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.

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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.

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.

It's been 20 years since the death of the great motorcycle maker John Britten. His first bike, the Cardinal Britten, was recovered from the ruins of central Christchurch after the 2011 earthquake, and has been restored in readiness to be displayed again. John's widow, Kirsteen, came to New Zealand Classic Motorcycles, a glittering new collection in Nelson, to unveil the machine to an invited audience.

Television is an industry riddled with bullies, writes Joanna Hunkin. It operates an almost feudal system that allows a chosen few absolute power, while an army of grunters do all the work.