An inquest into the horrific deaths of seven tourists has heard an appeal to Kiwis to stop blaming foreign drivers for the carnage on our roads.

Earlier in the week, Ruddenklau said New Zealand was not involved with the VW scandal in any way.

Nowhere is the VW emissions scandal being felt more acutely than in Wolfsburg, the ultimate German company town.

NZ Volkswagen owners may not be spared from the fallout of the global emissions cheating scandal.

Geeks and sport may not be thought of as going hand in hand but in reality sport can be super-geeky.

Motor Trade Association chief executive Warwick Quinn says he is shocked by revelations that Volkswagen intentionally rigged almost half a million cars to cheat United States diesel emission tests,....

Volkswagen shares have plunged and its chief executive is in the gun after it was revealed the car company rigged its diesel vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

The revelation that Volkswagen rigged emission tests could cost the company dearly - but what does it mean for those that own one of these vehicles?

A classic motorcycle collection worth $1 million to be auctioned this weekend is being touted as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to nab a rare machine.

South Australia's economy is in trouble, with some suggesting it starts making money storing nuclear waste.

A new class of vehicle, dubbed the "autocycle" is being targeted at speed-heads and environmentalists.

Driving your car to work is way more fun than taking public transport, writes Matt Heath. I've been flirting with different ways of getting around Auckland and nothing beats the door-to-door comfort.

We seem to have lost our capacity to be kind, whether it's raising the refugee quota, feeding hungry kids in schools or sharing the road, says Kerre McIvor.

A nationwide series of charging stations for electric vehicles such as the Tesla Model S would boost their acceptability and popularity, writes Juha Saarinen.

How does your car rate? Motorists can now assess the safety of their next used vehicle with the release of the 2015 Used Car Safety Ratings guide.

Few V8 Supercars rounds are more important to Ford's Mark Winterbottom than Sydney Motorsport Park - this season, especially.

IndyCar driver Scott Dixon has only two rounds left in this year's championship to pounce on Juan Pablo Montoya and Graham Rahal and claim his fourth IRL title.

Fernando Alonso wishes he had left Ferrari sooner and, contrary to much speculation, feels he made the right decision to join struggling McLaren's "new project" with Honda.

A growing number of Germans drivers are opting to car share instead of buying their own cars.

When it came to buying a car, it was the fuel economy of a new Ford Kuga that clinched the deal for Bruce Campbell.

A Melbourne businessman at the centre of the Australian car industry's biggest controversy still appears to have plans for this side of the Tasman.

His character may have been killed off on Grey's Anatomy but actor Patrick Dempsey will be the star attraction at a New Zealand motorsport festival next year.

Elon Musk has been compared to Henry Ford and the parallels in production data is striking.

New car registration numbers are at a record high but the rate of growth is slowing.

Business appears to be slow at the Mercedes-Benz showroom in the Jing'an district of Shanghai.

Robbie “Maddo” Maddison rides his dirt bike on the powerful and iconic waves of Tahiti. Source: DC Shoes/YouTube

Australians rated the worst but video taken in Auckland shows New Zealanders are catching on.

Volkswagen is on track to capture the worldwide sales crown three years ahead of its target.

The world's best hard enduro racers took on hundreds of kilometers of grueling Transylvania Wilderness for the 2015 edition of Red Bull Romaniacs. Five tough days of racing, plenty of big crashes, and head-to-head rivalries that came down to the last minutes made for one of the most exciting events in the history of the sport. Source: Red Bull/Youtube

The supercar maker is due to trade on the New York Stock Exchange by early 2016.