New Zealand riders once ruled the roost in solo speedway racing with three Kiwi riders winning 12 world titles between them in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s - Ivan Mauger (six), Ronnie Moore (two) and....

Evergreen Kiwi racer Kenny Smith will be in command and control of the Adrian Newey-designed Leyton House March Formula One car from the 1990s at the Gulf Oil Howden Ganley Formula 5000 Festival later this month.

"Can't think of a better way to spend a Thursday," says Jono Lester as I'm folded into the passenger seat of his Ferrari 458 GT3.

It has become standard for tough questions to be asked of oil companies when the price of petrol rises or falls dramatically.

Mercedes-Benz unveiled the F 015 Luxury in Motion concept car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vagas.

Kiwis should have more disposable cash as petrol prices fall around the country, but consumer groups say the amount we fork out at the pumps should be lower still.

Responses that promise an immediate and apparently ready-made solution to a problem have a seductive appeal.

Deaths on New Zealand roads made up a "staggering" 41.7 per cent of all fatalities across Australasia over the holiday season.

It is never advisable to judge a policy on what will probably turn out to be a short-term abnormality.

The police policy of targeting drivers as little as one kilometre an hour over the speed limit has been called ridiculous and ineffective. Is the Police 'zero tolerance' speed campaign working?

From the way some people negotiate intersections you'd be forgiven for wondering if they got their driver's licence in a Weetbix packet, writes Shelley Bridgeman.

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Mathieu Day tests the MV Agusta Brutale Dragster for Driven Magazine. Photos by Ted Baghurst, Mathieu Day

Don Howarth is a bit of a Peugeot nut. He's got three: a 406 coupe he bought sight unseen in 2007, a 306 cabriolet - and the 1970 404 in these photos. Photos / Jacqui Madelin