Nissan

Caravan

-35.9

6.2%

417

8.2%

Mazda

34.2

6.3%

277

5.4%

Mazda

Bongo

28.1

5.1%

221

4.3%

Mitsubishi

87.0

5.3%

213

4.2%

Toyota

Dyna

86.4

5.1%

212

4.2%

Isuzu

12.1

4.6%

216

4.2%

Mitsubishi

Canter

136.4

3.2%

120

2.4%

Hino

55.6

3.5%

146

2.9%

Toyota

Toyoace

92.3

3.1%

129

2.5%

Ford

-18.8

3.2%

167

3.3%

Isuzu

Elf

14.3

3.0%

125

2.5%

Chevrolet

10.0

2.7%

118

2.3%

Nissan

Vanette

-40.0

3.0%

201

4.0%

Holden

45.5

2.0%

1.9%

Toyota

Hilux

100.0

2.7%

1.8%

Dodge

83.3

1.4%

0.6%

Nissan

Nv200

600.0

2.6%

107

2.1%

350.0

1.1%

0.5%

Nissan

Atlas

171.4

2.4%

1.8%

Kenworth Volkswagen

33.3

0.5%

0.7%

Toyota

Regius

-50.0

2.4%

208

4.1%

Fiat

-57.1

0.4%

0.9%

Nissan

Navara

183.3

2.1%

1.5%

Gmc

300.0

0.4%

0.6%

Hino

Dutro

45.5

2.0%

1.6%

Renault

300.0

0.4%

0.2%

Dodge

Ram

175.0

1.4%

0.6%

11.1

1.2%

0.9%

-10.0

1.1%

1.0%

Daf

0.0

0.2%

Chevrolet

Silverado

Daihatsu

200.0

0.2%

0.1%

Ford

Ranger

Factory Built

100.0

0.2%

0.3%

Mitsubishi

Delica

166.7

1.0%

0.6%

Hyundai

200.0

0.2%

0.1%

Isuzu

Forward

0.0

1.0%

1.2%

Titan

-50.0

0.2%

0.1%

Mazda

100.0

1.0%

0.8%

Others

-19.0

2.1%

133

2.6%

Others

139

121

14.9

17.2%

905

17.8%

Total

806

676

19.2

100.0%

5,085

100.0%

Total

806

676

19.2

100.0%

5,085

100.0%

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