If you drive a small car, or are thinking about downsizing to a lower fuel use, more efficient smaller car for around town use, then you need to see the Hyundai Accent. This zippy little hot hatch has it all! Small on size but massive on features across the model range. We have a wide range of quality used vehicles like this one in our central Nelson Yard. Click here to find out more.
When it comes to choosing a new or used car you have to carefully weigh up many factors. One of the most important has to be reliability, with equal consideration given to maintainance and the cost of repairs in the event of breakdown.
Over the last 65 years the Bowater Motor Group has sold quite a range of car brands, from the early days of Nelson built Triumph's through to Rover, Land Rover & Leyland over the years to name but a few of the many we have had.
The end result of those 65 years worth of experience is the brands we sell right now - just as this BBC article explains, the Japanese have the reliability market all sewn up!
Article posted on the BBC website:
25 July 2012
Author; Jorn Madslien
Business reporter, BBC News
Photo: 2012 Honda Euro Civic
Suzuki and Subaru, also Japanese, were ranked fourth and fifth respectively in the survey of cars between three and 10 years old. South Korean carmaker Hyundai shared sixth place with Japan's Mazda and Mitsubishi.
By contrast, Land Rover was the least reliable marque surveyed.
Other luxury car brands, including Audi, Jaguar and Mercedes, were also among the 10 least reliable.
"They need to do better," said What Car?'s editor in chief, Chas Hallett, insisting these marques' poor reliability would be "surprising to many".
"Reliability is so important to motorists, especially when times are tough."
Bowater Honda has provided Uniquely Nelson, the city's retail promotion organisation, with the use of a new Honda City this winter as we kick off the Free Parking promotion.
That's right folks, it is FREE PARKING in Nelson each and every Tuesday from the 24th July until Tuesday 4th September.
Chris Bowater is right behind the promotion and was more than happy to get a car sorted from Bowater Honda for the winter promotion. We can all use a break over the harder winter months, so a day of free parking is sure to put a smile on everyone's face!
Hyundai New Zealand has launched the new-generation i30; a vehicle the company expects will build on the success of the original model thanks to an all new European design.
Hyundai General Manager Andy Sinclair says the i30 is the company’s best-selling and most awarded model globally and the new-generation i30 really ups the ante against its Europeans rivals.
“The i30 is designed and engineered at Hyundai Motor Europe’s Technical Design Centre in Russelsheim, Germany, and built at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Namyang, South Korea,” he says.
“This car changes the game in value in the small car market. It’s going to be a hit with Kiwis. It really pushes the envelope on design, technology and efficient performance.
We have a winner!
After a successful month of Prius Challenges on the course in Motueka we have found the greenest driver, who just happens to also be a pilot as well.
Meet our winner, Kelly Barclay - clearly excited about flying, and winning!
Young Kelly Barclay is very happy to be the winner of the Bowater Toyota Prius Challenge in Motueka, he now has got the bragging rights and gets to drive the Toyota Prius C for a week in spring, all topped up with a full tank of petrol.
He might have a hard time trying to finish the free tank in a week though, as it will enable him to to drive around 1000 kms.
Kelly stopped by to get the official winners photo so we chatted with him about the Prius Challenge, and theToyota Prius C.
