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News: DfT swerves questions on talks with electric...


Officials at the DfT have partially rejected a freedom of information request made by Driving to obscure details of its meetings with the boss of...
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News: Eagle-eyed Volvo takes risk out of turning right


Volvo is preparing to launch a car that will watch traffic at junctions and then hit the brakes if you’re about to pull into the path of another...
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News: McLaren unveils 986bhp GTR P1 for P1 owners only


McLaren has unveiled a track-focused edition of its road-going P1, but if you want one, you’re too late.
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News: Tesla opens new London store and service centre


Electric car maker Tesla has opened its second UK store as part of the electric car maker's continuing UK expansion.
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Buying guide: How to buy Britain’s best-selling car...


Why is the Fiesta so popular? Easy: the Fiesta offers the best driving experience of any small car, and its low running costs go a long way with cash-strapped...
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Mercedes-Benz C-class saloon review (2014-on)


This is the new, fourth-generation C-class, the best-selling model in the German company’s range.
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Test your knowledge: Who invented the first self-propelled...


Three wheels, a huge steam engine mounted forward of the front wheel and a top speed of 2.5mph; the first self-propelled road vehicle would have been...
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A steam car named desire: one man’s dream to drive...


If you think boiling a pan of water over a small camp fire is hazardous, spare a thought for Nick Howell...
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Exclusive: Ford says fully autonomous cars may never...


It may have created the family car without a B-post and the boot release that works by waggling your foot, but Ford says a car that drives itself...
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News: Government raises speed limit on rural roads...


Drivers are be less likely to find themselves stuck behind dawdling lorries after the government announced that it would increase the speed limit...
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Car clinic: Can I remap a Porsche Macan S engine to...


Q. What’s to stop me buying the cheaper Macan S and having the engine remapped to boost its power?
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News: Is second-hand Holden Barina sales video the...


A video of a Holden Barina (a Vauxhall Corsa in the UK) produced by its owner who is selling it has been viewed so many times that he is now auctioning...