Two cars have been engulfed by fire, and four Mazdas stolen, in a single night in Hawke's Bay.
This comes just over a week after a convoy of three stolen Mazda Demios split up when they realised police were tracking them in Napier, eventually ending in two of them crashing.
A police spokesperson said there were four cars - all Mazdas - stolen overnight in the region on Tuesday.
This week only one was a Demio, stolen from Williams St in Hastings.
A Hastings fire brigade spokesman said shortly after 10pm on Tuesday fire crews were called to a suspicious car fire on Waikareao Rd in Te Hauke.
He said the fire, which required a callout of more than two hours to control, destroyed the car and spread to macrocarpa trees and a shed on the side of the road.
A police spokesman said inquiries were ongoing to determine how the fire in the Ford Courier car started.
Fire crews were then called to a car engulfed in flames in a rural area near the intersection of Chambers St and Eriksen Rd in Napier.
A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesperson said they extinguished the blaze and handed the suspicious fire over to police to investigate.
A police spokesman said they were investigating.