Tesla has handed over the first of its Model X sport utility vehicles amid growing scrutiny of Volkswagen.

Volkswagen will start fixing emissions systems that cheated on pollution tests as soon as October.

Car-maker's New Zealand branch waiting anxiously for information on whether vehicles sold in NZ affected by emissions scandal.

Luxury car brand admits its cars were outfitted with emissions-cheating software VW used.

For Germans, VW is a huge part of their national identity and place brand, writes Mike Lee. It would be like a Kiwi finding out that Fonterra, purposely lied about the safety or nutritional value of its milk products.

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.

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.

Sam Morgan criticses car-maker for skirting clean air rules: "My last two cars have been Volkswagen. And now I don't trust them. Brand destruction."

The new Jaguar SUV has set a Guinness World Record for completing the largest loop-the-loop, with stunt driver Terry Grant. Source: Jaguar

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.

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

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.

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.

No serious road accident involving a visitor to this country represents good publicity for the tourism industry.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown sits down with Herald transport journalist Mathew Dearnaley to answer questions about motorway tolls, Britomart bottlenecks and more.

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.