When Mugabe passes, Mercedes-Benz's despot division will have to find another dictator with aid money to spend.

Driving the CX-5 diesel. SkyActiv-D is SO much better than SkyActive-G. Refined, strong, quick, quiet. I'd buy one.

Good to see that the LTNZ has finally acknowledged that high fuel prices have as much to do with the low toll as their policies.

Has anyone picked up that as well as the Ford Falcon, Jaguar's XF and XJ will also employ the RWD Ford EcoBoost 2.0-litre four soon?

Does Henry Van Asch really believe the UK road toll makes it a dangerous place to travel? Per capita it's twice as safe as NZ

Carroll Shelby has died. A true American hero. What more's to be said?

Amazing how just about every other medium has taken against Der Herald's 'foreign minister travels abroad and stays in hotels' Shock Horror!

TV asks why fewer people are passing driving tests 1st time. Could it be because we're freakin lousy drivers and have road toll to prove it?

NZ has an average car age of 13+ and the worst per capita road toll in the OECD. The perfect formula for a proposed speed limit hike, then.

I'm driving a Veloster. I think it's the rep's demonstrator with two doors on the left and one on the right. What's that all about then?

I see ESPN thinks Andy Murray is an Englishman. Mind you, in the UK he's called a Brit when he wins, and a Scot when he loses.

Don't build it, please! MG roadsters are supposed to be pretty. This one isn't. autoexpress.co.uk/mg/59304/new-m…

US gun lobby vacuum of abject silence speaks a million words about supply and cause...

Narrower roads, crap surfaces, faster drivers, why do I feel safer driving in the UK than in NZ?

On holiday in the UK, and still Fairfax calls me in the middle of the night....

The poms are absolutely besotted with the paralympics.

The Jolly Diner on A303 nr Yeovil well named. Deserves bullet. Even the toast was runny.

Look at this wee feller... eva-christine.tumblr.com/post/315002011…

Yuletide memories you can never erase stuff.co.nz/motoring/81046…

There is no truth in the rumour that a chartered planeload of middle-aged male Kiwis is on the way to London to sort out Charles Saatchi...