Christchurch firm, Hammonds Collision & Mechanical, have found ways to compete in a market which now includes competition from insurance company owned repairers.

Workshops are increasingly worried about their environmental footprint and try to recycle or dispose of products iin sustainable ways where they can. Extracting the oil from used filters and recycling the containers can be done through a variety of outlets.

Tyres look set to become the first product to be subjected to a controlled product stewardship scheme in New Zealand. MTA raises the possibility of introducing a compulsory scheme for all parts of a car.

MTA Member Craig Burrows is about to take his business international, supplying 40,000 automated car parks to a man-made Malaysian island.

NZ sits on the edge of a new era for the collision repair sector. What does this mean and how will it affect businesses?

MTA is backing a national project for school students that encourages them to design and build their own two and three wheeled electric vehicles.

The chair of the Colonial Motor Company, Jim Gibbons, finishes his final term as an member of the MTA Board in a few months and he leaves big shoes to fill.

Auckland repairer and parts distributor Qualitat European has new owners - but they are old friends - Vagn Dyson has worked there since he joined as an apprentice.

ESC technology becomes compulsory in all used vehicles bought into New Zealand from next March. With the bulk of imports being small cars, this is going to have a big impact on what is shipped in from Japan. Dealers talk about what they expect will happen.

Team Hutchinson Ford now has the national licence to turn the latest Mustangs into a high(er) performance Roush RS3.

MTA's partnership with ATNZ provides businesses with a hassle-free way of taking on new apprentices.

The Trevor Pierce Yamaha dealership has overcome earthquakes, debt and stress and will this year sell over 100 new bikes.

Craig Pomare discusses the NZTA WoF investigations, vehicle safety, a retail fuel market study, business continuity planning, and an MTA member who recently received the Queen's Service Medal.

Jaguar Land Rover has just appointed its first factory-approved authorised New Zealand collision repairers - three in the North Island and two in the South. Four are MTA members

There’s strong support within the sector for the government to raise the standards for new and used vehicles entering New Zealand.

The team at Upper Hutt restoration specialists Bristols Group Ltd have just taken out the top honour at Australia’s largest and most prestigious motor show, Motorclassica.

Wellington Motorcycles are bringing in the latest Indian models and a variety of quality used imports from Japan in time for riders to make the most of summer.

Check out the GoAuto review of the new American-made Camaro being converted to right hand drive in Australia by the HSV team.

Fiji Indian businessman Govind ‘Sam’ Achary lost everything in the 1987 Fiji coup, arriving in New Zealand with just $32 in his pocket. Today, his family-owned company, SAI Group, operates 13 Mobil service stations as well as a handful of other companies.

Bigger, better, faster – Glen August is delighted with his new SMART collision repair workshop in Petone, Wellington.

A plea for less plastic from a Queenstown workshop has prompted BNT to rethink the way its 55 branches package up local customers' goods.