Not much news this week, as the Road-Tests.com editor has been involved in the Econo-Wise Rally, trekking around the North Island in an effort to prove that you, the driver, can reduce your fuel bill by driving with economy in mind.
Econo-Wise...
What there is though is a number of stories - most of which the people involved would not...
Last week we reported that the 'Big Three' was going cap-in-hand to Washington to, literally, stay alive. This has invoked frantic debate in the US. No surprises there then.
Going, going... gone?
The "save-'em" and "let-'em-go" camps are about 50/50 split - not good news for them.
But all is not lost for...
Cost Maurice Williamson any chance of appearing in Cabinet ever again. Seems Mr. W couldn't keep his mouth closed on the subject of paying for taking your vehicle along a New Zealand Highway.
Toll Roads...
Coincidentally Road-Tests.com was travelling to Whangerai the other day and noticed two things, first the Northern Gateway is due...
In Politics. 
A week is a long time...
Since the last news update New Zealand has changed Government, has seen the US elect its first African American leader and GM has gone to the President Elect for cash to keep it alive.
In New Zealand we have seen the first glimmers of the impact that the global recession has had - dealership closures and...
Detroit must be ruing the day that Mrs. Obama snr decided not to settle there, but to shuffle along the highway to Chicago. 
Going cheap...
OK you’re right we got the new President-Elect of the world's poorest nation onto the news page quickly, but not, we think, for the reasons you may suspect.
In a recent article...
It’s all about...
Soul.
Not the music variety, but Kia's latest little number that quietly crept onto the scene during the Paris Auto Salon, last month.
Kia has invested in this car, in an effort to prove that it has the talent, skill and flair to take on the world...and win.
Looking at the Soul the car is funky, and probably a little too modern...
