Luxury car dealer lands in Christchurch

Dutton Garage has opened its first New Zealand showroom in Christchurch. Dutton Garage is an Australian automotive institution supplying some of the rarest and most collectible cars to the world.  The luxury and classic car dealership boasts an extensive collections of classic vehicles from some of the world's most exotic manufacturers, including New Zealand’s largest group of Ferraris. They also use no brokers so there is no middle man. The dealership is locally owned by Royden Mauger who has worked for the Dutton brand as a buyer for over 20 years but has now taken on the challenge of bringing the brand to New Zealand. Mauger told Stuff.co.nz that when he was offered the chance of setting up a Dutton car dealership in New Zealand he chose Christchurch over Auckland.  Not only was it his home town, but it has the best classic car culture in the country, he said. "In a business sense it doesn't matter where I am. It's global. We'd have the biggest collection of classic and luxury cars in the country. We can source them from anywhere and deliver them anywhere,” Mauger continued. The showroom will have an official opening later this summer.