American company Goodyear has sold Dunlop, the tyre supplier to Supercars for over 20 years, to Sumitomo. Evidently, the sale will have no impact on Dunlop's deal to supply Supercars with control tyres. Sumitomo has long produced them in Japan anyway. Sumitomo will buy the Dunlop trademark and other rights...
Read moreDetailsShipping company Toyofuji has called a halt to shipping used electric vehicles. The Nissan Leaf is excluded from the ban,...
New Maserati CEO, Santo Ficili, has insisted that Maserati can be saved. He is aiming to improve the brand’s cars...
The updated Tesla Model Y is now available to order via the firm’s website. Tesla has never been forthcoming with...
Petrol prices across the country will likely rise soon as US-Russia tensions ratchet up and the New Zealand dollar weakens....
Royal Enfield is evidently developing a 650cc version of its popular Himalayan adventure bike. The Himalayan 650 prototype has a...
Trackhouse Racing owner, Justin Marks, is hoping his rookie star, Shane van Gisbergen (SVG), will be able to partake in...
Ram trucks has been having a tough time of it in the US, with sales down markedly over the past year. A pricing structure criticised as being too high by dealers has been partly to blame. It’s (possibly) one of the reasons the big boss of Stellantis retired early. The Ram CEO, Tim Kuniskis, has been quoted as saying; "I want a mid-size truck so bad." Speaking with Motor1 reporters at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show he said; "Everything...
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The Honda Civic hybrid has just arrived in New Zealand, and it has been named as the 2025 North American...
KGM revealed the “new” Actyon crossover at the 2025 Brussels Motor Show, a Kodiaq/CR-V rival. The five seater is 4.74m...
Polestar New Zealand is now offering new 2023 examples of its standard-range single-motor Polestar 2 for $44,990. That’s a $25k...
Nissan has unveiled an all electric R32 Skyline GT-R restomod at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Gone is the twin-turbo straight-six...
Toyota unveiled this interesting mid-engined GR Yaris concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon recently. Is this some kind of Renault...
BYD has released a compact electric SUV, the Atto 2, that will rival the likes of MG’s second-gen ZS EV. ...
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