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otor show extravaganzas like the one held in Geneva recently

provide a glimpse of what car manufacturers have in store for us

in the coming years. While some concepts provide insight into

future models and styling directions, others are pure fantasy,

reﬂections of designer and management egos. This month

we have details on some of the Geneva highlights with real world relevance,

including the lowdown on Jeep’s new baby SUV.

The state of NZ motoring should be safer in future after an announcement

from the Government that it intends to make electronic stability control (ESC) a

mandatory requirement for all vehicles imported into New Zealand. The initiative

will affect all new vehicles from July 2015. A perusal of the new car price list in the

back of the magazine reveals only a handful of new entrants that actually need

to be upgraded to meet the new standards. Though some of utility variants may

have to be dropped, and also old-school offroaders like Jimny and Defender,

ESC will be a welcome addition to myriad Chinese-made vehicles that lack this

potentially lifesaving technology.

The new law will be introduced in stages for imported used vehicles, with 4x4s

and SUVs requiring the stability function from January 2016, while passenger cars

with engine capacities greater than 2000cc will require it from January 2018. All

other used light passenger and goods vehicles will require ESC from January 2020.

Mercedes-Benz ﬁrst introduced the safety technology on its S-Class line in the

mid-nineties, and its research in the following years indicated it can reduce the

rate of single vehicle accidents by as much 30 per cent.

Not only will this new government initiative help make our passenger ﬂeet

safer but hopefully it will also have an impact on its average age. Currently that

is estimated at 13 years, but there are more than one million cars registered in

New Zealand that are 15 years or older.

My number one tip for people looking for a second-hand car is to buy the

newest vehicle they can afford to gain the beneﬁts of all the convenience and

safety equipment that have been loaded into cars over the past few years. As the

imports slowly catch up on safety items such as ESC, new cars race ahead with

an array of innovative active safety features. Even humble compact offerings

like the recently released Mazda3 have auto-braking and forward warning

systems to mitigate nose-to-tail crashes. Andrew Clearwater, Mazda NZ MD and

President of the Motor Industry Association representing the interests of the

new vehicle industry, said at the launch of the new Mazda3 that the government

announcement on ESC was a positive move. But he added that the M.I.A. would

like to see a rolling seven-year age restriction on used imports to improve the

average age of the country’s car park and by implication its safety, fuel economy

and emissions. We say that’s a fair call.

Here’s something to ponder though. New cars like the Mazda3 are much more

fuel efﬁcient, meaning less of a tax take at the pump for the Government. So in

the next few years don’t be surprised if the Revenue Minister looks to implement

road user charges on all vehicles.

Around the NZ Autocar ofﬁce, the future became more structured for our long-

serving cameraman, Gasnier, who got hitched this month, so congratulations

to him. Meantime, there’s not much sleep happening at Casa Cassidy with the

arrival of a little girl to the family. Photos to come in the following months as I test

the next wave of seven-seaters, leaving all the fun stuff to Louisson.

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