Having hit-TV show Top Gear film on Ninety Mile Beach will give the region publicity that would be worth millions of dollars, the Far North District Council says.

The Porsche Carrera Cup series will be on-track this weekend as part of the Grand Prix meeting at Albert Park in Adelaide. Two-time Bathurst winner Steven Richards will be one of the favourites against a host of Porsche and former V8 stars.

One of the world's biggest tyre companies may have the answer to puncture problems - a tyre that doesn't need air.

Auckland and Wellington carpark costs will shoot up 50 per cent, a lobby group claims, if proposed changes to fringe benefit tax go through.

There may not be many of the new generation NZV8 cars contesting this year's championship, but that doesn't make Jason Bargwanna's job any easier as he arrives in Taupo for round five of the national championship.

Laid-back Sydneysider Chris Holder had a rough start in the opening round of last year's world speedway GP in Auckland, finishing 12th in the 16-man field.

A Honda vehicle has topped a list of New Zealand's most stolen cars for the second year in a row, according to AA Insurance.