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Potent Fiesta3
PG.
TUESDAY, APRIL 2 , 2019
GETTING
WILD
2 THE GISBORNE HERALD
Ute parks itself
by John Jones The eight-inch touchscreen is packed with luxury
extras all delivered around the voice operated SYNC
FORD has taken its 2019 Bi Turbo Ranger Wildtrak 3 system which works with both Android and Apple
to a whole new level with some really eye catching smartphones.
additions including the fact that the vehicle will park There is a lock up slide on the wellside with a handy
itself. deck liner and a rear sports bar.
To prove the claim we took a Wildtrak and lined To keep its credibility as a genuine outdoor
it up in a Derby Street park with very little clearance workhorse the Wildtrak has a 600mm wading depth.
between the two bordering vehicles, the sort of park you In fact, the latest Wildtrak might be described as a
would normally avoid with a vehicle this size. something of a split personality, a luxury vehicle and
Sure enough, the park assist took the Wildtrak genuine tough outdoors offroader.
smoothly into the park as a ghost turned the wheel for Ford is working to keep ahead of the pack with the
us and the owner of a neighbouring vehicle watched Ranger which is the country’s biggest selling ute and
nervously. the latest Wildtrak will go a long way to keeping that
That’s fascinating but it is only one of the additions happening.
Ford has made to its third generation Wildtrak.
The 2-litre four cylinder bi-turbo-diesel is an option
to the five-cylinder 3.2-litre engine but is actually more .
powerful with 157kW, 500Nm engine that has a towing
capacity of 3500kg braked. Linked with sway control
this power plant would tow a large boat or heavy load
effortlessly.
The two turbos work sequentially to deliver the huge
power and torque based on the demands of the road or
track conditions.
The engine is linked with a 10-speed transmission
and the Wildtrak has a revised suspension that makes
it feel more like a luxury car, a sense that is further
emphasised with the revised interior black, orange
bordered leather trim.
Also new on the Wildtrak is a push-button start,
however the biggie of the new features is speed sign
recognition. The Wildtrak will look at a sign, including
temporary ones, and flash a warning if you are
exceeding the limit.
Another welcome addition is tailgate lift assist which
will allow you to get into the rear with 70 percent less
effort.
The Wildtrak has kept its long list of safety features
including pre-collision alert, and adaptive cruise control.
TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 3
Speed limiters Potent Fiesta ST tuning
declared mandatory package coming to NZ
by Matthew Hansen
FAST Ford aficionados Mountune have
unveiled a new tuning package for the
new Ford Fiesta ST, which is set to land
in New Zealand later this year.
It’s set to be a bitter-sweet arrival, since
New Zealand misses out on the rest of
the brilliant Fiesta range (thanks, SUV
buyers). But in their place we get the new
ST; an entry-level hot-hatch favourite
that’s scheduled to arrive in the second
quarter. that a far more powerful (and, admittedly
The biggest difference between the new far heavier) Honda Civic Type R FK8
Fiesta ST and the old one is the engine. does the 100km/h dash in 5.7 seconds.
ALL new cars in Europe will be fitted ‘”The right speed is often below the Gone is the turbocharged four-cylinder Along with a boost in power, the kit also
with speed limiters from 2022 under speed limit, for example, outside a school unit — it’s been replaced with a warbling, allows for some adjustability. Drivers get
tough EU safety rules. with children around, but with ISA popping, and banging turbocharged three- three modes to play with; Performance,
The Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) there may be a temptation to go at the cylinder unit that carries a familiar three- Stock, and Anti-theft. The third option
black boxes will use GPS to work out top speed allowed which may not be pot growl and 147kW/290Nm. It will be immobilises the vehicle, stock returns
what the speed limit is and will then appropriate,” he said. paired exclusively to a six-speed manual. the car back to its ordinary numbers, and
ensure the car doesn’t break it. New “Sometimes a little speed also helps Those figures are competitive in the performance gives the driver access to the
models will need to have an ISA fitted to keep safe on the road, for example, lightweight performance hatchback space, full 165kW/340Nm. Naturally, we would
as standard within three years after the overtaking a tractor on a country road or with only really the muscular Polo GTI advice sticking the Mountune Fiesta ST
European Commission approved the joining a motorway.” producing anything better (its power is in Performance mode and then forgetting
legislation. The bill includes a raft of new safety equal, but torque is a much higher 320Nm about it. It’s been confirmed that the kit
This will include cars in Britain even if measures that are now subject to the thanks to a booming 2.0-litre engine). will be available to New Zealand buyers,
Brexit happens because the UK’s Vehicle formal approval of the European Mountune’s new package is called the too, via CTB Performance and Accessories
Certification Agency said it will still Parliament and EU member states in m225; a flash tune that increases the little in Manukau. There, Mountune products
mirror the EU rules. But AA president September. Cars will be have to be Fiesta ST’s numbers to a more-than- will line up alongside a raft of other Ford-
Edmund King said the technology could equipped with safety systems such as data respectable 165kW of power and 340Nm centric tuning packages. Mountune also
make cars less safe and the “best speed loggers, autonomous emergency braking, of torque respectively. The UK-based confirmed a new smartphone app called
limiter is the driver’s right foot” when lane keep assist, driver fatigue detection company claims that the package is mTune SMARTflash — an incentive that
used ‘to do the right speed in the right and reversing cameras or sensors. enough to give the little Ford a 0–100kmh will allow customers to make changes to
situation’. — Daily Mail in under six seconds, which is crazy given their car’s calibration through their phone.
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4 THE GISBORNE HERALD
1928
Duesenberg
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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 5
Lamborghini driver stacks
Lego McLaren his $500,000 Huracan
by Andrew Sluys
by Andrew Sluys, Driven While the car looks perfectly A LAMBORGHINI driver
functional, the doors don’t swing showing off his NZ$500,000
WHILE this may just look like on hinges and have to be taken off sports car to a crowd of
an extremely pixelated photo of and wriggled into place every time onlookers lost control of the
the McLaren Senna, we can assure anyone wants to move them. With supercar and crashed into a brick
you that it isn’t — it’s something a each door weighing 70kg, this is wall and tree.
lot cooler. far from an easy task. Two drivers were lined up on
It has taken around 500,000 Head designer Lubor Zelinka a public road in the back streets
Lego blocks and a very long time revealed that out of the 467,854 of London to show off their
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to build, but this plastic machine pieces, the build used 20,000 Lamborghinis.
is a thing of dreams. specially designed pieces that are The Huracan Performance pulls up in
As well as all the Lego pieces, unique to the build. front of a crowd of spectators who pull their
this machine contains a few If you want to see the incredible phones out in anticipation of capturing
genuine McLaren Senna parts, the creation in person, you’ll have to footage for social media.
driver’s seat, the steering wheel, head overseas to do so. It will be However, as the Huracan accelerates away
and the wheels are all off an actual parked up at a few events over the the vehicle quickly spins out of control,
model. You can even push the UK summer including Goodwood mounting the kerb — and slides into a tree.
start button to hear a sample of Festival of Speed in early July. The crowd rush to the scene to capture
the V8 rev. the carnage and check if the driver is okay.
Tipping the scales at Following the incident, the driver was “I’m pretty sure he was crying when he
1700kg, the Lego Senna is seen in tears as his half-a-million dollar got out, it was easily a write-off.
around 500kgs heavier than prized vehicle is smashed up and unable to “The drivers were not participating in
its speedy counterpart. be driven. drag races, they were just making some
It took 30 modelmakers The bonnet was crushed and the boot was noises for the crowd and accelerating away
2725 hours to build, which completely torn apart after slamming into fast.
is around 2500 hours longer the tree. “The crowd was loving the cars making
than what it takes a team to A spectator told the Evening Standard noise and driving away fast from the event,
painstakingly put together a everyone was shocked and worried for the but everyone seemed shocked and sad to see
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6 THE GISBORNE HERALD
And they’re off! New
rally season under way
Colton Herta (88) rounds a turn during the IndyCar Classic auto race in Austin, Texas.
Picture/AP
Youngest winner
by Andrew Sluys, NZME race before the yellow flag came out while
by Colin Smith, New Zealand Herald back in third. still needing to make a stop.
There was the usual strong field of HE is just 18 years old, but Colton After coming out of the pits in 15th,
THE New Zealand rally season raced classic two-wheel-drive cars in action at Herta has left his mark on the IndyCar Dixon’s bad luck still wasn’t over as an
into action recently with Rangiora driver South Island events with Kaikoura’s Regan circuit after winning his first race at unfortunate wheel touch from Zach Veach
Brad Harris taking a commanding win at Ross (Ford Escort RS1800) driving to Circuit of The Americas. lost him another place.
the traditional season-opening Stadium fourth overall and edging the Ford Escort The previous record was held by Dixon’s new teammate Felix Rosenqvist
Finance Westland Rally. of Robert McCallum (Christchurch) by Graham Rahal who was 19 years old when didn’t have any better luck, as the
In the opening stage Harris (Mitsubishi 5.1s in a duel decided in the final stage. he won at St. Petersburg back in 2008. Swiss driver got tangled up with James
Lancer Evo6) was pipped by Christchurch Apart from Marston’s Holden Barina A late crash worked in Herta’s favour, as Hinchliffe and finished 23rd.
driver Josh Marston (Holden Barina AP4) the only other AP4 car in the field was the young driver managed to get past Will After this race, Dixon now sits at third
but a clear win in the second stage built a Job Quantock (Kaiapoi), and his Skoda Power who had held the lead for the 45 on the points table, and is 36 points
lead that Harris extended throughout the Fabia was halted by a broken axle after laps prior. behind Josef Newgarden. The next race is
eight-stage event. five stages. In the North Island the early While Herta was celebrating his win on April 7 in Alabama, so the five-time
Marston posted another stage win season gravel competition has focused on after just three races, Scott Dixon didn’t series winner has a couple of weeks to
later in the rally before retiring from rallysprints. have anything to celebrate after crossing regroup.
second place and Harris reached the Three rounds of the ABC Pipe Fitters the finish line in 13th place. Colton Herta, the 18-year-old race
finish 1 minute 33.7 seconds ahead of Northern Rallysprint series have been The Kiwi driver started at sixth on the winner, is now second in the series points
Darfield driver Gareth Thomas (Subaru completed with a number of NZ Rally grid and held that position for most of the standings.
Impreza STI) with Lincoln’s John Giltrap Championship contenders in action for
(Mitsubishi Lancer Evo9) only 1s further pre-season shakedown outings.
2
END UR A
2019 FORD
Brock’s last V8
Supercar is up for sale
Picture/Dutton Garage
THE
by Matthew Hansen, Driven From there, Brock retired from
IN
BE IN TO W
Supercars, occupying himself with drives
INCREDIBLE to think that this in Targa and with Holden in Nation’s
October it will have been 13 years since Cup (which eventually ended up being
the passing of Peter Brock. Australian GT). But he did return to the
It’s inevitable in the wake of a death like 1000 twice for two last cracks.
Brock’s that people rewind the clock to his The last was in 2004 in the Holden
most successful years at Bathurst behind Racing Team’s second car. But, after
AFFORDABLE LUXURY AWAITS the wheel. Whether it was his solo David buckets of pre-race hype around the
and Goliath victory in 1972, or his six-lap legend’s return, he didn’t even get to
The Ford Endura is a sophisticated and luxurious midsized SUV. Underneath PRICED FROM demolition in 1979 with Jim Richards, or drive thanks to a spectacular crash in the
its European design, the Endura is packed with intelligent technology and $53,490+ORC 1 his defeat of the best from Europe in 1987. opening stint for co-driver Jason Plato.
innovation, as well as a powerful yet efficient engine. This well-appointed
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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 7
The most expensive
car key ever
Spray tear gas
at car thieves
JAPANESE vehicle maker Toyota has
come up with an ingenious plan to deal
with the rise in thieves stealing cars.
The firm has patented the design for
a fragrance dispenser that — when the
vehicle is broken into — can turn into an
anti-theft device. It can detect when the
vehicle has been accessed by a criminal.
And when it releases a toxic spray of tear
gas into the cabin to immobilise the thief.
The feature was discovered by Australian
website WhichCar.
The patent was issued by the Japanese
COMING soon to a Rich Kids of first to be entirely manufactured from a car brand in August 2018 and was recently
Instagram account near you: a car key that shooting star, it’s one of a range from the published by the United States Patent and
costs the same as the average UK house. exclusive supercar-key maker. Trademark Office.
That’s right, billionaire supercar owners In fact, all other versions made using The system is a new mode of anti-theft
will soon be able to get their hands on ancient meteorites have sold out — device designed to tackle vehicle crime,
the most expensive car key ever. It costs a suggesting there is a demand for such which has increased in recent years due
whopping £211,550, or NZ$406,500. incredibly expensive gadgets. to a spate of keyless thefts using remote
The British-made diamond-studded High profile individuals already technology to access vehicles.
wrist-worn gadget is claimed to be made have theirs, with the Sultan of Brunei, According to the patent drawings start’ is identified the system turns nasty and
from a 4.9 billion-year-old shooting Liverpool footballer Daniel Sturridge, revealed, the feature operates as a gives a would-be thief a face-full of tear gas
star and can be used to unlock and start Prince Albert of Monaco and the world’s conventional fragrance system under normal to deter them from taking the car.
whatever supercar or luxury vehicle fastest sprinter Usain Bolt all purchasing operation. The system can identify when It does this by triggering the immobiliser
you have in your garage, be it a Ferrari, one of the pieces of jewellery that can the vehicle owner is approaching the car by which can only be deactivated by having the
Lamborghini or Rolls-Royce. unlock their motors. their smartphone and spritzes the interior vehicle’s key in close proximity. If the key
It’s called the Senturion Key S177 Full Chelsea footballer David Luiz also with perfume before they enter and begin isn’t with the occupant inside the car and no
Meteorite and is the most expensive car famously bought 30 of the wrist keys (of their journey. Sounds pleasant enough, signal can be located, the dispenser releases
key of all time. which the cheapest costs £16,000) for right? However, if an ‘illegitimate engine the potent spray. — Daily Mail
It’s the latest in the range of his teammates and team owner Roman
inexplicably expensive wrist-worn gadgets Abramovic after winning the Premiership
crafted from asteroids produced by the title in 2017.
UK company. Just 177 will be made with Each one is made by the Mayfair-based
a retail price of over $400,000 when it brand using ancient meteorites which fell
goes on sale in June 2019. to earth and landed in Africa.
While the S177 Full Meteorite is the — Daily Mail
Can millennials save sedans and
hatchbacks in this SUV era?
by Matthew Hansen, Driven
WE have waxed lyrical plenty of times
about the rampant success of the SUV
and ute. New-car buyers are after more
practicality, more versatility, and more
value than ever before — even though
many of those segment-specific elements
are overkill for the traditional school run
or grocery trek.
But, according to a new study, the trusty overlook low-price entry-level compact
sedan and hatchback could have a worthy SUVs like the Ford EcoSport or Honda
ally; the millennial buyer. HR-V that have smaller price-tags than
Conducted by US-based insurance cars like the Accord. It’s one of the few
company QuoteWizard, the study looked scraps of good news for those barracking
over data extrapolated from people for hatchbacks and sedans with the likes
aged between 22-37 who were seeking of Ford having culled its car line-up in
insurance quotes on new-car purchases. recent times off the back of buyer demand
It found that the most in-demand car for SUVs.
among this audience was the new Honda QuoteWizard’s millennial study top-10
Accord, followed by the Nissan Altima cars:
and Honda Civic. In fact, eight of the 1. Honda Accord
top 10 cars are sedans and hatchbacks, 2. Nissan Altima
with just the Ford F-150 and Jeep Grand 3. Honda Civic
Cherokee bucking the surprise trend. 4. Toyota Camry
These are interesting findings, given 5. Hyundai Sonata
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SUV range.
Huge Factory
Huge Factory Bonuses
Bonuses on Newon New
and and Vehicles
Demo Demo Vehicles until
until the end the
of end of April
March March
Trax LTZTrax LTZ Acadia LT
Acadia LT Trailblazer
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$ 30,990
30,990 $ $ 49,990
49,990 $ $ 52,490
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DRIVEAWAYDRIVEAWAY + ORC + ORC + ORC + ORC
• One only (MAR967)
• One only (MAR967) • Latest Model
• Latest Model • Full
• Full 7 Seater with7Leather
Seater with Leather
• 1.4 turbo • 1.4 turbo • 2wd Drive
• 2wd or All Wheel or All Wheel Drive • 2.8 Turbo
• 2.8 Turbo Diesel (500NmDiesel (500Nm of torque)
of torque)
• Heated
• Heated front seats front seats • Roomy 7 Seater
• Roomy 7 Seater • 3.0 Tonne
• 3.0 Tonne Braked Braked
Towing Towing Capacity
Capacity
• Reversing Camera
• Reversing Camera • 3.6 litre V6 •Petrol
3.6 litre V6 Petrol • Limited Stock
• Limited Stock
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Gisborne Gisborne
323Road,
23 Gladstone Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Gisborne
T 06 867 8368
06 867 8368
enterpriseholden.co.nz
nterpriseholden.co.nz
| Enterprise
| Enterprise
Holden Holden
Offer ends
ffer ends 31/03/2019 30/04/
or while 19 or
31/03/2019
stocks while
last. stocks
Private last. only.
buyers Private
Notbuyers only.any
valid with Notother
valid offer.
with any other offer. 3 years/100,000km
3 years/100,000km (whichever
(whichever comes comes
first) free first) free
scheduled scheduled
service service
on all new on vehicles.
Holden all new Holden vehicles. See
See holden.co.nz forholden.co.nz for further details.
further details.
NAVARA RX
From
$ 25,990 +GST DRIVEAWAY
LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE
MUSCLE MEETS SMARTS
IN THE NISSAN NAVARA
INTELLIGENT LANE
INTERVENTION
INTELLIGENT CRUISE
CONTROL
AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING INTELLIGENT EMERGENCY
(US only) BRAKING
INTELLIGENT AROUND VIEW
MONITOR
19256-35
30 April
30 April
ENTERPRISE MOTOR GROUP 323 Gladstone Road • Ph 867 8368 • a/h Steven Shields • 027 483 9666
*ADR eeciency ratings. Limited stock available.
nissan.co.nz
INTELLIGENT LANE
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