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Five Eltham volunteer fire fighters challenged themselves for a good cause this month, as they competed in the Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge 2013.

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Firefighters challenge themselves for a cause

Todd Forsyth must have shares in a fuel company to run this much-modified 1974 MGBGT, spotted racing at Pukekohe one recent rainy Saturday.

Motoring

Motorsport: Family fun the classic way

Touareg: Nomadic folk who roam the Sahara Desert with their herds; also, a tasty SUV that's at home on the sand or in Auckland's big wet.

Motoring

Volkswagen Touareg: Desert storm

Australia? Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Big airports, bigger cities.

Lifestyle

Travel: Down the Murray River

When you think Volvo, words like "fast" and "furious" don't come up. You're more likely to think "safe".

Motoring

Volvo V40 T5: Volvo comes to grips with its wild side

Not so long ago, 0-100kph acceleration under 5 seconds was supercar territory: very serious performance that could only be experienced by a very fortunate few.

Motoring

Audi S3: Hyper hatch outrageously fast

When given a car to drive, I am not known for my ability to instantly reel off facts and figures relating to its driveability.

Motoring

Aurion flies expert and amateur tests

Porsche's little Cayman has always had an interesting appeal - it feels like an earlier 911 to drive, with massive amounts of mechanical grip.

Motoring

Porsche Cayman : more to this baby than you might imagine

Craig Short has taken on the role of sales consultant at Tasman Toyota in Stratford.

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New salesman just loves his cars

This season's New Zealand Cross-country Championships are evenly poised at the halfway stage

Motoring

Cross Country: Plenty of potential

The 1M is a flat-out M Car, ultra-tight chassis, stroppy powerplant and only comes with a manual gearbox, while its sibling gets a more forgiving platform.

Motoring

BMW M135i: Little Beemer's standard looks pack a surprise

I averaged 7.1l/100km of fuel during my fang-happy test stint, a figure no hard-driven performance car could match, though it could be better.

Motoring

Yamaha FJR1300: A rocket with an armchair ride

It seems you can't beat the modern driving technology.

That's what my wife Debra-Rose and I concluded after a near-collision in a borrowed 2013 Mini Roadster.

Motoring

Mini Roadster: Stability wizardry

Like many Baby Boomers, Allan is after a change in vehicle to cope with his change in lifestyle.

Motoring

Car Buyers' Guide: Lifestyle crossover vehicles

Motoring

Circle the small wagons

Newly appointed distributor Sime Darby aims to sell 400 cars this year, which might not sound like much - but would mean a 40 per cent growth over last year.

Motoring

C4 lacks a little French polish

We're all familiar with that old line about taking a knife to a gunfight. BMW's newest SUV is like taking a blade, a pump action shotgun and Clint Eastwood.

Motoring

Buckle up and brace for extreme go power

Back behind the wheel of his Mazda RX7, "Mad Mike" Whiddett was once again atop the D1NZ national drifting championship podium, taking round five of the series.

Motoring

Whiddett's win sets up tight final

The opening round of this year's New Zealand Rally Championship will herald a few changes in the types of cars fans will see.

Motoring

Motorsport: New rally class

A life-size memorial to a local motorsport great is being unveiled on the main street of Pukekohe this weekend.

Motoring

The Bourne legacy

Jocelyn lives north of Auckland, and makes two trips a month to the city. She needs a car that can cope with the commute.

Motoring

Car Buyers' Guide: Five-door commuters

There was an almost universal gushing-over-the-new-baby reaction to the little classic Minis that made up most of our 47-strong fleet.

Motoring

Mini drive has major impact

Speed limits around schools are a fantastic idea. But there seems to be a bit of a reality gap at work around some schools.

Motoring

Matt Greenop:Times on speed limits at schools illogical

New Plymouth was home to the 57th New Zealand Motor Caravan Association's national Easter rally last weekend.

News

Annual rally draws visitors

Motoring

Circle the small wagons

Hard to keep to 100 km/h it may be, but the 2013 Mini Roadster wasn't the only fast car on the Pork Pie Charity Run from Kaitaia to Invercargill.

Motoring

Full helping on Pork Pie rally

When Driven broke the news that Toyota Racing management may be building a race-ready GT 86, there was plenty of interest among the NZ racing fraternity.

Motoring

Motorsport: TR 86 Looks a winner

Girl power continues to make an impact on the predominantly male domain of motorcycle road-racing.

Motoring

Challenge to male domination

Kia, Toyota, Mercedes, Subaru and Jaguar all trotted out fresh metal that's coming here.

Motoring

Say g'day to creme of the crop

As the contestants in the latest series of MasterChef on TV One find the competition heating up, Driven has caught up with last season's winner, Chelsea Winter.

Motoring

Top cook's recipe for success

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