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MOTORTIMES Thursday, January 16, 2020
Sporty edge
Agile Land Rover impresses 3
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Motorsport has made I-Pace a better EV
based international race series’’. The
EV range entire field is made up of special Jaguar
David Linklater I-Pace models, to a specification created
by Jaguar’s Special Vehicle Operations.
L
ong-planned update or a case of Drivers include New Zealand’s
motorsport truly improving the Simon Evans.
breed? The company says change derived
We may never know, but Jaguar from the eTrophy programme for the
says that experience from its I-Pace production I-Pace include changes to the
eTrophy racing series has resulted in an torque distribution of the AWD system
update for the I-Pace that could improve in Eco mode, greater use of the active
range by 8 per cent. radiator vane system, and updates that
The eTrophy was launched in 2018 as allow the battery to run at a lower state
Going fast in a racing car helps the ordinary model go further on a charge, apparently. the world’s first ‘‘all-electric production- of charge without affecting driveability,
durability or performance.
The vehicle’s brakes now harvest
energy more efficiently when the
battery is in a high state of charge and
the amount of energy recovery has been
increased at lower driving speeds to
maximise efficiency and range.
Changes to the predictive range
calculation algorithm will deliver a
more accurate and consistent estimate
of vehicle range, while being more
reflective of an individual’s driving
style
Features
While the update does not alter the
•2.0L Pet I-Pace’s official WLTP range figure of
•Front Wh 470km, Jaguar says the gains could add
•6 speed up to 20km of range depending on
•18” alloys driving style.
•Autonomo New Zealand customers are being
•Lane Kee invited to take vehicles to their Jaguar
•Blind Sp dealer to get the update.
•Rear Cro The changes will also enable
•Electroni enhanced Software-Over-The-Air
with auto (SOTA) functionality. After receiving
•Parking the latest software, more electronic
•Rearview modules will be able to receive remote
dynamic g updates.
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Subtle changes but big difference
The new Land Rover Discovery Sport is a lot newer than it might look, writes Damien O'Carroll.
I
must admit that the
overwhelming feeling I had
towards the Land Rover
At a glance
Discovery Sport was . . . nothing, Land Rover Discovery Sport
really. It never made me feel much of P250 R-Dynamic SE
anything. Base price: $87,900
It wasn’t as good as a proper Powertrain and performance:
Discovery and it wasn’t as stylish as 2.0-litre petrol turbo four-
a Range Rover Evoque. It didn’t have cylinder, 184kW/365Nm, AWD,
a particularly special interior – it economy 9.2 litres per 100km,
was just all right – and it didn’t drive CO2 208g/km (WLTP), 0-100kmh
particularly memorably, or have 7.6 seconds.
overly-impressive off-road abilities. Vital statistics: 4598mm long,
It simply was. 1727mm high, 2741mm
But it did sell well. Well enough wheelbase, luggage capacity 754
that a second generation was litres, 19-inch wheels.
launched – and it seems that Land We like: Massively improved
Rover must have felt a bit the same interior, impressively
about the Disco Sport, because it has comfortable, vastly better
tried much harder with the new one. infotainment screen, now with
added Range Rover.
Is it a new one? It looks very We don’t like: Lag off the line,
much the same . . . thirsty for a 2.0-litre.
Well, yeah, that’s a bit confusing
really, because while the new Disco
actually looks like a mild facelift, The more things running light signature and the rear So does the interior look the Or, at least, quite a bit of swearing.
around 70 per cent of its parts are change: 70 per gains new LED tail-lights with same too then? In fact, the Discovery Sport is now
new, including every body panel cent of the dynamic indicators. A new grille No, and it is the interior where most far more Range Rover-like inside,
apart from the bonnet, roof and Discovery Sport’s with a lower and wider mouth of the obvious changes have taken with a big jump in material and
body panels are
tailgate, and it also sits on Land actually new.
dominates the front, and the ‘‘visual place. build quality throughout. It even
Rover’s all-new C-SUV architecture DAMIEN O'CARROLL/ mass’’ of the car has been pushed The centre console, infotainment uses a number of Range Rover parts,
(that also underpins the new Range STUFF further down to exude a sportier and instrument cluster systems have most obviously, the steering wheel.
Rover Evoque) that is primed for look. all been replaced with significantly You could bemoan the fact that
electrification. While it doesn’t look terribly more modern versions. this robs the Disco Sport of its Land
From the outside, the changes are different, it does actually look better A massively more responsive Rover identity somewhat, but that
subtle, despite the extensively new – a more cohesive design that brings touchscreen does away with the would require it to have actually had
body panels – there are new it subtly into line with the rest of the annoying lag that could reduce a
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FROM PAGE 3
a Land Rover identity in the first
place, which it didn’t – or any real
distinctive identity at all, for that
matter – so going with a higher-
quality Range Rover one is much
better.
Does it drive like a Range Rover
then?
Depends which one you are talking
about, because it drives pretty much
exactly like the Range Rover it
shares its platform with (that’s the
Evoque, in case you weren’t paying
attention) which is no bad thing, as it
means it is an impressively agile
thing that is quite endearing to Inside is where the big visual changes have taken place.
throw around a few corners, while
maintaining a suitably regal feel to
its ride. As well as the engine’s capacity, although not The lag off the line is better than Any other cars I should
It does also mean that it isn’t as extensively new necessarily to its power. in the last model, and can be consider?
effortlessly plush as a full-blown body panels, the When it is up and running, the mitigated to quite a large degree by There is no shortage of options in
Range Rover, or even the larger Disco Sport also 2.0-litre turbo is a brilliantly assured rolling the power on progressively the medium luxury SUV segment,
sits on a new
Discovery, but it does put on a platform.
thing, effortless powerful, flexible (which also helps that fuel and we don’t have room to get into
convincingly good impression of it, PHOTOS: DAMIEN and response, but they still haven’t consumption), but a full throttle dive all of them here, but the BMW X3,
albeit with a slightly firm edge to the O’CARROLL/STUFF quite nailed that all-important for a gap in traffic still involves a Mercedes-Benz GLC and Audi Q5
ride that dulls the luxury shine a bit, standing start response. frustrating and concerning delay are the most obvious external
but is a worthwhile trade off for the before anything much happens. You competitors for the Discovery
added agility. do get used to it, but it is still an Sport, while in-house competition,
Likewise, while it mightn’t be annoyance. in the form of the smaller Range
quite as sharp and responsive as The fuel consumption is more of a Rover Evoque, is also a good
the likes of a BMW X3 or Mercedes- persistent disappointment than alternative.
Benz GLC, that Range Rover DNA anything else, simply because you Volvo, Lexus and Alfa Romeo all
shines through in terms of ride expect a smaller capacity engine to offer interesting alternatives in or
quality, giving it an edge in overall provide fuel efficiency gains, because around the segment and price
comfort. that is why it is jammed in the range, while top-spec models from
engine bay after all. non-luxury brands are also
So what are the downsides? If the Disco Sport packed a potential options as well.
Sadly, the Discovery Sport also 3.0-litre six with 180-odd kilowatts, Like I said, no shortage of choice
shares two other traits with the then the double digit consumption here, but the Discovery Sport does
Evoque – and indeed everything figures (we saw around 12 to carve out a compelling case for
equipped with Jaguar Land Rover’s 13L/100km on a mix of open road and itself by simply becoming more
2.0-litre Ingenium petrol engines – a urban running) wouldn’t grate as Range Rover-like.
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A Christmas bromance
The Holden Colorado Rox is probably not the
‘O
h no, what have I fake bonnet bulge and all.
done?’’ That was my most sensible vehicle for a staycation. But we Two things in particular made me
first thought after fall in love with the Rox though – the
hanging up the phone did it anyway. Damien O’Carroll reports. first purely silly, the second
after a conversation in which I had technically impressive.
accepted a vehicle to drive over the First the silly; the Rox has an
Christmas break. active exhaust enhancer that makes
For those of you unfamiliar with it sound truly monstrous (despite
motoring journalists, that is not having no modifications done to the
usually the sort of thing we think engine whatsoever). A range of big,
when offered a car to test. But then, throaty diesel V8 rumbles, burbles or
this was no ordinary automobile. It roars are selectable from a connected
would require some logistical phone app.
planning just to get it near my house. Yes, it is pointless. Yes, it is silly.
I had just committed myself to But it is also hilariously funny and
two weeks with the Holden Colorado sounds wonderfully aggressive. It
Rox as my only form of transport. can also be turned off if you don’t
Something that worried me no small want to annoy your neighbours, but
amount, because I was pretty much if you are the sort of person who will
convinced it would be fairly awful go to the trouble and expense of
both around the city and on the open installing such a thing, then you
road. probably don’t care if you annoy
Not the ideal attitude to be going your neighbours anyway . . .
into a road test with, I grant you, but The technically impressive things
I fully expected to utterly hate the that made me love the Rox were its
Rox at the end of two weeks using it tyres and general ride quality.
as my only form of transport around Mud tyres have come a long way
Auckland and be truly happy to give in the past few years. Previously
it back. insanely noisy and seriously lacking
After all massive mud tyres and a Much wider and driveway in the first place. someone who had or wanted one. in grip on normal road surfaces,
serious off-road setup do not make taller than a Thankfully, my generous car- After all, taste is a personal thing, modern mud tyres are now easily
for the ideal city commuter . . . standard Colorado, enthusiast neighbour was kind and we should all be so lucky to drive comparable to all-terrain tyres in
The first obstacle was the six-inch the Rox isn’t an enough to let me berth the monster something that makes us happy. terms of noise and wet weather grip,
entirely practical
lift kit and monster 35-inch tyres Holden in his driveway during my But here’s the thing; the Rox is making them actually usable on the
or sensible choice
meant that the Rox simply wouldn’t for the Christmas time with it, so we were on. just so excessively over-the-top that road without compromising sanity
fit in my car port. The 150mm extra break. However, I still didn’t like it. it very quickly forced itself into my or safety.
track width that those enormous DAMIEN O'CARROLL/ While I get the off-road mods, heavily affections just by its sheer silliness – The level of wet grip was
mud tyres also brought to STUFF accessorised utes have never been ridiculous height that required impressive in the Rox, although the
proceedings made it a marginal my thing – I don’t really see the point running boards with step extensions,
thing to actually fit down my narrow – but I wouldn’t ever be critical of glowing red LED-lit wheel arches, TURN TO PAGE 8
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Who needs Christmas lights when you have the Holden A custom display, race-style seats front and rear and red LEDs The Rox is proof in someone’s belief that you can never have
Colorado Rox in your driveway? in the footwells bring a touch of the exterior’s style inside. too many lights.
FROM PAGE 6 steering that lacks much in the way
of self-centring (thanks again to the
high centre of gravity still made it a massive mud tyres) – and it was
thing to reserve a cautious level of surprisingly comfortable.
respect for in the rain, while the ride And it was not as impractical as I
quality was also surprisingly good. was expecting around town either –
But don’t take that to mean ‘‘car- despite the increase in width, it fitted
like good’’ though – but not too far easily into parking spaces (once you
removed from ute-like good. It was got used to it) and the only real
impressive given the extensive compromise was the extreme height
modifications, and far above that meant any visit to a mall, or
anything else I have driven that is anything with indoor or under-
this modified for off roading. ground parking, meant I had to park
While the levels of noise from the quite a long way away and walk. But
tyres was impressively low, this gain let’s face it; I need the exercise
was all cancelled out by the sheer anyway.
volume of wind noise (and, of course, So, no, I didn’t hate it and I
resistance) from the remarkable genuinely did feel sad having to give
array of stuff attached to the roof. it back.
The huge spotlights attached to a It was a delightfully fun vehicle to
hydraulic ram to pop them up or lay drive, despite its imperfections and
them down, the roof tray that housed impracticalities, and was a
the spare tyre (of course with There’s a lot of But that is par for the course entire time with it. At least it was guaranteed conversation starter.
another massive 35-inch mud tyre), added wind when you start adding functional off- consistent. It was created to attract attention,
the custom sports bar on the tray – resistance here road accessories – so just crank the The Rox’s overall demeanour on and it certainly did that during my
hell, even the huge scoop on the and that shows stereo up and it doesn’t matter. the road was surprisingly well time with it. But put it this way – the
in the fuel
custom carbon fibre bonnet – all consumption.
Well, it does matter still – in a fuel behaved too – it didn’t wander all sort of person who will come up to
conspired to produce a literal PHOTOS: DAMIEN economy sense, because the Rox over the road like the Jeep Wrangler you to talk about something so
cacophony of howling, whooshing O’CARROLL/STUFF welded itself to an average Rubicon on mud tyres I recently excessively silly with enthusiasm is
and rumbling. 13L/100km and stayed there my drove, despite the ponderous usually always worth talking to.
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Michelin tyres, this hatchback should go on peoples short list wanting safety, vehicles like this, and 90% of the time I get asked the question, does it have colour, the seats are all upholstered in a robust leather, which has over BMW, has, and will, go down in history as being one of the great engines
and world class leading fuel economy.The centre screen in the dash board a tow bar, and a lot of people are put off if it has one, you see the Freelander many years proved to be very durable. It is fitted with satellite navigation, ever made. I have just this week, fitted 4 new tyres and a wheel alignment.
encompasses many functions, and fortunately, it has Bluetooth.As it was is a strong little brute, particularly in diesel form, and Land Rover people and the cruise control and sound system controls are both built into the The leather interior looks smart in cashmere, and the seats are electric,
sold new here in NZ, the selling VW dealer has recorded know this, so there is always a potential to over steering wheel which makes for a much safer operation. and can be heated, the coloured camera works
every service, well done. I have the two Keys. $14,995 work any machine. NZ New. $13,995 All the books are in the clove box. 4 new tyres. $20,995 in reverse,and also from the mirrors. $10,990
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This is a one owner NZ new van, travelled only moderate kilometres. Some vehicles I advertise can speak volumes themselves, and as I, There are a lot of people in the greater Waikato that travel to work For 2019, these are questions, in no particular order, I am constantly asked
The 2.0 litre diesel engine is mated to a 6 speed automatic. In the rear, a novice writer, there may be nothing topical to add. Well the “Golf” daily, I get a feeling of satisfaction if I can help the average worker to when people are looking at mid ranged priced cars. Does it have front/
there is a large chiller unit, that has just been serviced, the van was is one such vehicle, with worldwide acclaim for many decades. One of get from A to B cost effectively, and just as important, safely. This is side and head air bags, is it 5 star safety rated, is it NZ new or an import,
previously used to deliver yoghurt around Auckland. 3 passengers can the Golfs strongest attributes is in the way it was engineered, with the C5 great example of a low cost running machine, (bring it back to me does it have full service history, will it cost me more than $300.00 for an
for regular oil changes) the 2.0 ltr diesel engine is capable of being
legally sit across the front seats, there are air bags, a safety cage behind main focus on occupant safety. You can read all the statistics you like, able to travel for hundreds of thousands of kilometres. In preparing annual service, does it have Bluetooth phone pairing, does it have cruise
the driver, and air conditioning. Behind the seats, there is a large empty but all I know is, many of my clients over the last 2 decades have been this car for sale, I replaced front shocks, some rubber control.This car has all of the mentioned items, and more, such as satellite
area, up to the freezer unit. It has cruise control, involved in some type of crash whilst being in a golf, bushes in the suspension, a new WOF has navigation, the suede and cloth seats
electric windows, full service history. $13,995 and have sustained minimal injuries. $6,995 just been issued. $5,995 are exceptionally comfortable. Low kilometres. $13,995
2010 MITSIBISHI COLT PLUS NZ NEW 2005 BMW 750I NZ NEW 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER LIMITED 2014 MERCEDES ML 250 BLUE TECH DIESEL NZ NEW
This is a nice example of a new NZ 5 door hatch back.Travelled only I traded this 750i on the other newer 750i I had.The previous owner is Those that know me, are aware I am left handed, and quirky, so accordingly The mighty “ML” I say this because, worldwide the ML has a reputation for being
moderate kilometres, it would make for an ideal work commuter, or fastidious within himself, and this car personifies his pride of ownership. I have always liked the “PT Cruiser” But it goes a bit deeper than that, as I strong and reliable.Also, Mercedes have made so many improvement’s to the ML
someone’s first car. It is not loaded with lots of gimmicks, or extra’s, Inside the interior is immaculate, and the exterior is exceptional. Fitted approach the “Big 70” I really appreciate ergonomic design. Let’s break that range.This particular ML is indicative to what is happening worldwide, engines
but it does have the important ingredient’s, that being, front/side, and with 4 new tyres, a newly issued WOF, just been fully serviced. Being down, it means, to design something to minimise effort and discomfort. For are getting smaller, and with that the Co/2 emissions are coming down.Travelled
head air bags, air conditioning, electric windows and mirrors, good NZ new, the satellite navigation works perfectly, it has Bluetooth phone well over 30 years I drive a different vehicle 6 days a week, and for me, and only moderate kilometres, this 2.2 Bluetec engine is now rated as an extremely
sound system. A new WOF has just been issued, and runs out in preparation, a factory sunroof.This model is made with a strong emphasis another 9 other PT clients that I know, all love the driving/seating position. economical vehicle. It has side running boards, 20’ alloys,
December 2020, the car registration runs out during, on safety, using a heavy gauge of high tensile steel, This PT is new NZ and has a full leather interior, not fitted with low profile tyres, leather interior,
October 2020. $7,995 air bags head, side and front. $11,995 and is well worth an inspection. $6,995 electric and heated seats. $44,995
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Ute sales slow, but Ranger still top
O
ur hankering for one tonne January, citing clearcut global
utes is cooling and fewer
The new car market is down for the first time in a decade, economic factors.
cars are being bought. but we still love the Ford Ranger, writes Richard Bosselman. ‘‘[It is] the first time since 2009,
The release of new vehicle the height of the global financial
registrations for the full year crisis, that we have seen a year-on-
confirms that the Toyota Corolla was year drop in new-vehicle
2019’s best-selling car, Ford’s Ranger registrations,’’ said association chief
maintained its place as the light executive David Crawford.
commercial top dog (and top-selling In addition to the Corolla, which
vehicle overall) and the overall new achieved 6804 units for the year –
vehicle market declined, but an almost 500 units below its 2018 result
obvious last quarter drop in ute – the top passenger models were two
volume is a new twist that might SUVs.
cause industry ripples this year. These were another Toyota, the
Plush and increasingly RAV4, with 5611 registered, and the
sophisticated double cab versions of Mazda CX-5, with 3312.
a vehicle with rural and workplace Toyota continued its evergreen
roots have created a low-cost, high- position as the passenger car market
profit product that has driven a sales leader last year with 20 per cent
bonanza for manufacturers. share, followed by Ford with 10 per
Ford New Zealand has become cent share then Mitsubishi, and
especially reliant. Ranger’s Holden, respectively third and
ascendancy has occurred as its It is undoubtedly helped by rental companies, fourth, though both with an 8 per
passenger car volumes have but the Corolla is still the biggest-selling cent share.
diminished. Although volume last traditional car in New Zealand. In announcing the 2019
year fell off – it had 9485 assessment, Crawford cited electric
registrations, 419 units short of its units). Those models maintained vehicles for specific mention.
peak 2018 count – Ranger still did their top three status in the While the count of pure electric
Ford proud last year. December breakdown. vehicle and plug-in hybrid cars was
The count was sufficient to The overall new vehicle market modest – respective counts of 175 and
maintain it as the country’s best- also wobbled, with a registrations 35 units (compared to 692 hybrid
selling vehicle overall and also the total of 154,763 cars, utes and vans vehicles) – he noted that last year
country’s top commercial for a sixth coming 7007 units short of the 2018 also brought a landmark moment,
year. count. with the Tesla Model 3 making a
After Ranger the next most This comes after a decade of strong enough market entry to be a
popular ute was once again the growth that included five top three model in September, its
Toyota Hilux, whose 7126 units consecutive record years. first full month of sale.
represented a 14 per cent share, The Motor Industry Association, He also noted the RAV4 hybrid,
although it was 960 registrations which represents new vehicle introduced in March, is now the
down on 2018. Third was the The Ranger may be on top, but the Toyota Hilux is still a strong distributors, says it isn’t surprised – country’s most popular vehicle with
Mitsubishi Triton (11 per cent, 5319 performer in the New Zealand market. it first voiced expectation of this last a battery-supported drivetrain.
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Could a Ford-badged SsangYong Rhino slot in under the Ranger as a cheaper Ford ute?
Ford-badged
SsangYongs
set for NZ?
The alliance between Ford and Mahindra
deepens, with SsangYong now playing a part.
Richard Bosselman reports.
T
he potential for badge- replacement for the Territory. ‘‘Any rumours of rebranded developed by Mahindra and will be Ford already sells
engineered vehicles filling Also, the Rhino could fulfil Ford vehicles coming to New Zealand is sold separately by both brands, with an Indian-made
gaps in Ford’s local lineup ambition to have a cheaper one- just speculation,’’ said spokesman unique styling and driving dynamics vehicle in New
has arisen with a recently tonne ute to place below the Ranger, Tom Clancy. for each of the cars. This will be Zealand – the small
EcoSport SUV.
initiated alliance between India’s whose next generation, already ‘‘The agreement to create a joint followed by a compact SUV that Ford
Mahindra and Ford now expanding under development in Australia and venture was to develop, market and will develop in India, but with the
to include the Korean marque due within two years, will be a joint distribute Ford brand vehicles in same export potential as its
SsangYong. effort between Ford and India, as well as Ford brand and EcoSport.
Already a subsidiary of Mahindra Volkswagen. Mahindra brand vehicles in Ford seems keen on enhancing
and catering to South Korean and Ford New Zealand, which has emerging markets. India as a production base. It has
global markets from factories in its been selling an India-sourced car, the ‘‘New Zealand is not an emerging created a new International Markets
home country, SsangYong Motor Fiesta-based EcoSport, for some market.’’ Group which became operational
will be revitalised under the recently years, has acted swiftly to dampen Nonetheless, the specific from January 1. The product
announced arrangement. thought about anything more Mahindra-Ford JV is also set to portfolio is expected to cater to more
The agreement will see products coming here from this new develop two models, the first a than 100 global markets, with more
designed and developed in India by programme. medium-sized SUV. This is being than 18 million units.
Mahindra and South Korea by The latest move is seen as a
SsangYong to be rebadged as Fords. lifeline for SsangYong, which has
In a statement, the brands said this been struggling in recent years, with
would be ‘‘for numerous export export markets accounting for just
markets’’. 7 per cent of last year’s volume.
A South Korean news agency has Mahindra already has SsangYong
reported Ford senior management models in its own family. A version
are set to soon visit Korea to discuss of Rexton is sold in India as the
the execution of this plan. More Alturas G4. The XUV300 medium
information is expected to be SUV, meantime, is derived from the
released at February’s Dehli motor SsangYong Tivoli.
show. Andrew Bayliss, general manager
New Zealand is not specially of SsangYong’s national distributor,
mentioned yet thought about the Great Lakes Motor Distributors, said
programme’s potential has been he could not provide comment about
raised within the local industry. any implications of the latest
Specific conjecture has been that activity.
the current G4 generation of the The rumour mill has been touting a rebadged SsangYong Rexton as a potential ‘‘We literally have no information
Rexton large SUV might serve as a Territory replacement for Ford. about all this.’’Thursday, January 16, 2020
14 Motortimes
Hyundai worked with
Flying taxis: Uber to design the S-A1.
Both companies also
worked on infrastructure
solutions as well.
New class
of vehicles
The skies above our biggest cities could one day be full of flying taxis, if Hyundai
and Uber have their way, writes Damien O’Carroll.
H
yundai has become the first
car manufacturer to buy
into Uber’s dream of fleets
of flying taxis flitting above
the cities of the world with the
unveiling of its first concept at the
Consumer Electronics Show in Las
Vegas.
Uber and Hyundai Motor
Company announced at the show a
new partnership to develop Uber Air
Taxis for a future aerial ride share
network, along with the new full-
scale aircraft concept – the S-A1.
According to the two companies,
Hyundai will produce and deploy the
air vehicles, while Uber will provide
airspace support services,
connections to ground
transportation, and customer
interfaces through an aerial ride
share network. Both parties are
collaborating on infrastructure
concepts to support take-off and
landing for this new class of vehicles.
‘‘Our vision of Urban Air Mobility
will transform the concept of urban
transportation,’’ said Jaiwon Shin,
executive vice-president and head of
Hyundai’s Urban Air Mobility Extra sets of partner with experience of
(UAM) Division. vertical rotors are manufacturing passenger cars on a
‘‘We expect UAM to vitalise urban used for take off global scale,’’ said Eric Allison, head
communities and provide more and landing, and of Uber Elevate.
the four main
quality time to people. We are rotors swivel for
‘‘We believe Hyundai has the
confident that Uber Elevate is the use. potential to build Uber Air vehicles
right partner to make this at rates unseen in the current
innovative product readily available aerospace industry, producing high-
to as many customers as possible.’’ quality, reliable aircraft at high
The S-A1 is designed for a volumes to drive down passenger
cruising speed up to 290kmh, a costs per trip. Combining Hyundai’s
cruising altitude of around 300 to manufacturing muscle with Uber’s
600 metres above ground, and to fly technology platform represents a
trips up to 100km. It will be 100 per giant leap forward for launching a
cent electric and Hyundai says that vibrant air taxi network in the
during peak hours it will require Hyundai’s S-A1 coming years.’’
about five to seven minutes for flying taxi is Bloomberg has reported that,
recharging. designed to seat while Uber has held talks with the
It uses ‘‘distributed electric four passengers, United States Federal Aviation
initially with a
propulsion’’, powering multiple human pilot, but
Administration, the whole flying
rotors and propellers around the one day they will taxi thing is likely to face heavy
airframe that it says increases safety be autonomous. scrutiny from the regulator over
by decreasing any single point of logistics for takeoff and landing,
failure. Having several, smaller vertically, transition to wing-borne avoid the dreaded middle seat with noise and safety concerns.
rotors also reduces noise relative to lift in cruise, and then transition enough space for a personal bag or And that is not even getting into
large rotor helicopters with back to vertical flight to land. The backpack. Hyundai says it will be the whole autonomous thing,
combustion engines, which is cabin is designed with four piloted initially, but over time they although neither Hyundai nor Uber
obviously rather important in cities. passenger seats, allowing riders to will become autonomous. have provided a timeline for
The S-A1 is designed to take off board and disembark easily and ‘‘Hyundai is our first vehicle dispensing with human pilots.Thursday, January 16, 2020 15 AU-8606448AA
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16 Motortimes
The purposeful-looking
McLaren Senna supercar
dominated Trade Me’s
listings last year.
Senna and Bond lead
A McLaren Senna, two
Bond cars and some
gorgeous classics
made up Trade Me’s
most popular car
listings in 2019, writes
Damien O’Carroll. Trade Me’s top 10
A
$1.8 million McLaren,
James Bond’s favourite ride
and a collection of old Land
What you viewed
Rovers were the subject of a The top 10 most viewed Trade
lot of Kiwi daydreams last year, Me motoring listings of 2019
according to online auction site 1. McLaren Senna – 145,960 views
Trade Me. 2. James Bond Aston Martin –
The website has just revealed the 141,000 views
10 most viewed listings in its 3. Nissan Skyline – 67,958 views
automotive section for the past year, 4. Collection of Land Rovers –
with supercars, classics and a few 77,500 views
oddballs making up the top 10. 5. Ford Mustang – 59,878 views
‘‘Kiwis love to dream and last 6. Triumph Spitfire – 59,475 views
year it was the very rare, and very 7. Bond Bug – 56,577 views
expensive vehicles that took out the 8. Ferrari F12 – 55,655 views
top two spots,’’ said Alan Clark, 9. Logan Dodd’s campervan –
Trade Me’s Head of Motors. 53,906 views
Clark said that the most viewed 10. Mazda RX3 – 53,534 views
vehicle of the year was a 2019
McLaren Senna, which was listed for
an eye-watering $1.8m. A collection of ‘‘hakosuka’’ Nissan Skyline GT-R of social media celebrities in the mix, ‘‘Then there was a 1965 Triumph
The victory grey supercar clocked Land Rovers also rounded out the top three with 67,958 with the Mitsubishi Delica Spitfire that came with a very honest
up just under 146,000 views to take generated a lot of views. campervan owned by social media description that while it looked
out the top spot. interest. ‘‘The quirkiest vehicle to make influencer Logan Dodds cracking the great, it would never pass a warrant
‘‘Pulling up in second place was a the top 10 was a 1971 Bond Bug, one top 10. in its current state and would be
1964 Aston Martin DB5 – the model of just two in the country,’’ said Dodds became something of a star ‘really really dangerous in a crash’,’’
made famous by Sean Connery in the Clark. a few years back after a travel video said Clark.
James Bond film Goldfinger,’’ said ‘‘Unsurprisingly it generated he made went viral bringing him ‘‘Once again our members have
Clark. plenty of attention from collectors an Instagram following of nearly proven humour is a sure-fire way to
‘‘This beauty comes with a $1.2m both locally and internationally and 50,000. get some interest on a listing.
price tag and is still up for grabs didn’t take too long to get snapped The Delica camper overshadowed ‘‘So take note if you’re looking to
having drawn 141,000 views so far.’’ up.’’ that number by pulling in nearly sell your vehicle this year,’’ said
A thoroughly gorgeous 1972 There was also something for fans 54,000 views. Seems appropriate. Clark.
A thoroughly Sure, it might be
immaculate 1972 unsafe and not
Nissan Skyline able to get a WoF,
GT-R was the but humour went
third most a long way
popular car on towards making
Trade Me last this Spitfire
year. popular.Thursday, January 16, 2020 17
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