Singaporean driver Andrew Tang was grinning from ear to ear as he left the Hampton Downs racetrack last night as the points leader in the Toyota Racing Series.

Dylan Thomsen is communications adviser in the AA Motoring Affairs team in Wellington, focusing on improving road safety, being the motorist's champion and pushing for better roads and transport infrastructure.

King tides are due to wash up on Auckland's shores just after 10am today, and the New Zealand Transport Agency is warning people to take extra care on coastal roads.

US labour leaders are closing in on a decades-long goal of organising a factory run by a foreign car-maker, thanks to a bridgehead opened up at Volkswagen.

Fine dodgers could lose their driver's licence under strict new sanctions that come into effect later this month.

Holden's performance arm HSV has unleashed the Gen-F GTS on NZ roads.

The clock is ticking on Western Springs as a speedway venue, with the popular sport "almost certain" to move from the historic Central Auckland venue.

The speed tolerance margin returns to 10km/h above the open road limit today after another drop in road deaths this summer.

Driven's 'The Good Oil' is the motoring week that was.

Liz Dobson attended the Audi S3 New Zealand Launch in Rotorua.

A UK motorist has had her car seized after being stopped by police in West Yorkshire, who discovered she was a learner driver accompanied only by her pet parrot.

Several cows have been shot over fears a motorist could be injured or killed in a collision with one of the wandering animals.

Michael Schumacher is gradually being woken from his coma and is responding 'positively' to the treatment, according to a French newspaper.

Big strides are expected this year on five key projects to improve travel to, from and around Auckland. Transport reporter Mathew Dearnaley looks at the progress.

A smashed Aston Martin sports car has sparked the attention of car enthusiasts after it was put up for auction.