The Government wants to streamline the driver licensing system and make it easier to obtain a heavy truck licence.

Source: Sigurd Magnusson

Mike argues that the government has been sucked into supporting an industry that should be made to stand on their own two feet.

A shortage of truck drivers is causing disruption to productivity and efficiency of many businesses.

A bumper crop of talented youngsters will line up in the Toyota Racing Series at Ruapuna next weekend but the lack of Kiwi racers is worrying.

A brand new Fiat Punto will go under the hammer next week in a 60-second reverse auction, with the price dropping by the second.

Motorists and most aspiring vehicle owners are expected to benefit from an increasingly competitive car business, diving petrol prices and falling levies.

An electric BMW has won the New Zealand Car of the Year this year.

I spun off the road twice in 10 minutes yesterday - and yet they let me keep "driving."

If the rise in the number of new or New Zealand-new cars being registered is an indicator of a region's growth, then Grey District led the way in 2014.

In a live address at the Wall Street Journal's WSJD Live event this week, Apple's chief executive made the ears of car company executives prick up.

There is a race taking place between some of the big names of car making - Japan's Toyota and Honda and their Asian neighbour Hyundai - and a smaller camp led by the tech visionary Elon Musk.

Three quarters of car thefts in France are carried out using electronic hacking, it was claimed yesterday, prompting calls for security improvements in a range of vehicles sold in Europe.

There are now nearly 70,000 electric vehicles in Norway. In New Zealand there are only 800. Is it time to follow Norway's lead?

Entrepreneur and businesswoman Mimi Gilmour was named as brand ambassador for Jaguar New Zealand last week at an intimate party.

The recall is being made by Toyota New Zealand because of airbag faults.

What are the ethical questions that must be faced when we use driverless cars?

In NZ we don't have emissions tests, so no one got ripped off. No one buys a diesel for emissions here, they buy them because diesel is cheaper than petrol.

Volkswagen has owned up to thousands of vehicles on New Zealand roads being caught in its global emissions-cheating software scandal.

High levels of pollution are being emitted by diesel vehicles built by a range of carmakers other than Volkswagen, it has been reported.

The many Golfs and Polos on the streets of Auckland's plushest suburbs used to speak volumes of the enviable reputation of Volkswagen's cars.

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.

Rental cars are costly. If the upfront hire fees aren't enough, there are lots of other charges that can double the cost. That can be anything from increased insurance costs to reduce excesses, to hiring a child seat.

Toyota New Zealand has issued a recall for 420 used import Voltz and Pronard models which were originally manufactured between December 2001 and May 2004.

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.