Thousands of Aucklanders braved the wind and the rain to commemorate 94 years since the landing at Gallipoli at Auckland’s War Memorial Museum Friday.
Entries Tagged as 'Automobiles'
ANZAC Day and What It Means (Video)
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Tags: Automobiles · Kiwi News · Kiwi Stuff · New Zealand · australia · kiwi
End of the Road For Detroit Car Makers
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Today was not a good day for General Motors and Chrysler. Rick Waggoner was shown the door by Washington and GM was told in no uncertain terms that bankruptcy was an option for them. Chrysler was told they have 30 days to convince Fiat they have a future or it was curtains for them. However [...]
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Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Takes on Hong Kong Press
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Top Gear continues it’s march around the pacific, this time turning up this weekend for the Top Gear Live show in Hong Kong.
According to Hong Kong’s The Standard:
Well, not for long. Soon, the engagingly verbose presenter was cracking jokes about copresenter Richard Hammond’s height (or lack of it) and Hong Kong’s taxi drivers. “Why are [...]
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Saturn Car Company Could Be In Chinese Hands By End of Year
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In a cruel twist of fate, Saturn could be in the hands of the Chinese by the end of the year. Saturn is one of the victims of the restructuring of General Motors to satisfy the requirements of the US Government’s TARP Loan program.
General Motors as penned a letter to the existing Saturn Dealers suggesting [...]
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Top Gear’s Race Winning Polo For Sale (Video)
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The VW Polo Blue Motion that Richard Hammond raced from Basel to Blackpool in last years season of Top Gear is now up for sale in the UK Auto Trader (via Blackpool Gazette)
Now the car, which has just 5,500 miles on the clock – is for sale on the Auto Trader website with a price [...]
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Top Gear’s Richard Hammond Talks about his Life (Video)
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While in Auckland New Zealand, Top Gear’s Richard Hammond speaks his mind this week about Top Gear and it’s cultural phenomenon in a 1965 Lincoln Town Car Continental.
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Top Gear Ferraris Not Real Using Toyota MR2
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The Ferraris used in the Australian Top Gear Live shows recently were not real. According to Drive Magazine in Australia, they where Ferrari shells on top of Toyota MR2s:
Underneath their exotic red panel work, the “Ferraris” were believed to be infinitely less glamorous Toyotas.
The replica Ferraris, reportedly based on Toyota MR2 underpinnings, were produced at a fraction [...]
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Top Gear Live – arrives in New Zealand (Video)
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The top car show in the world, Top Gear, has brought it’s live action production to Auckland, Jeremy Clarkson and his crew has enlisted top Kiwi driver Greg Murphy as the 3rd Wheel.
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Top Gear Press Conference Ends In Stig Storming Out (Video)
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Car Exec Rips Car Industry A New One
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John Krafcik, acting president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America today made it very clear he is disappointed with the auto industry in the United States and did not pull his punches:
There was palpable discomfort in the room as Krafcik criticized his own industry for earning a perception of being “slow, dim-witted” and “typically unresponsive [...]
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