OIL CAPS: News briefs from the week

New Zealanders who wish to have the most awesome rear wheels you’ve ever seen fitted to their expensive Porsche sports cars should rejoice: Manthey Performance Kits are now available here, available at all four authorised Porsche NZ dealerships. Manthey-Racing GmbH is a German company that has earned international attention in the world of motorsport. The team runs GT works competition cars for Porsche Motorsport, and has partnered with Porsche to develop the line of accessories. The Performance Kits are now available to order from the Porsche Tequipment accessories division on the 911

GT2 RS (991.2), 911 GT3 RS (991.2), 911 GT3

(992) and 718 GT4 RS (982) models.

The ongoing climate emergency requires us to fundamentally rethink how we get around. Transportation accounts for approximately 25 per cent of European greenhouse-gas emissions. Of this, road transportation represents by far the largest percentage. While the Covid19 epidemic briefly interrupted the rise in emissions, they’ve since resumed their upward climb. Public authorities have been working to persuade residents to abandon combustion-powered cars in favour of electric vehicles. As of 2023, 20 EU member states offered incentives, and most of the other members have put tax incentives or exemptions in place.

Entrepreneur and motor racer Tony Quinn has become the latest recipient of the Neil Nelson Trophy from the New Zealand Motoring Writers Guild.

The organisation says the award is “bestowed upon individuals whom the Guild has considered to have gone above and beyond the norm in contributing to the motoring landscape in NZ”. Some of the past 11 recipients of the Neil Nelson Award have included Giltrap Group founder and philanthropist Colin Giltrap, used vehicle importer and Rally NZ chair Peter “PJ” Johnston, the late Formula 1 Ferrari driver Chris Amon, and V8 Supercar driver and road safety advocate Greg

Murphy.