New Zealand September 2014

Outlander Rules Edition

This (still) small EV market had 197 plug-ins sold this year (0,23% share), which is an exponential growth regarding last year, when only 8 units were registered, making this Year One for EV's in New Zealand.

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV continues to impress, selling 20 units last month (159 YTD), giving credit to those who believed that the japanese SUV would crack this market. 

Following it, we have the Nissan Leaf in #2 with 30 sales this year, while the Holden Volt is #3 with just 8 units sold.

Pl	New Zealand	Sept.	2014	%	'12Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	20	159	81	N/A
2	Nissan Leaf	3	30	15	N/A
3	Holden Volt	1	8	4	2
TOTAL		24	197

Source: mia.org.nz

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A sweet ride? You’d better 'beleave' it

Is Autumn the best season for a long, leisurely Sunday drive? Well, I don’t know about your neck of the woods, but in my neck, the trees blaze like crimson, orange, and yellow candles, transfiguring back roads into cathedrals of pure color. When I see every leaf on every tree glow like a piece of sunlight-infused stained glass, I make a religious effort to jump behind the wheel and get out there!

Now, of course, you can enjoy your Autumn drive in any car worth its keep. But some cars make the ride sweeter than others — and the Mercedes S Class Coupe, with its QNX-powered infotainment system and instrument cluster, is deliciously caloric.

This isn’t a car for the prim, the proper, the austere. It’s for pure pleasure – whether you take pleasure in performance, luxury, or beauty of design. Or all three. The perfect car, in other words, for an Autumn drive. Which is exactly what the folks at Mercedes thought. In fact, they made a photo essay about — check it out on their Facebook page.


Source: Mercedes

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