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![What your car choice says about you](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
What your car choice says about you
If you're flashy and brash, the chances are you drive a yellow car, finds a new survey.
!['Suicidal' motorcyclist clocked at 214kmh](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
'Suicidal' motorcyclist clocked at 214kmh
Police have described the actions of a motorcyclist who drove at more than 200kmh as "suicidal'' and "unbelievable''.
![Top Gear 'boosted by canned laughter'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Top Gear 'boosted by canned laughter'
Recordings of hysterical laughter are said to have been inserted into the first episode when the audience failed to laugh at jokes by its new presenters.
![Should tourist drivers have to display a 'T-plate'?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Should tourist drivers have to display a 'T-plate'?
A group of Kiwis is throwing their support behind a campaign calling for tourists to drive with 'T-plates' on their rental cars. Is this a good idea? Have your say.
![Watch: Meet New Zealand’s oldest driver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Watch: Meet New Zealand’s oldest driver
103-year-old Bill Mitchell has been driving for 90 years. He’s never caused a crash, or even a speeding ticket.
![Watch: Speeding tickets go mobile](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Watch: Speeding tickets go mobile
The days of being issued paper speeding ticket at the roadside are limited as police continue to embrace the digital age.
![Mike's Minute: Electric cars not the future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Mike's Minute: Electric cars not the future
Mike argues that the government has been sucked into supporting an industry that should be made to stand on their own two feet.
![The Ellerslie Intermarque Concours and Classic Car Show 2016](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
The Ellerslie Intermarque Concours and Classic Car Show 2016
The biggest classic and new car show in the country was held at Ellerslie on Valentine's Day.
![1961 E type roadster Jaguar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
1961 E type roadster Jaguar
A car that was lovingly restored just in time to carry its owner's daughter to her wedding in March last year will have its own big day today at the Ellerslie Intermarque Concours and Classic Car Show.
![Barney Irvine: Time to listen to the public on red light running](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Barney Irvine: Time to listen to the public on red light running
In an already congested city, red light runners add needless delay to our intersections, forcing other drivers to wait and check before accelerating once lights turn green, writes Barney Irvine.
![Hot Rod fans all revved up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Hot Rod fans all revved up
Up to 40,000 car enthusiasts and petrol heads alike converged on West Auckland at the weekend to admire an array of old motor vehicles at the the 22nd National Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival. The 3500 lovingly restored cars included Robbie Allen's two heavily customized classics - a 1956 Lincoln Continental with "The Matrix" theme and a Corvette Stingray, a "Motorhead" themed 1000 horse power beast.
![Billionaire's private race track](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Billionaire's private race track
An Australian billionaire has chosen a remote corner of rural New Zealand to design, test and build the world's fastest track car.
![Nabbed... as quick as a flash and a flash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Nabbed... as quick as a flash and a flash
An Auckland motorist was stunned to open his mail and find a speed camera had pinged him twice for the same offence.
![Here's what will be trending in 2016](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Here's what will be trending in 2016
Find out what we can expect to see, use, wear, drive, drink and eat this year.
![Squeeze on dealers crushes car prices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Squeeze on dealers crushes car prices
Competition in motor vehicle lending is driving down the cost of cars.
![BMW's i3 electrifies Car of Year judges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
BMW's i3 electrifies Car of Year judges
An electric BMW has won the New Zealand Car of the Year this year.
![Cities prepare for driverless cars](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Cities prepare for driverless cars
"A technology tsunami" is how a Florida transport head describes arrival of driverless cars.
![Road ahead looks green for car makers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Road ahead looks green for car makers
There is a race taking place between some of the big names of car making - Japan's Toyota and Honda and their Asian neighbour Hyundai - and a smaller camp led by the tech visionary Elon Musk.
![Smart cars, smarter thieves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Smart cars, smarter thieves
Three quarters of car thefts in France are carried out using electronic hacking, it was claimed yesterday, prompting calls for security improvements in a range of vehicles sold in Europe.
![Hartley pushing for podium in enduro title hunt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Hartley pushing for podium in enduro title hunt
Kiwi Brendon Hartley has a chance of clinching the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship.
![Coulthard signs with Team Penske](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Coulthard signs with Team Penske
DJR Team Penske have announced New Zealand driver Fabian Coulthard will join their V8 Supercars team next season - but the future of veteran Marcus Ambrose is still up in the air.
![Kiwis caught up in scandal to take action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Kiwis caught up in scandal to take action
Kiwi owners of about 8500 vehicles caught up in Volkswagen's global emissions scandal are being invited to join a claim action being organised by a Wellington law firm.
![Motorsport: Flying Kiwi sets lap record](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Motorsport: Flying Kiwi sets lap record
Holden's Fabian Coulthard yesterday broke his own lap record in a blistering final practice session at the Bathurst 1000.
![Mike Hosking: Troubled VW has long road to redemption](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Mike Hosking: Troubled VW has long road to redemption
In NZ we don't have emissions tests, so no one got ripped off. No one buys a diesel for emissions here, they buy them because diesel is cheaper than petrol.
![Tesla may get bounce from VW's 'dieselgate'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Tesla may get bounce from VW's 'dieselgate'
Tesla has handed over the first of its Model X sport utility vehicles amid growing scrutiny of Volkswagen.