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.

I saw a really cute toddler last Monday afternoon. She had cute little pigtails, a pink onesie and no one with her, writes Matt Heath.

What did Z Energy think it would achieve with another report dispelling the notion that petrol companies are quick to raise fuel prices but slow to drop them when oil prices fall?

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.

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

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

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.

A double-bluff on April Fool's Day was no match for a woman who cashed in on a seemingly ridiculous luxury car trade-in promotion. Tianna Marsh was the first person to try the unusual trade-in offer from the BMW Newmarket dealership today. The carmaker said it was keeping alive a tradition of April 1 pranks with its front-page ad in the New Zealand Herald today. The "April Fools' Day special" promised a new BMW to the first person who took their car and the front-page coupon to the dealership. Footage: BMW NZ/YouTube

Jeremy Clarkson will go ahead with a live tour alongside his Top Gear co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May despite his sacking by the BBC.

Take rules on board onboard if you agree with them. If not, put your foot to the floor and just drive. Dont' waste valuable seconds of your life, writes Matt Heath.

2Degrees CEO Stewart Sherriff knows what he likes in a phone ... Here he tells us what he likes in cars.