High-flying Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon during testing before Rally Finland.

Perhaps I've seen too many television police shows from the 1970s, but I'd like to know how a police vehicle would handle in a real-life car chase.

The New Zealand Herald motorsport correspondent Eric Thompson chats with New Zealand Grand Prix champion Nick Cassidy.

The Holden Volt's electrical system, as you'd expect, is a thing of wonder. This GM video shows how the battery system works.

Police cars are not all created equal - as this gallery shows

Holden will launch its right hand drive version of the Chevrolet Volt later this year - a whole new take on hybrid electric vehicles.

Mazda says it will launch its new Mazda6 sedan at the Moscow Motor Show at the end of August