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Holden fills mid-size sector with Malibu

BY DEAN TAYLOR

I’ve said it before, butthere is somethingspecial about driving an

all new car — as in acompletely new model.This time it is the

Holden Malibu fromRosetown Holden — theEpica replacement thatgives Holden a modernrival in the all importantmid-size sedan market.The Malibu is a global

GM model to be sold inmore than 100 markets.It comes in two trim

levels — CD and CDX —and the 2.4-litre petrolengine or optional 2.0-litrecommon rail turbo dieselin both grades is matchedto a six-speed automatictransmission with ActiveSelect.I drove the diesel vari-

ant this month in CDX form— top-of-the line.The engine makes

117kW of power and350Nm of torque whiledelivering economy of6.5L/100km.It is an attractive look-

ing car and clearly part ofthe Holden stable.And while it is the little

brother to the Commo-dore, it has similar roadpresence and the samefeeling of space.The drive is excellent.There are no surprises

— great power deliveryand smoothness with goodhandling and brakingwhen needed. This isexactly what customers

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controls take care of theimpressive nine-speakeraudio system, Bluetooth

and cruise control. There isalso climate air control,auto headlamps andpower adjustable frontseats to name a few of thefeatures.The Malibu has sensor

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button start.Extra child safety is

provided with the ISOFIXchild seat anchorage sys-tem and extra room ifneeded by the 60/40 fold-ing rear seat to extend thealready impressive boot

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star ANCAP safety ratingand across the boardoffers a serious dollar fordollar challenge to othermajor players in this seg-ment.

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I recommend that you test drive and try out the Auto Park Assist – it’s out of this world!

Why is VF so signifi cant?Because it represents Holden’s biggest product investment since VE.Not only has the body and interior had massive change but also world class quietness refi nement, you are getting the following features standard.■ Automotive Park Assist ■ Smart remote engine start■ 8 inch Colour Touch-screen Holden My Link infotainment System

Plus as you go up the range:■ Head-up Display ■ Forward Collision Alert ■ Lane Departure Warning■ Reverse Traffi c Alert ■ Plus many more features you would expect from a vehicle twice the priceNot only does the VF look smaller, check out the economy starting at 8.3L/100kms on entry level Evoke

Why is Malibu so signifi cant?Because it gives us a vehicle that fi ts between Cruze and Commodorein a segment that we have been unable to fi ll.2.4 petrol and 2.0 diesel options. American designed for the world marketit gives us a point of difference.

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A giant leap for Commodore

BY DEAN TAYLOR

Think Holden, thinkCommodore — unlessyou’re old and think

HQ.Commodores have been

the Aussie built Holden foryears — and now there’sthe new one that reallysteps up the game — theVF.I drove the SV6 from

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Safekids backs new restraint law

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CORRECT use of booster seats and child restraints save young lives.

Child safety advocatesacknowledged that the newcar seat law requiring kids to

use an appropriate child restraintup to their seventh birthday is apositive step forward in keepingchildren safe on New Zealandroads.However, Safekids New Zea-

land, doctors and a family whosechildren survived a horror car crashthanks to booster seats, remindsparents that age seven is not amagic number, and that primaryschool kids are safer in a boosterseat until they are 148cm tall.In January 2010 the Pitts-Brown

family of four was involved in a carcrash near Te Anga when the trailerof a rubbish truck crossed thecentre line into their path, hittingtheir people-mover head on.Dad Blair suffered multiple

fractures, internal injuries and asevere head injury that put him in acoma in Waikato Hospital for 39days. Mum Lou spent two weeks inhospital with a broken arm,fractured ribs and shoulder and amild head injury.Despite the severe injuries to

both parents, their two childrenArchie, then 7, and Finley, 6, whowere sitting in booster seats,survived the crash with minorbruising on their shoulders. Theywere fit enough to leave thehospital that same day.‘‘Emergency services and

doctors told us that if the boys werenot using booster seats, they couldhave suffered severe seatbelt-related injuries or worse, couldhave been ejected out of the car.Those booster seats saved ourchildren’s lives,’’ Mrs Pitts-Brownsaid.Leading paediatric intensivist

Dr Liz Segedin, who treats some ofNew Zealand’s most severelyinjured children involved in carcrashes, agree with Mrs Pitts-

Brown’s view on the life-savingbenefits of booster seats.‘‘Seat belts are designed to fit

an adult body, and if children usean adult seatbelt that does not fitthem correctly, their bodies movemore than they should,’’ said DrSegedin said.‘‘By just using adult seatbelts,

children are at an increased risk ofsevere head injuries, injuries to theabdominal organs, spinal fracturesand of paralysis due to damage tothe spinal cord,’’ she added.To significantly reduce the risk

of injury, Dr Segedin and SafekidsNew Zealand recommend that chil-dren use appropriate childrestraints or booster seats untilthey are 148cm tall.Booster seats, recommended

for primary school children, work by

lifting the child up so that theshoulder belt fits the child properlyacross the chest, and the lap beltsits properly across the strongbones of the pelvis that can absorbcrash forces.‘‘By using a booster seat, in the

same kind of crash, the differencecould mean an uninjured childinstead of a severely injured oreven paralysed child,’’ Dr Segedinsaid.Safekids New Zealand have

been campaigning for a height-based rule since 2007.Some children grow faster than

others, but the majority of NewZealand children who turn seven-years-old are still too small to usean adult seat belt,’’ Ms Weaversaid.‘‘As parents, it’s our obligation

to give children the best chance ofsurvival in the event of a car crash,which is keeping them in anappropriate child restraint orbooster seat until they the rightheight,’’ Ms Weaver added.Safekids Safety Messages:• The higher you sit, the safer

the fit — keep kids in an appropri-ate child restraint of booster seatuntil they are 148cm tall.• Use the correct child restraint

that’s right for your child’s height.• Buy a child restraint that

meets NZ Safety Standards.• The back seat is safest for

kids.• For information on installing

your child restraints, standards andother safety information, visitwww.mysafekids.org.nz/passengersafety.

Restraint law stepin the right

direction: Plunket

Plunket welcomes the passing into law of anincrease in the age limit for the mandatory use ofchild car restraints from age five to seven.Sue Campbell, Plunket’s National Child Safety

Advisor, says this is good news.‘‘Car crashes are one of the biggest dangers to New

Zealand children.We have one of the highest child roadfatality rates in the OECD. Around five children arekilled or injured every week on this country’s roads.Today’s law change is a positive step towards reducingthis number — it means that five and six-year-olds willbe better protected.‘‘The simple truth is that car seats and boosters

seats save lives.‘‘Adult seat belts are designed for adults — they

don’t fit children properly until they are 148cm tall.‘‘Without a booster seat, an adult seat belt sits too

high on a child. The lap part of the belt rides up overtheir tummy and the sash part lies across the neck. Ina crash this can result in serious head and spinal cordinjuries and horrific injuries to the abdomen includingruptured livers and spleens.‘‘What booster seats do is raise children up and

position them so that they get the full safety benefit ofthe adult seat belt’’.Ms Campbell says that these latest changes are a

move towards aligning New Zealand legislation withthat of other countries.‘‘Research shows that a child should remain in a

booster seat until around 148cm tall. For themajority ofchildren this is somewhere between 9-12 years of age’’,she says.‘‘We would like to see New Zealand law progress

even further to see all child passengers up to 11 years ofage, or up to 148 cm in height, use an appropriate childrestraint at all times. This would bring us in line withother OECD countries. The UK, Canada and manyAmerican states have gone further with theirrequirements for booster seat use.‘‘In New Zealand we’re fortunate to have an

increasing range of booster seats to fit children of allages.‘‘Plunket and other agencies will continue to

promote the use of booster seats well beyond theseventh birthday but these latest changes are apositive step towards keeping older kids safer invehicles.’’

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CARRERA Sport and Euro Pacific Porsche Specialists is offering hot laps in a Bridgestone RacingPorsche 924 or 911 to raise funds for junior Kiwi rowers Ryan Rasmussen and Alex Bardoul.

Hoon round Hampton Downsin aid of junior sportsmenIf you have ever wantedto experience a hot lapin a real racing car,

this Sunday is yourchance— and yopu canhelp a good cause as well.Pirongia’s Euro Pacific

Porsche Specialists andCarrera Sport ownersSteve and MandyRasmussen are offeringthis unique opportunity tohelp raise money to sendtheir son Ryan and friendAlex Bardoul to Lithuaniato row for New Zealand inthe World Junior RowingChampionships.The Hot Laps at

Hampton Downs takesplace this Sunday fromnoon until 2pm, plusthere will be drinks andnibbles for family andfreinds to make it a funday out for all.Mr Rasmussen says as

they are involved inmotorsport, the hot lapsare a way of offeringsomehting different andhelping the boys achievetheir goals.Three classes of

Bridgestone Racecar areon offer — at varyingprices.Three laps in a C-Class

Porsche 924 will cost just$50.For $100 you can ride

for four laps in a Porsche911, or for $200 step up tofive laps in a Porsche 911with the more powerful

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the seven cars being usedon the day a much quicker

than a road car, soparticipants are

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■ For more information about the fundraisier contact Steve ([email protected], 021 911 944) or Mandy (mandy@europacific, 0274930 928) or check the www.europacific.co.nz website.

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Annual Henry Ford Memorial Day Display and SwapMeet takes place at Claudlands Event Centre,Hamilton on Sunday, July 28.Entry is Gate 3, Brooklyn Road from 8am.Entry is $5 per vehicle, $5 per adult, kids under

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The Omnibus Amendment Rule 2013, whichproposes minor changes to 9 Land Transport Rules,has been released for consultation.The NZTA welcomes your submissions on the

proposed rule changes. Submissions close on 29July 2013.Go to www.nzta.govt.nz

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Your community newspaper - phone 871 5151

Anew campaign is rolling outacross the Waikato to cre-ate awareness of the ‘ele-

phants’ of the road and reduce thenumber of near-misses andcrashes involving ‘mice’.‘‘Trucks are on average four

times larger than a car, which isthe reason behind the ‘elephant vsmouse’ campaign name,’’ saidWaikato Regional Council’s roadsafety coordinator, MoniqueHaines.Heavy motor vehicles feature

in 20 percent of the region’scrashes, but in less than half ofthese the truck is at fault.‘‘Tragically, given the truck’s

size and weight these crashesoften result in serious injury ordeath, and in many instances it’sthe other motorist,’’ Mrs Hainessaid.The two -month Wa ika to

Regional Road Safety EducationGroup campaign is based on thetop four messages receivedth rough more than 3000responses from drivers who weresurveyed at THE Expo at MysteryCreek in March.‘‘We asked truck drivers what

they would most like to talk aboutif they were given the opportunityto have a safety conversation withother motorists.‘‘Their number one message

for other motorists is to indicateclearly. They would also like themto be more aware of truckdimensions and understand thatthey need space to manoeuvre onthe road.‘‘And because trucks are really

big and really heavy it’s difficultfor them to stop quickly to avoid

collisions,’’ she explained.The messages are especially

important in the Waikato, a keyfreight route in the North Islandwith more heavy commercialvehicle movements per day thanany other region in New Zealand.Te Kauwhata Transport has

been heavily involved in previousregional truck campaigns and isplacing some of the ‘elephant vsmouse’ messages on the backs ofits trucks.‘‘We’re really eager to be part

of a campaign which supports ourdrivers and helps to make the roadsafer for everyone,’’ said JohnMcNamara of Te Kauwhata Trans-port.‘‘We’ve supported this cam-

paign from the outset because itrecognises that truck drivers arenot always at fault in a crash andother motorists need to be moreaware of our size and theimplications of that on stoppingdistances and manoeuvrability,’’Mr McNamara said.The key messages will be

advertised on radio, and pro-moted on the backs of trucks andon large roadside billboards onthe main freight routes in Huntly,Tokoroa and Morrinsville.The campaign is an initiative of

the Waikato Regional Road SafetyEducation Group led by WaikatoRegional Council, working in con-junction with other regional safetystakeholders including the NZTransport Agency, NZ Police, ACCand councils.

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Ball rides touch of class - and nostalgia

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DRIVEBY editor Dean Taylor captured some of the classy action as the finest collection of local vintage and classic cars, hot rods and street rods paraded into the Karapiro Reserveto drop off students to the Te Awamutu College Ball.

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