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Kiwi driver strengthens Von Ryan

The truck with superpowers

It looks like a regular semi-trailer truck, but its insides packed with lasers and computers make it the most expensive vehicle on our roads.

Dirty downside to driverless cars

Driverless cars better be able to refuel themselves because they'll consume more energy than cars with drivers.

AA calls for alternative strategy

Automobile Association members in Auckland are underwhelmed by what they may get in return for an average annual motorways toll bill of $350, the organisation says.

Motorsport: Hamilton eases to victory

Lewis Hamilton yesterday began his reign as champion of the world with the most comfortable of drives to victory in the Australian Grand Prix.

The Variety Bash diaries: Day nine

Car Buyers' Guide: Great for a hunting trip with mates

Car care: Adding the wrong fuel

Volvo XC90: A Volvo with an Apple source

Peter Calder: Left is right - but we don't have to be nasty about it

My first experience of getting behind the wheel of a left-hand-drive car was a thrilling one, writes Peter Calder.

Motorsport: Ricciardo shrugs off race pressure

Daniel Ricciardo will carry the hopes of a nation into the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix this weekend but the Red Bull driver says he won't feel any extra pressure in his home race.

Day five on the road with the Variety bash

Electric car scheme derided by Taxi Federation

Auckland Transport's proposed electric car-share scheme has been welcomed by associations representing bus and rental vehicle firms while being derided by the Taxi Federation.

House sold to fund drink drive damages

A woman who crashed into three cars and a traffic light while driving drunk had sold her home to pay for the $25,000 accident damage.

Winston Aldworth: Worst drivers in NZ aren't tourists, so stop the lynch mob

We drive too fast, we tailgate, we feel obliged to overtake the minute we see an overtaking lane and we mix alcohol - and text messaging - with driving, writes Winston Aldworth.

Key snatcher had no licence

The man who took the car keys from a tourist on a narrow, winding South Island road did not hold a valid New Zealand driver licence, it has been revealed.

Unbeatable racing brothers

The Variety Bash diaries: Day four