New Zealand's first rally world champions Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have now become the first Kiwis to be signed up for a season-long factory World Rally Championship drive.

American sprintcar driver Jonathan Allard has endured some terrible luck at WXC Speedway, Western Springs.

Driven's The Good Oil looks back at the week in motoring.

In a combined effort between the New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand Air Force a Light Operational Vehicle (LOV) was dropped from a C130H Hercules aircraft at 750 feet. The drop was part of No. 40 Squadron's tactical airlift and airdrop training which focuses on air drop missions and air to land resupply operations.

The all-electric, zero-emission Nissan LEAF Nismo RC will make its first appearance in Australia at the 2014 Clipsal 500, when it goes up against a Nissan Altima V8 Supercar and Nissan GT-R in the Nissan Time Attack. See what Nissan Motorsport V8 Supercar drivers Rick Kelly and Michael Caruso have to say about the unique event. Source : Nissan Australia

Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon announced today that he is partnering with Hyundai to drive the i20 WRC car in seven rounds of the 2014 World Rally Championship. This is the car he'll be driving. Video / Hyundai NZ

Nick Percat unveils the Coatshire Racing Commodore livery for 2014.

The third generation Toyota Highlander is tested by Driven.

An advertisement in which police falsely accused a truck driver of causing a crash is unlikely to cause widespread offence, the ASA rules.