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The BBC is reportedly looking to keep Jeremy Clarkson's former Top Gear co-hosts on the show despite his departure.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin says he sees little reason to release the accident reports involving self-driving cars.

Confronted by a shareholder about cash investment, an Apple exec seemed to suggest the automotive industry.

Driverless cars could soon be commonplace on our roads - but officials are still grappling with issues including who is liable if a car crashes with nobody behind the wheel.

Early versions of automated cars are already rolling into showrooms, whether buyers are ready or not.

Former producer Andy Wilman reveals BBC bosses considered sacking Richard Hammond as Jeremy Clarkson's sidekick in 2002.

A Kiwi inventor has made cars glow in the dark.

Ford veteran Mark Winterbottom thrust himself back into the championship lead with victory in the final race of the weekend's V8 Supercars round in Winton.

NZME's website Driven has matched the Autotrader audience after just a month in market.

Toyota forecasts profit will surpass last year's record and says it plans to buy back shares as the carmaker resumes its global expansion amid rising sales in the United States and China.

Aucklanders facing a new transport rate are paying "far too much" to subsidise the city's trains.

Peter Bromhead takes delivery of a Fiat Panda and puts it to its paces on the Parnell circuit.

Legendary Kiwi Willie Apiata teamed up with Toyota to design and build the ultimate hunting Hilux. Check out what they got up to on a hunting adventure on the East Coast. Source: ToyotaNZ/Youtube

Toyota has used an image of war hero Willie Apiata in a social media post about duck hunting.

There's something strange about Tom Short's little yellow Datsun 1200. It might be that it can clear a quarter mile in a lightning-fast 14 seconds.

Vector has formed a partnership with Tesla to bring its revolutionary home and business batteries to New Zealand.

Check out the Highlights from Sunday at New Zealand's iconic REPCO Race to the Sky. Congratulations to Alister McRae for taking a well deserved victory. Source: HighlandsNZ/YouTube

The more established Kiwi rally drivers didn't make too much of an impression at the opening round of the New Zealand Rally Championship in Whangarei over the weekend.

Former BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has dropped clues on what and when his future plans could be, Clarkson acts as auctioneer every year to raise money for his villages swimming pool in Chipping Norton, UK. Footage: YouTube/Chippy Lido

Richie Stanaway is looking forward to a busy year of racing which sees him moving up a rung on the motorsport ladder to GP2 - just one below Formula One.

Auckland Transport launches a road safety campaign to address the growing problem of mobile phone distraction behind the wheel.

How many good ideas has Auckland lost because of council's lack of enthusiasm?

Fleets, public and private, are the key to the uptake of electric vehicles in this country, Mighty River Power chief executive Fraser Whineray says.

What people want from transport is to get from A to B as quickly, safely and cheaply as possible.

Bob Scott and fellow farming friends decided to take their vintage cars for a drive. Except this was no ordinary drive it was a 530 km journey return from Sheffield to the remote Muzzle Station west of Kaikoura via an overnight camp at the Branch Hutt, all the while fording rivers and driving on roads that are usually the domain of the 4WD. Seven vintage cars, the oldest a 1924 Dodge, 12 men and a Hilux as a support car set out to do the trip, all seven made it back home. With only minor breakdowns on the way that were fixed by the good old Kiwi Number 8 wire mentality. A remarkable trip with breathtaking South Island scenery we follow these 80 year old cars through the mountains.

The opening round of the New Zealand Rally Championship takes to the roads up north for the International Rally of Whangarei on April 17-19.