Vehicle sales soared to a record last year, led by demand for commercial vehicles.

It's going to be crowded.

Toyota agreed to use a car-phone connectivity system championed by Ford in a front to keep Apple and Google from dominating control of dashboards.

Tesla Motors Inc. hit the low end of its latest target to deliver at least 50,000 vehicles for the year.

It seemed during the Volkswagen emissions scandal that the company might go under, but markets are beginning to realize the damage was overestimated.

Motorists and most aspiring vehicle owners are expected to benefit from an increasingly competitive car business, diving petrol prices and falling levies.

An electric BMW has won the New Zealand Car of the Year this year.

Western Australia has had more than its fair share of rags-to-riches stories.

The $7 billion boost to Germany's economy by refugees will offset the fallout from VW scandal.

Kiwi vehicle owners caught in Volkswagen's global emissions scandal are ramping up pressure for compensation after their American counterparts were offered a $1500-plus sweetener.

Volkswagen is rejecting claims that its cheating on diesel- emissions tests included Porsche and other high-end vehicles.

There is a race taking place between some of the big names of car making - Japan's Toyota and Honda and their Asian neighbour Hyundai - and a smaller camp led by the tech visionary Elon Musk.

New CEO's surprising message for employees at embattled carmaker.

Work to create rules for putting self-driving vehicles into practical use is kicking into high gear as progress continues on the development of such vehicles.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges says his officials are working with local government and key business leaders to support the uptake of electric vehicles.

Entrepreneur and businesswoman Mimi Gilmour was named as brand ambassador for Jaguar New Zealand last week at an intimate party.

The first thing I Googled from the driver's seat of this $142,000 Tesla Model S P90D was a plea: "turn off tesla."

Germany is particularly important to our tourism sector, as our second-largest visitor market in Europe, says Mark Lister.

Motor Trade Association chief executive Warwick Quinn says he is shocked by revelations that Volkswagen intentionally rigged almost half a million cars to cheat United States diesel emission tests,....

Volkswagen shares have plunged and its chief executive is in the gun after it was revealed the car company rigged its diesel vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

A new class of vehicle, dubbed the "autocycle" is being targeted at speed-heads and environmentalists.

A nationwide series of charging stations for electric vehicles such as the Tesla Model S would boost their acceptability and popularity, writes Juha Saarinen.

When it came to buying a car, it was the fuel economy of a new Ford Kuga that clinched the deal for Bruce Campbell.

New car registration numbers are at a record high but the rate of growth is slowing.

Business appears to be slow at the Mercedes-Benz showroom in the Jing'an district of Shanghai.

Volkswagen is on track to capture the worldwide sales crown three years ahead of its target.

Toshiba's CEO and two other top executives resigned after presiding over a US$1.2 billion accounting scandal. Well and good, but when do we see some criminal indictments?

New Zealand sales of new vehicles declined in May, ending 41 months of increases, as demand for commercial vehicles fell.

The Government wants to speed up the slow uptake of electric vehicles but won't be offering any large financial incentives.