Zag News Issue 5 - September 2019

ISSUE 5 SEPTEMBER 2019

F OR O U R A U T O M O T I V E FA M I LY

The first issue of Zagame Collection has been distributed to 22,500 of our customers.

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HOT OFF THE PRESS! The first issue of our new premium broadsheet publication Zagame Collection has been distributed to 22,500 of our customers nationally.

The aim is to showcase our wonderful brands across the wider Zagame Automotive customer database through a premium publication with interesting articles, not just on the latest and greatest cars, but also incorporating lifestyle and general interest reading to our higher end customers.

We hope to publish Zagame Collection two to three times a year. The first issue is based heavily on vehicle reviews, but we will steadily move away from this into articles where the car (brand) is placed in more of a lifestyle context.

Importantly, this is the first time we have communicated via post to our database on scale and is also a great CRM database update opportunity for the Zagame Automotive Group as a whole.

Our BDC will be undertaking an outbound campaign for all ‘Return to Sender’ mail, allowing us to update owner contact and vehicle information.

We value your feedback, so please let us know your thoughts. Should you have any great story ideas or know of premium partners that may wish to advertise, please advise your marketing manager.

We hope you enjoy the first issue!

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PETER KANE, AUDI MORNINGTON’S PROFESSIONAL GOLFER

Peter Kane is a Senior Sales Consultant at Audi Centre

My dad said he would buy me a membership as soon as

Mornington. He started selling cars in 1989 and sold cars

I scored better than 100 for 18 holes which I achieved

for Holden, Toyota and Mazda prior to commencing work at

at age 11 and my first handicap was 28. I became a golf

Audi in 2014. Peter has a secret about himself that he has

professional in 1980 at age 16, as I had achieved a lot

shared with us.

in 5 years as an amateur and I was playing off a scratch

“My love for golf began at a very young age (10) with a

handicap.

group of school friends. Our house backed onto Warragul Golf Club in country Victoria.

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Some of my fondest memories of my glory days were playing the big tournaments (Australian Open, Australian Masters and Australian PGA’s). Most of my golf has been played in Australia and Asia and one of my favourite places to play and stay is the current home of the Australian PGA; Royal Pines. I have played with quite a few notables including Greg Norman, Vijay Singh, Brett Ogle, David Graham, Peter Lonard and more!

As well as golf, I am very good at cue sports as I won several titles in snooker and pool growing up. After 15 years as a golf professional I decided to sell cars and have achieved very high standards, which is why I joined Audi Mornington 6 years ago and am loving it.”

EXCELLENCE IS OUR DOMAIN At Zagame Automotive excellence is our domain. Our mission is to provide the best in everything we do.

So, to ensure our visitors interaction with us is as seamless online, as it is in person, we’ve made some refreshing upgrades to our website. The revamped site has a new look and feel, improved content and better search engine optimisation. Our aim is to provide the content visitors are looking for, whilst also ensuring easy navigation to relevant dealer sites for the latest news on each brand.

We have communicated the refreshed zag.com.au via an eDM to our entire database, inviting both customers and prospects to explore the new site and search our stock, book their next service or simply stay up to date with our latest news and offers.

Explore our new website today at zag.com.au

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THE HYBRID SUPERCAR Ferrari has announced its first hybrid car, the SF90

At least those 24 kilometres will pass quickly: Ferrari

Stradale. Alongside its V8 turbo engine, which the

advertises that the SF90 Stradale can hit a maximum of

company claims has the highest output of any 8-cylinder

around 135 km/h without its combustion engine. This

in its history, the car has a total of three electric motors

engine will also automatically turn off entirely when you

(two on its front axes and one on its rear). Combined, the

reverse the car, meaning the car’s gearbox doesn’t need to

combustion engine and motors produce 985 horsepower,

include a reverse gear.

allowing the car to accelerate from 0–100 km/h in just 2.5 seconds and reach a maximum speed of 340 km/h.

Inside Ferrari’s new car is a 16-inch curved HD screen behind the steering wheel, which can be controlled entirely

If you want to drive the car in its electric eDrive mode, you

using the touchpad and haptic buttons on the steering

may not get far. The maximum range in this mode is only

wheel. You will be able to use these controls to

24 kilometres, which might be enough for a quick trip to

switch through the car’s four different engine modes:

the store, but these are hardly the trips you make when

the all-electric eDrive, Hybrid, Performance, and Qualify.

you buy a Ferrari.

All four modes offer a different balance of speed, battery and fuel consumption.

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Ferrari has yet to announce pricing or availability for the

But, with some of these bans making exceptions for

SF90 Stradale, but its announcement was somewhat

hybrids, cars like the SF90 Stradale might offer a

inevitable given the worldwide move toward phasing out

workaround if you want to buy a traditional Ferrari engine.

combustion engine cars. Multiple countries, including the UK and China, have announced plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars in the coming decades.

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Having 4 kids I had to make food for them every night for when they came home from school, and they never ate the same food! I always had to cook for everyone, and in advance too. So there would be enough food in the fridge for when they were hungry.

I love to be at home, especially in winter when it is warm inside. On my weekends I catch up with my kids and grandkids. If I’m catching up with the grandchildren, we go to the park if its nice weather or I go shopping with them.

With 4 children, I try to split my time with all my children.

When I’m not with my family, I will spend time in my garden.

When I purchased my house, it had a beautiful garden, so I wanted to make it even more beautiful. I love spending time in my garden because it is quite therapeutic. The entire season of Autumn I was in the garden getting ready for Spring. When the spring racing carnival comes around, I like to celebrate by having Champagne and a nice lunch with my friends, being surrounded by my beautiful garden.

2 MINUTES WITH BEIGE LORD-SMITH

I have always loved dogs. I have 3 dogs, Charlie a 10 year old Shitzu with only one eye, Malibu an 8 year old Tiger Brindle Staffy, and Atlas an 18 month Bull Terrior cross

Beige is someone all of us who work at the Ferrari/Maserati

Staffy, he is my sons’ dog that I am looking after while he

office in Melbourne, walk past in the morning and wave

is not on land during his Navy service. Every so often I will

hello to, but it is rare to be able to sit down with her and

go buy nuggets and chips and I will eat the chips and then

have an in-depth chat about life without the phone ringing

feed the nuggets to the dogs one by one, so they don’t get

or a customer asking for a coffee. Beige puts a smile on

jealous. I often spend more on my dog’s food than my own!

everyone’s face when they walk past, because her smile

When I retire, I would like to volunteer at the dog shelters.

is contagious.

I also like horse racing and going to the races. My favourite

“I’m not very good at talking about myself. I can be a bit

racecourse is Flemington, I love frocking up and heading

of a chameleon, I fit myself in around other people and

there for a fun day out! Another love of mine is the

who I am with.

restaurant Nobu. I’m guilty of ordering the exact same thing

When I’m home I spend my time with my kids, grand kids

each time I go because I love the food so much!

and my dogs. If I go out it’s to a winery for a long lunch or

Before I started at Zagame Automotive, I was at Mercedes

somewhere close by so I can come home and spend more

for 13.5 years. I started in sales in 2003 at Mercedes. I

time with my dogs. I hate going out for dinner and I hate

sold cars for 4 years, then I did aftermarket for 2 years

doing anything after work because all my energy is drained

and decided to have a change from that, so I moved to

from the day, so I just want to hop into bed with my little

reception doing the same role as I am now. I was told there

fur babies. If someone makes arrangements for dinner with

was a role to be filled at Zagame and at the time there was

me, I will change the time, so it is a lunch!

a changing face at Mercedes, so I decided to move across

I’m a home body. I would rather entertain at home than go

in 2017, I cannot believe it has been 2.5 years already! But I

out somewhere. I would typically cook seafood and I like to

love my job, which is why I drive from Frankston every day.”

make my own mixes rather than the pre-mixed ones. I love cooking pasta with prawns and different kinds of salads.

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HIDDEN SECRETS OF BENTLEY

Since Zagame Automotive Group now sell Bentley Motor

The two wings around the letter B symbolises speed.

cars in Adelaide, we all could benefit from a bit of history

Bentley is known for their car power and speed, which are

of the brand.

symbolised in the logo as the wings.

Bentley is a British luxury car manufacturer founded in

Bentley is a luxury brand for many reasons. However, one

1910 during the First World War by Walter Owen Bentley.

very important reason is that the cars take over 200 hours to

During the Great Depression in 1929, they went into

build, sometimes even up to 400 hours to build a Mulsanne

receivership and were forced to sell the company to

from start to finish! It is also important to note that there are

their rival, Rolls-Royce. Today the company is owned by

537 employees working on the Continental and Flying Spur

Volkswagen who purchased the company in 1998. The

production line per day, while 30 people and 13.5 hours are

company’s goals have always been to create and fulfil

required to build one W12 engine by hand!

dreams for their customers by being detailed and unique.

The Bentley symbol has great significance and meaning.

When the company originated, they built aircraft engines, which is the reason for the wings at the bottom of the symbol. The number of feathers vary depending on the version of the car. Vintage cars typically have thirteen feathers on the left and fourteen on the right. The Derby cars have ten and eleven feathers and Crewe cars have 10 feathers on each side. The symbols with 10 feathers on each side typically shows the simplest of the models, as well as being used on race cars for good luck because symmetry was a symbol of luck. The symbols with odd feathers were created to keep counterfeiters away.

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12 QUESTIONS WITH MATT QUICI Matt Quici is the brand manager for both McLaren and Lotus in Adelaide. He was destined for the automotive industry as he loved to identify cars on the road at a very young age. After falling back into the industry, he knew he was destined for this role.

1. OUTLINE YOUR CURRENT JOB I’m the brand manager for McLaren and Lotus in Adelaide.

2. DID YOU CHOOSE THE CAR INDUSTRY OR DID THE CAR INDUSTRY CHOOSE YOU? I have always been passionate about cars. I am, in fact, a collector of mini cars. I can still remember when I was younger my friends and family would point at cars on the road and ask me what brand it was and some facts about the car because they knew I could provide an answer to all of them. An opportunity arose to work at Audi in Cairns and I was there for 2 years. I then moved to Solitaire as an Audi sports specialist and was also there for 2 years.

I then moved into the optical industry as a medical sales rep. However, I fell back into the car industry to work for Lamborghini and Ferrari in Adelaide.

3. SHARE WITH US YOUR FAVOURITE CAR MEMORY The day I picked up my concours condition 1971 MGB roadster, it was white with maroon GT stripes down the centre, Burgundy Connolly leather and white piping plus a leather tonneau cover that just left the driver’s side exposed. It was my first manual car and it had it all, looks, sound, smell and no roof! A close second was the day I collected my first car after investing in a solid upgrade to

5. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE IT?

the stereo system, amazing what a new rear parcel shelf

It was an automatic Holden Gemini TE Sandpiper that I

can do!

sourced through a family friend. Back then in QLD you could get an auto only license, so rather than go and have

4. IF YOU COULD DRIVE ANY ZAGAME AUTOMOTIVE

driving lessons and wait to get my license, I was so eager

BRAND CAR HOME TONIGHT WHAT WOULD IT BE?

to be the first to start driving to school that I ended up

AND WHY?

getting my manual license later on.

McLaren 720S Spider. Nothing comes close to the straight line performance and engineering marvel of that supercar, nothing I don’t love about it.

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6. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING TO DO AFTER WORK? Socialising with friends and family as well as playing pool.

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7. WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN? ‘To never make a commitment without one’- the key to be

10. IF YOU WERE BOBBY FOR A DAY, HOW WOULD YOU RUN ZAGAME?

successful is to be yourself and make friendships, all real,

I would take the day off to spend time admiring and

no fake.

enjoying my beautiful car collection.

8. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE

11. WHICH 3 GUESTS WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO INVITE

YOUNGER?

TO DINNER?

An architect. I did a bridging course at university to get into

Jerry Seinfeld, Kelsey Grammar and Kate Beckinsale.

the degree but I did not want to continue this career path.

9. AT WHICH STORE WOULD YOU MOST LIKELY MAX OUT YOUR CREDIT CARD?

12. TELL US SOMETHING WE WOULD NEVER HAVE GUESSED ABOUT YOU? I always choose Yoshi in Mario Kart.

David Jones.

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RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITY BALL

The Zagame presence was hosted by Rebecca Zagame, who oversees the Zagame family’s community philanthropy for the group. This is the fourth year that Zagame has been a sponsor and is proposed to continue sponsoring

The Ronald McDonald House Charity Ball is one of the

this event, as it is a great branding and networking

major fundraisers for the RMHC in Victoria and Tasmania.

opportunity being present in a ballroom full of high net

Zagame Automotive and Audi were the two platinum

worth individuals, some who are already loyal Zagame

sponsors for this event, which was hosted on Friday 2

customers.

August at The Palladium in Crown Melbourne.

The event was also a great opportunity to showcase

More than 1,300 people kicked up their heels and dug

Zagame’s top end brands with a Ferrari 488 GTB and

deep into their pockets at the event to raise funds for this

McLaren 600LT on display. As you can see, the cars really

charity. All funds raised will assist to fund operations and

popped on the night.

commitments to Ronald McDonald House Monash, North Fitzroy & Parkville Monash, Ronald McDonald Family Rooms at Monash Children’s Hospital, and Wodonga Base Hospital, Northern Hospital & Sunshine Hospital’s Ronald McDonald Learning Program.

Over half a million dollars ($561,000) was raised on the night, with Audi donating a brand new Q2 which raised $100,000 in raffle tickets. Zagame also auctioned off an Aston Martin overnight drive experience which raised $4,500, a hot lap raising $3,500, and a Lamborghini electric ride on car for $1,800.

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BALLER OR BALLER? Ben Simmons is a 23-year-old, 6-foot 8-inch NBA

He was in town to attend a basketball camp and stopped

(National Basketball Association) athlete. He was born

by Zagame Automotive Richmond. Bobby welcomed him

and raised in our very own Melbourne, Victoria. He grew

into the showroom and happily showed him around.

up in Box Hill and attended Box Hill Senior Secondary

Simmons even sat in the Pagani Huayra, a $6+ million

College. Shortly after completing his junior years,

car, to see if he would fit because he is so tall!

Simmons moved to the United States to attend Montverde Academy where he played basketball at school and later playing at college for only one season before he entered the NBA draft, becoming the third Melbourne-born

He left with a Rolls-Royce Wraith to drive during his stay in Melbourne. He is very passionate about cars and has a collection of his own at home, which includes a Rolls-Royce Wraith and a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, as well

number one overall pick in 11 years.

as a Ferrari Pista and a Ferrari 488 GTB.

Simmons now plays for Philadelphia and is very well respected within his league and also globally recognized as the highest paid Australian athlete, earning over USD$5.9 million a year.

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CULLINAN’S CROWNING MOMENT For the first time, over a 3-day period, Zagame Automotive

entry point into the Crown complex. The display provided

showcased the newly released Rolls-Royce Cullinan on

great exposure for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Melbourne, with

the Atrium floor at Crown Melbourne. It was displayed for

thousands of visitors walking past the car over the three

the Epworth Medical Foundation Ball and it happened that

days that it was displayed in early August.

the Ronald McDonald event that Zagame was a platinum sponsor for, was also hosted at Crown Melbourne only the day prior.

It was a great opportunity to showcase the latest Rolls-

The car display was quite favourable on social media, as many users were sharing photos of the car to their Instagram stories as they walked past it, encouraging more people to visit the display.

Royce model to an exclusive target market in the major

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McLAREN ADELAIDE OFFICIALLY OPENS! McLaren Adelaide was officially opened on 8 August 2019 with an intimate dinner by the renowned Hentley Farm Wines, held in the showroom at 269-275 Glen Osmond Road, Frewville. McLaren’s regional director for Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and China, George Biggs, and Michael Winkler, CEO of Zagame Automotive Group, welcomed guests to celebrate the arrival of this iconic brand into the South Australian market.

The design of this new full-service facility allows owners and McLaren enthusiasts to immerse themselves into the fascinating world of the iconic automotive and motorsport brand. The atmosphere and fit-out also provides the ultimate customer experience, offering sales, aftersales and servicing on the full range of all McLaren models.

A café and off-street parking also form part of the new facilities to provide customers with a tailored and personal experience.

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HAVE YOU HEARD OF ZAGAME AUTOSPORT? Zagame Autosport offers a portfolio of services from beginner to advanced to enable our owners to drive your car the way its designers and engineers intended. This includes expert driver training and coaching to make their ownership experience even more rewarding and memorable.

Zagame Autosport also offers everything from joining like-minded drivers at one of our Owners Track Days for road car experiences, to exclusive one-on-one Track Days in customers own GT race cars. We also offer to store, prepare and transport customers cars to the track for them, whenever they like with their own dedicated and accredited driving coach.

Available to all Zagame Automotive customers, no matter the type of road car, no matter the level of driving experience.

T R AC K DAY E X P E R I E N C E S & G T R AC E CA R I N T R O D U C T I O N

Our drive days are held each quarter at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and our first event will be held later this year at The Bend in South Australia.

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Our instructors understand that vehicle dynamics vary from

We also offer GT race car experiences. This is where our

car to car, which is why they sit alongside our customers to

Autosport general manager Rod Wilson comes to the

show them the skills to fully enjoy their cars in a controlled

fore. Rod has over 20 years motorsport experience as a

environment.

successful race, data analyst and race car engineer.

Our track days are multi-tiered, offering different levels of

This aspect of the business we are looking to grow.

driver instruction from car control and dynamic function

We have created brochures (pictured) to be dispatched

to advanced training where we help to maximize vehicle

to all customers upon delivery that outlines the services

performance, whilst also improving abilities on track.

we provide.

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KEY DATES

SEPTEMBER September 19-24 Zagame Ferrari F8 Tributo September 24-26

Melbourne

Lamborghini Esperienza and Accademia

Phillip Island

McLaren Owners Day

Sydney Motorsport Park

OCTOBER October 9-10

NOVEMBER November 7-10

Lotus Targa High Country

November 7

Maserati Royal Children’s Hospital Oaks Day Ladies Luncheon

November 7

Lotus Targa High Country Day

November 9

Ferrari Passion Day

Melbourne + Adelaide

November 11

Aston Martin Track Day

Phillip Island

November 12

Zagame Ferrari Track Day

Phillip Island

November 12

Bentley Adelaide Official Opening

November 13-15

Zagame Maserati Track Days

Phillip Island

December 4

Zagame Owners Track Day

The Bend

December 5-7

Adelaide Rally

DECEMBER