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LA show round-up: How La La land turned Motown

Its only major car maker is Tesla up the road near San Francisco but this week, California gave every impression of being at the heart of the world’s...
Published 22 November 2013
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Tokyo Motor Show: the weirdest cars

Every other year, the car industry travels to the Tokyo motor show in Japan, a country where a fish so poisonous that it kills diners every year is...
Published 22 November 2013
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Tokyo show: Volkswagen’s baby Up! gets plug-in hybrid...

VOLKSWAGEN HAS unveiled a version of its baby Up! city car capable of a super-miserly 256.8mpg.
Published 20 November 2013
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Tokyo show: Honda shows off Juke-rivalling Vezel SUV...

HONDA WILL be launching a major challenge to the best-selling Nissan Juke compact SUV in 2015 with this, the Urban SUV, or Vezel as it will be known...
Published 20 November 2013
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Tokyo show: the view from the show floor on press day

TEN YEARS ago, every major car manufacturer in the world would have been at the Tokyo motor show, but now the list of premier league no-shows is actually...
Published 20 November 2013
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LA/Tokyo motor shows: Mercedes says goodbye to SLS...

AS IF its gullwing doors weren’t statement enough, a special version of the outgoing Mercedes AMG SLS has been unveiled at the LA and Tokyo motor...
Published 20 November 2013
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Your motoring problems solved

Must numberplates be white at the front of the car and yellow at the rear?
Published 18 November 2013
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The Clarkson review: BMW 435i M Sport (2014)

WHEN I first moved to London, during the war — with Argentina, that is — Knightsbridge was a quite genteel place full of old ladies and...
Published 16 November 2013
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Tokyo show: Nissan to launch 3E Google Glass-style...

Nissan has released a dramatic film previewing a glasses-type wearable device that could allow a driver to download information from the internet...
Published 14 November 2013
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Your motoring problems solved

My friend has received a letter from the police stating that his car’s details were left on the windscreen of a damaged vehicle by a witness.
Published 11 November 2013
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Your used car buying problems solved

What’s the safest supermini I could buy for my daughter? The car should also be practical, stylish enough that she won’t refuse to drive it
Published 11 November 2013
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Tokyo show: Toyota to show FV2 concept that can change...

A car that can reflect its driver’s emotions by changing colour is being shown at the Tokyo motor show later this month.
Published 07 November 2013