Heartland Bank and Kia launch finance venture

Heartland Bank has partnered with Kia Motors New Zealand (KMNZ) to provide Kia Finance. It is a new vehicle finance service for people looking to purchase a new or used Kia from a Kia dealership. Kia Finance’s vehicle finance optio; Read More

Black defies age to defend NZ title

Arron Black reckons age is no barrier to getting faster as his birthdays keep ticking by. The Dunedin racer is proving he is as adept in a kart, as he is in an endurance race car, by defending his KartSport NZ South Island Sprint Champions; Read More

Three EVs in top 10 cars

An unprecedented total of three pure electric vehicles (EV) have made the cut as finalists for this year’s New Zealand Car of the Year title. The Audi e-tron, Jaguar I-Pace and Tesla Model 3 are the EV trio in contention for the award, whi; Read More

55-year salesman moving on

In today’s world of multiple employers over a lifetime, Dunedin’s Bob Woodford is somewhat of an anomaly, as he looks to begin his ‘‘self-managed lifestyle’’after 55 years as a car salesman at Auto Court.  The ‘‘r’’ word; Read More

The muscle behind fundraiser

King's High School (KHS) has come up with a novel way to fundraise for its football team’s international travel and will hold a Garage Raid, muscle car tour next Saturday. When casting around for ideas on how to drum up $7000 for each of t; Read More

Evans brothers immortalised

You know you’ve hit the big time when your racing team is immortalised in a Lego set. Kiwi brothers Simon and Mitch Evans played with Lego as kids but never dreamt that one day their team vehicle’s likeness would be captured in the new Leg; Read More

Electric touring car making a buzz

The world’s first fully electric touring car, the Cupra e-Racer (pictured above) has made its track debut around the Montmelo Circuit in Barcelona. The 670HP electric racer is set to compete in a new ETCR race series next year and complete; Read More

Guide and friend

Are you after the inside oil on today’s South Island Endurance Series race meeting at Highlands Motorsport Park? Then join 10-year-old Tully Rule on his tour. This will be the Cromwell Primary School pupil’s third Tully’s Tour, following o; Read More

Success sweet for team Lemon

The intrepid Mongol Rally team Pulled Up In A Lemon have finished their incredible journey; covering 19,865km, spending 60 days on the road and consuming 187 cans of cola. Driving their Toyota Yaris from Prague to Ulan Ude, in Russia, the ; Read More

Mild and wild cars at annual Autospectacular

Classic-car enthusiasts were out in force last weekend at the Edgar Centre for the annual Hydraulic Services and Repairs Ltd Autospectacular. ; Read More

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