V8 Supercars championship leader Jamie Whincup admits he will have to snap out of holiday mode to maintain his status as the king of the sport's offshore events.

A bumper field of rally cars is set to carve up the roads in and around Whangarei this weekend for the first round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championships (APRC)

Police are claiming crime-fighting and road safety wins from computerised camera technology that worries civil liberties lawyers.

Mark Webber's Red Bull team boss has launched a scathing attack on the current state of Formula One amid widespread calls for a return to hard-wearing tyres.

A crime-fighting device capable of detecting dodgy drivers, unsafe vehicles and criminals is being trialled by police on Dunedin streets.

Big kudos to Scott Rochford for capturing the action as what appears to be a fully pimped out mobility scooter cruises down Queens Drive in St Kilda. Scott titled the video 'South Dunedin's coolest old man', which is clearly beyond dispute. Just watch the casual wave as he rides on by.