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◊ 2007-08-31 09:29 |
Note that the 504 is a 'break' (wagon) - quite rare here in NZ. Behind it is an HQ Holden, then a Daimler V8 250, behind that a Chrysler Valiant from 1971-2. |
◊ 2007-08-31 10:58 |
In this movie I noticed that New Zealand has indeed a very interesting and exceptional selection of vehicles in the streets. Old Japanese cars, Australian cars, odd European cars. Not many American cars though. |
◊ 2007-08-31 12:10 |
The domestic cars from Holden, Ford and Chrysler are pretty much like American cars, with V8 engines and rear wheel drive. Even more so now. Actually can be said, the Ozzie cars feel more American than the (mostly) V6 front wheel drive modern Americans. |
◊ 2007-09-01 16:31 |
@Raul1983: at my visit in 1998 I've seen over there an unbelievable collection of cars from all around the world. The oldest ones (also the most on classic car meetings) were British, the never ones for ca.70% imported used cars from Japan. So because of this you also can see right-hand-drive Opel, Fuso trucks and so on. I've seen there GM cars made in Australia, USA, Argentina, England, Germany, South Africa and South Korea. One day I was walking along the harbour of Auckland. It was empty. The next day the docks were full with imported used cars from Japan. This was also a reason, why all car-factorys in NZ were closed. One day we made a trip across the Coromandel-peninsula. looking for the nature sights. Annother car comes from the other direction. After a few seconds I realized something, made a full braking, drove to the banket and turned with a slide on 180 degrees and drove with full speed into the other direction. My friend was shocked about that, I hadn't said any word. "What are you doing?", he shouted. "It was a RO 80!", I answered, while driving with over 100 km/h on the small road. "Are you seeing ghosts? Why in hell there shall be a RO 80 in this part of the world?" "It WAS a RO 80, you'll see" After a few minutes chasing we got the car and the lady driving it. It was a RO 80, indeed. I must say, that my friend was a hardcore-RO 80-freak, and at our NZ-trip we had visited several NSU-freaks on the Northern Island. |
◊ 2007-09-01 20:40 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_import#New_Zealand Opels are sold in Japan, and I read somewhere that a lot of Japanese-market Vectras are exported secondhand to New Zealand, since they're the same as Holden Vectras sold new in NZ. |
◊ 2007-09-01 22:46 |
@Gag: yes, these Opels I've seen in NZ (mostly Kadett E GSI) were imported as used cars from Japan. Also German made cars over there where coming from Japan. O.k., a few ones were directly imported from Germany and sold as new cars, but their pricers were exorbitant, so some "Kiwi's", who want to have a German car, have bought used ones, imported from Japan. Except one Mercedes W 126 S-class all German cars I've seen, were right-hand-drive. Also the K 70 of a friend of mine in Auckland - but that car was running in Hongkong before going to NZ. The US-made-cars, I've seen, were mostly left-hand-drive, so obviously privately imported. -- Last edit: 2007-09-01 22:48:03 |
◊ 2007-09-03 00:51 |
Once or twice I've seen what I think must be Japanese-market Mercedes in London. They're right hand drive but have American-sized number plate recesses. -- Last edit: 2007-09-19 00:04:22 |
◊ 2007-09-03 17:34 |
As it's written in wikipedia, the export of used japanese cars to Ireland is quite popular. In 1999 I've seen in Ireland a plenty of cars, which were obviously running before in Japan. Really surprised I've been, whan I've found front lamps for the japanese market at a totally rotten K 70 in the area of Cork (an unbelivable joke: offerend in the newspaper as "good condition", but at least a car, owned by a "Messie", fully loaded with garbage. One single mirror was usable, not any other part more). @Gag: the japanese plates are not exactly American size, they are a bit longer. So trunk-hoods and bumpers for the japanese market are different than the America-version. |
◊ 2007-09-03 18:01 |
See here for an example of such case: /vehicle_49728-Nissan-March-K10-1986.html |
◊ 2018-11-20 01:16 |
Local build?? Or from Aus?? |
◊ 2022-03-04 18:03 |
1973+ black wipers. -- Last edit: 2023-10-20 22:10:51 |