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.
It is showtime - one of those great kiwi traditions, and much like the Bowater Motor Group, the local Nelson A&P (Agricultural and Pastoral) Show has been around for generations.
Once upon a time it was solely the domain of the farming and horticulture community, a weekend where the farmers got on their best aertex shirt, the ladies got dolled up and their best cakes and preserves in order, the chequebooks came out and the deals were done. Over generations the A&P Show has amalgamated more of the fun stuff, become a little bit more town as well as country - the rides, the sideshows, the demonstrations in the main ring, but the feel has stayed the same. A celebration of a way of life that is entirely New Zealand!
The weekend of the 24-25th November is the annual Nelson A&P Show, held at the Richmond Showgrounds. Bowater Toyota will be there again this year, presenting the locals the latest from Toyota and Lexus. And we will be doing some crazy deals.
This year we are even giving away an iPad3, and a whole bunch of Toyota 86 branded gear - as well as showing off the best that Toyota and Lexus has to offer.
Petrol prices are at high levels all over the industrialised world yet motorists can make a tankful last a lot longer if they abide by some savvy saving principles.
Eco-driving can be practised by anyone, say experts from Germany's motor trade federation ZDK, consumer groups and the big motoring clubs.
We have seen this personally during the Prius Challenge that Bowater Toyota held during the early part of 2012, with challengers being able to almost cut their fuel consumption in half with a change of attitude and driving style. Click on the links to the right to read more about the Prius Challenge
Following is a summary of their tips:
Capture that holiday feeling with an incredible weekend away in New Zealand’s favourite diesel family wagon — the Hyundai Santa Fe.
Every week for six weeks Hyundai will be offering you the chance to win a family break at one of the best baches in the country. From adventure sports in Queenstown to wine tasting in Hawkes Bay, you’ll pack in a whole load of fun too—and get to drive there in the Santa Fe.
There is even a trip to the Able Tasman in the mix.
So enter your details now and you could be going on a weekend away valued at $2,500 and the keys to a Santa Fe for the weekend. Click here to enter the competition on the Hyundai NZ website.
Bowater Honda CEO Chris Bowater (far right) was very happy to be able to present the Mayor of Nelson, Aldo Miccio (left), and the Mayor of Tasman, Richard Kempthorne (centre), with another set of Honda TreeFund cheques recently at the Bowater Honda showroom.
The Honda TreeFund is a fantastic initiative that enables our customers to become involved in the greening of our own local community and to encourage the planting of native flora.
It has been a very successful programme, with $70,000 funding provided in the Nelson - Tasman region, which equates to around 13,500 trees, and we are still planting!
