20 May 2021

The Rest Is History: The earliest cars

From Lately, 10:30 pm on 20 May 2021

Tonight we're going back to 1901 to something that can't help but give you a chuckle in today's high octane world.  Nicholas Oates was the first person to import a car into New Zealand. It was a Benz - and safe to say, at its top speed it struggled to top 14 miles per hour. It still got him into trouble though. Motoring historian,  John McCrystle chats to Karyn about the very first car crashes, speeding tickets and other motoring offences.

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Photo: NZ History