Government inaction has been blamed for "driving the tourist road toll" up, following two crashes involving Chinese visitors over the weekend.

My gorgon-like new car broke down this week. On the school run. The shame, Deborah Hill Cone writes.

New Zealand rally driver Emma Gilmour has been ranked as the world's top female driver, although by her own admission, 2014 wasn't her finest year.

If vehicle technology has made it safer to ride in cars, should automakers now make it safer for people who don't even use cars to travel around them?

The Apple rumour of the moment is that the tech giant is stretching its wings and getting into the automotive industry.

Find your sense of adventure and plan a road trip, says Megan Singleton.

"I'd say she'd probably only had maximum probably another minute, minute-and-a-half if she hadn't got out," said an officer who helped woman from car.

Damien O'Carroll tests Jeep's baby SUV, the Renegade, for Driven Magazine. Photos / Supplied

Two police officers who dragged a 63-year-old woman from her sinking car at an Auckland wharf believe she was about a minute away from drowning.