Pumping up under-inflated vehicle tyres at a service station could become a thing of the past thanks to a new innovation under development at Goodyear. Keeping tyres properly inflated doesn’t just...
New Zealand’s motorsport history will be celebrated at the 2012 Festival of Motor Racing at Hampton Downs on January 20-22 and 27-29. The theme of the festival in 2012 focuses heavily around BMW’s...
A 21-year-old Hastings automotive apprentice, Michael Paaymans, has won the 2011 MTA Apprentice of the Year Award and was advised of his win by none other than V8 Supercar driver Greg Murphy.
Allison Transmission recently presented its innovative transmission technologies for airport ground equipment at the InterAirport Europe Expo in Munich. Airport operators around the world have a long...
Although the real growth of hybrid car models around the world has been slower than expected, a most interesting development has come from Citroen – and it will be available in New Zealand almost...
The Dacheng service centre in Changzhou in the Jiangsu province is the 1,000th Bosch car service centre to be opened in China. The state-of-the-art centre was officially opened in a ceremony...
When Charles Gates, Senior. bought The Colorado Tire and Leather Company in 1911, little did he know his small shop in Denver, Colorado would evolve into one of the world’s largest manufacturing...
Nissan’s John Seymour calls it the “Leaf smile”. It’s what you get after about 15 minutes driving the Leaf electric car. When he told me, I looked at myself in the mirror, and sure enough, I had it!
The Kiwi CMR Motorsport team returned from the Bonneville Salt Flats in August with a land speed record. Well-known Auckland motorsport competitor Reg Cook built a car specifically to run at the...
Launching the EPS 708 test bench in early June was a big deal for Bosch Australia as it was one of the first countries in the world to launch the EPS 708 to the diesel market. Bosch says it has been...
Tyreplus is an independent network of tyre retail stores that was established in 2002. It is currently present in Australia, China, Thailand, Russia, India, Taiwan and Mexico.
Caltex marks its 75th anniversary this year, and the milestone is being celebrated in style. More than 240 employees and annuitants, retailers, distributors, business and community partners gathered...
The team at the Christchurch-based family-owned company Autotest Servicing Ltd jokingly says that it taught MacGyver everything he knew about fixing things. The day-to-day operation is run by...
Schaeffler recently presented its ACTIVeDRIVE concept vehicle for electric mobility to the European media. The ACTIVeDRIVE is a purely electric vehicle (BEV: battery electric vehicle) with four-wheel...
CRC Speedshow fans can enjoy an exciting new dimension at the upcoming 2011 event when some of New Zealand’s best drifters get behind the wheel in the live action arena. Several champions from the...
Bernard Carpinter reports on the rise of rally driver Hayden Paddon. New Zealand has produced a world-class rally driver. His name is Hayden Paddon, he lives in Geraldine in South Canterbury, and he...
More than 120 Bosch service network participants from Australia and New Zealand joined with almost 50 Bosch and network partner staff at Melbourne’s Crown Promenade Hotel from May 12 to 15 for the...
The Automotive Parts Accessories Association Inc (APAA) recently announced that its guest speaker for the annual luncheon event on July 20 will be New Zealand’s own voice of rugby, Mr Keith Quinn.
