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Greener pastures for Wilksbrooke ownersWilksbrookeMotorsownersGrantandShirleyWilksmayberetiringfromthe industryat theendof theyear—butas the2014MazdaDealerAwardsshow, theyarenot restingontheir laurels.
FromNovemberTeAwamutu’sFordandMazdadealershipsmergeunder thebannerofnewownersFairviewMotorsandwilloperatejointly fromtheKihikihiRoadlocation.
ThedualdealershipsarecommonaroundNewZealand—except inTeAwamutuwhereWilksbrookeMotorshas reignedsupreme.
Themulti-awardwinning locallyownedfranchisedealershiphasenjoyedtremendoussupport fromMazdaNewZealand—evenwhenFairviewMotorshas lookedatstrengthening itsWaikato/BayofPlentystronghold in thepast.
MrWilkssayswhenthe lastoffertopurchasecame, thecoupledecidedthetimewasright tomoveon.
Thecouplestillowntheproperty,andwill lease it toFairviewMotors,plus theirdaughterswill continuetheirownbusinesses thatgrewoutof
WilksbrookeMotors.IlanaWilksandherhusbandMark
Pennywill soonbeoperatingSuzukifranchiseWilksPennyMotorcyclesoutof theformerTeAwamutuTyrespropertyonKihikihiRoadandLetichaandJoeyFarrowownandoperatethewebbasedMotoZone.
TheWilksare lookingforwardtotakingabreak fromfull-timebusiness,althoughtheywill stillhavetheir fingerin thepie.
Theirmaingoalsaretoenjoythefruitsof their labour—withtimeforfamily, travelandhobbies.
Mazda’s share on the rise
WINNERS: Wilksbrooke Motors owners Grant and Shirley Wilks andsales manager Rhett McKinnon (left) with the Excellence in MarketShare Performance award.
Winning ways for Wilksbrooke Motors hasbecome the norm for the locally ownedMazda franchise — and it has continuedinto 2015.
Wilksbrooke Motors won the Excellencein Market Share Performance award at the2014 Mazda Dealer Awards.
Owner Grant Wilks says the Te Awamutudealership has achieved a market sharealmost double the national average.
They were also runner-up in theExcellence in Customer Satisfactioncategory.
He and his wife Shirley have sold thebusiness to Fairview Motors, and lookforward to retiring at the end of the year,but say they are still driven to be a topperforming business and are proud of theirachievements over nearly four decades.
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All new MazdaCX-3 compactcrossoverBY DEAN TAYLOR
Anallnewmodel fromanymanufacturer isanexcitingprospect—whenit isamuchawaitedMazdaCX-3basedontheprovensuccessofstablemates, it ishuge.
IdrovethebasemodelGLXfromWilksbrookeMotors,where interest in thenewmodelhasbeenbuildingaheadof thismonth’s launch.
Eventhebasemodelhasalloywheels,reversingcamera,dualexhausts,a fantasticinfotainmentsystem,keylessentryandpushbuttonstarting,SKYACTIVtechnologyandahostofsafety features.
BasedonthepoplarMazda2platform,builtaroundMazda’s ‘KODO-SoulofMotion’
designphilosophyandtakingthebest fromMazda3andCX-5, theCX-3 isagreatchoice.
Mycarwas frontwheeldriveandpoweredbythetwolitrepetrolenginethatdevelops109kWand192Nmoftorque.
Fuelconsumption is rated inthe low6l/100kmrange—i-stopandothertechnologiesaiding improvedeconomy.
Buyers in themid-sizemarketarenowgiventheoptionofCX3,CX-5,Mazda3orMazda6
—withtheversatilityandcompactsizeof thenewmodelhaving lotsofadvantages.
Suspensionhasbeentunedforcomfortandnippy, lightdriving.
Thehigher roadpositionmakestheCX-3comfortableandgivesgoodvisibility.
Andit isnippy.Weightsavingmeanstheenginegives theCX-3plentyofget-up-and-go.
Storage isverygoodandeasilyaccessible.Rearpassenger roomdoesn’t lookhuge,
butasweall know,mostof thetimemostpeoplehaveoneor twopeople in theircar.
I think theCX-3willbethenewMazda3—thehugelypopularcarofchoice forsingles,asasecondcaror forcoupleswithsmalloryoungfamilies.
It isprobablybetter looking,andtherearemoreoptions.
Pricesstart in the low$30Krangeandfiveyearwarrantandthreeyears freeservicemakeitattractiveandaffordable.
AWDisavailable in theGSXandLimited
models—as isa frugal1.5 litredieselengine.
Thedieselhasprovedabonus forCX-5sales—itcouldbethesamefor theCX-3.
There isnodoubtCX-3modelswill flyoff theyard—bookatestdrivewithWilksbrookeMotorsassoonasyoucan.
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Last month teams ofKiwi racingenthusiasts took onthe world — and won.
In a world first,slotcar racers useddigital technology torace teams fromacross the globe.
At Slotcar Ltd inWhakatane, DamienStraw set up a track inhis slotcar shop,identical to others setup in locations aroundthe globe.
Theretwoteamsracedsimultaneouslyagainst teams intheUSA,UK,acrossEuropeandalsoanother inAuckland.
DigitalSlotcar racingisanevolutionof theanalogueracingthathasheldenthusiastscaptive forover50years.
Withthissystemsixcarscancompeteonjust twolanes,andcarscanchangelanes,passandblock.
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Fromthedriverspointofview, theycantellby thefeelof theircarontrackas theirtyresgraduallywear
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Bashing theIn the 25 years since it waslaunched, the Variety TrillianBash has travelled some70,000km of New Zealandroads and visited 100,000kids at countless schools andhospitals – as well as thosethe quirky convoy passes asthey wave from roadsidesalong the rural routes ittravels.
It has raised nearly $8million along the way,without counting thenumberless ‘giveaways’carried by its crews. And it’sspawned many touchingstories of kids whose liveshave changed thanks to thework done by Variety – TheChildren’s Charity, and theordinary New Zealanderswho do an extraordinary jobraising the funds that makeit happen.
It’s those stories whichkeep these men and womenworking to raise thedonations required to enterthe Bash, a road rally that’spartly a ‘thank you’ for thatwork, partly a means ofdelivering grants andentertainment to kidsaround the country, andpartly a colourful way to help
get the message across fora charity that grew fromentertainment roots.
This year ended with afunction at MOTAT, and oneof those stories.
When Mark Wilson wasborn with cerebral palsy, hisparents were told he wouldnever walk and talk, but theystarted an intense therapyprogramme that got himmobile, and communicating.
Bullied at school, he tookup competitive sport andrepresented New Zealand atthe Paralympics in athleticsand table tennis.
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A Variety Gold HeartScholarship helped make ithappen, and came with amentor, Mark Hellyer, whoalso fund-raises for Varietythrough the Variety TrillianBash.
Mark is now in his thirdyear of a businessmanagement degree, andhe’s a ‘Basher’ himself,raising funds to help others.
“Mark’s story underlineswhat strikes us every year,”says Bash director Murray‘Mojo’ O’Donnell.
“I’m not talking the greatjob done by the fundraising
teams who enter the Bash, oreven the grants made tokids, but the fantastic jobmany parents do when facedwith seeminglyinsurmountable hurdles.And how far a kid can go ifgiven a hand to step up tothe plate.”
“Folk like Mark inspire theVariety Trillian Bash fund-raising crews each year, and2015’s 25th Anniversaryevent added at least$150,000 to the charity’scoffers,” says Mr O’Donnell.
This year’s event began inNew Plymouth on Saturday,
March 7 with the donation ofa specialised trike to 18-year-old Sydnie Maxwell,travelled via Whanganui andOhakune, Waiouru andWellington, Masterton,Napier and Taupo,Tauranga, Cambridge andThames, to finish in Aucklandwith grants for a specialswing for a 12-year-old witha mental age of two, $750 fora dyslexia assessment ateenager’s mother couldn’tafford, $9864 for instrumentsto help AucklandPhilharmonia work with 250disadvantaged children in
Otara, and a Ford SunshineCoach for Keith Park School.
The 30 teams and 180people in the classic convoyhad visited schools on everyweekday to unloadmagicians and entertainers,and to hand over Canonprinters and hats, balloonsand toys, and even toconduct a working bee at aschool on Matakana Island,a ferry ride away fromTauranga.
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Triumph Club hostingclassic car show, swapmeet this Sunday
SWAP MEET has something for everyone.
LAST year’s Best Club Display award went tothe waikato Veteran and Vintage Car Club.
ThisSunday is theannualWaikatoTriumphCarClub'sClassicCarShowandSwapMeetheldatTeAwamutuRacecourse.
Gatesopenat7.30amandentry isbywayofagoldcoindonation for showcardriversand$5 forpassengersandpublic,U12free.
Swapmeetsellersare$10.
Theevent isa fundraiserfor theWestpacWaikatoAirAmbulance.
Therearevariousprizecategories, includingbestclubdisplay.
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BY DEAN TAYLOR
Mitsubishi re-invents class leading Triton
MitsubishiNewZealandhas launchedthe‘allnew’Tritonwayaheadofschedulethisyear—sowhatdoes itofferover theoldmodelandits rivals?
DrivenTeAwamutugotbehindthewheelofboththemanualandautomaticversionsof thetop-of-the-rangeGLSDoubleCab4WD(picturedabovecentreandright—tothe left is theGLX-RDoubleCab2WD).
TheGLSandGLX-Rrunon17”alloys.Mitsubishihas refrainedfrombuilding
asuper-sizedute, insteadconcentratingonpower,economy,spaceandpracticality.
Theutilitysegment ishuge inNewZealand—manyKiwischoosingauteastheirvehicleofchoice.
Attractive featuresof theTriton include
quiteperformance,greathandlingandclass leadingeconomy.
AllmodelsgetMitsubishi’snew2.4-litreall-alloydirect-injectiondiesel four-cylinderenginethatputsout135kWofpowerand437Nmoftorque.
Transmissionsareeitherasix-speedmanual transmissionora five-speedautomatic.
Thepowerandtorquearen’tclassleading,but the lighterTritonmeanspowerandtorque-to-weight ratio issecondonlytotheMazdaBT-50.
But fueleconomyofbetween7-8l/100kmacross therange isclassleading,andgreatnewsat thepump.
I foundtheautomaticversioneasier todrivearoundtownthanthemanual,butthatdependsonpreferencesandhowthevehicle is tobeused.
TheTriton iscertainlycomfortableandhasplentyofstandardfeatures thatmay
bemoreakin todrivingacar.There iscruisecontrol, steeringwheel
controlledaudioandphonecontrolsandpaddleshifters in theautoversion.
Anewfeaturethatcouldbehandy istheadjustablespeedlimiter—allowingthedriver tosetanupperspeedlimit. Itisalsoeasilyover-ridden ifnecessary.
Alongwithanewengineandtransmissions, theTritonalsogainadriver’skneeairbag, trailerstabilityassist,hill startassist,while thetopspecGLSmodelsalsogetLEDdaytimerunning lights, rainsensingwipers,automaticheadlights,push-buttonstartanddualstageairconditioning.
Wellsidemodelshaveareversingcameraasstandard.
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Hopping over to WhangaHopping over to Whanga
(TOP) Small portion of carson show at WhangamataBeach Hop and (left) aerialshot of cruise into Waihi.
CHEVY PAIR: Reanna andMurray Peterson took their‘58 Chev Bel Air (bottomleft — with Pin Up Girlposing) and ‘57 Chev Pickup(Mater) to Beach Hop.
Mator was filmed for asegment on CRC Motorsport
and the Petersons andtheir Bel Air were also
featured in a number ofvideo interviews.
MurrayPetersonhasbeentonineWhangamataBeachHops,buthereckonsthiswasthebest.
ThisyearheandhiswifeReannatook inthewholeweek longevent,andhesays itwasgreat tobeinvolvedfromthestart.
Theywere joinedover theeventbyat leasteightotherTeAwamuturoddingandclassiccarcouples,participating inthebeachruns,nightcruises,quiznights...whateverwasgoing.
Thecouplealsotookacareach.MrsPetersondrovethe ‘58ChevBelAirwhilehetookthe ‘57
Pickup—built to look likeMator fromCars.Thecouplehavebiggerplans for thePickup—
acompanycar for theirbusinessesMandMTilingandCentralCafe.
Theytookdelivery inOctober lastyearanddecidedonthe‘comic’makeover for theTeAwamutuChristmasParade—givinghimthe‘paint’job, teeth,eyesandtowinghook.
They’vebeenoverwhelmedbythepopularityof‘Mator’—kidsandadults lovehimsomuchthey’reintwomindsaboutthebuild.
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