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• Breaking: Embattled caravan manufacturer collapses into administration

  15-09-2026 06:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Sunshine Coast-based Australian Off Road has called in administrators after the company went dark last week, leaving hundreds of customers and suppliers in limbo.
  
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• ‘You can’t save your way to success’: Timperley tells dealers productivity is the only lever left

  15-09-2026 03:32 via autotalk.co.nz
  
  Deloitte’s Stephen Timperley at AutoTalk Live! Christchurch. Dealers cannot cut their way out of a thin market, and every answer that matters sits with their people rather than their overheads. That was Stephen Timperley’s message to AutoTalk Live! Christchurch, delivering Deloitte’s Motor Industry Benchmarks to a room of dealer principals. Net profit to sales across […]
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• Cybercab tour reaches Auckland in 2027, a year behind the Australian stops

  15-09-2026 03:27 via autotalk.co.nz
  
  The Cybercab tours Tesla locations from 21 September, reaching Auckland in 2027. Image: Tesla Tesla will tour the Cybercab through its Australian and New Zealand locations across 2026 and 2027, but New Zealand gets a single stop, in Auckland, and not until next year. The tour opens in Sydney on 21 September, then runs through […]
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• Six-year-old RAV4 or a new MG for the same money: MTA puts the shift to dealers

  15-09-2026 02:42 via autotalk.co.nz
  
  MTA head of advocacy James McDowall at AutoTalk Live! Christchurch. Twenty-five thousand dollars buys a six-year-old RAV4 with 100,000km on it, or a brand new MG with a 10-year warranty. MTA head of advocacy James McDowall put that comparison to dealers at AutoTalk Live! Christchurch as the clearest single picture of what is happening to […]
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• AutoTalk Live! Christchurch gets under way

  15-09-2026 02:37 via autotalk.co.nz
  
  AutoTalk Live! Christchurch is under way at Rydges Latimer, bringing automotive industry leaders together for an afternoon of market analysis, dealership insights and regulatory discussion. The half-day programme covers motor industry benchmarking, vehicle market conditions, artificial intelligence, customer enquiry response times, digital reach and dealer marketing. MTA’s head of advocacy James McDowall opens the day […]
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• Enterprise Motor Group backs golf as used car group takes NZPGA vehicle deal

  15-09-2026 02:36 via autotalk.co.nz
  
  An NZPGA-liveried Triton on the Enterprise Motor Group yard. Image: Enterprise Motor Group Enterprise Motor Group has been named official vehicle partner of PGA New Zealand, putting a used vehicle group into a sponsorship category usually occupied by the European premium brands. The group describes it as one of the largest sponsorships in its history. […]
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