A Hawke's Bay woman has been left in a coma after a car travelling in a boy racer "chain" crashed on Saturday morning.

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.

Jaguar dips it's toe into the hybrid-supercar race with the C-X75 prototype.