It's not often that drivers of highly modified drift machines get to slide their cars around on central city streets - but last weekend it happened, without one ticket being written.

Red Bull's Kiwi-born Drift Shifters event, which took place right in the Auckland CBD last weekend was so good it's now going global.

Not even a $2.86 billion rail tunnel will stop morning traffic in downtown Auckland from grinding down to half its current speed within a decade, a study says.

Former V8 Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen has tried his hand at rallying in the ex-Chris West Andrew Simms Mitsubishi Evo 9.