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News: Top Gear Live 2015 explodes into action with...

Top Gear fans had better buckle up tight: Top Gear Live has been announced for 2015, and this time it will be touring the UK.
Published 10 November 2014
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The best cars for young drivers

Young drivers need parental help to get them on the road more than ever but there is a big choice of small cars and great deals
Published 10 November 2014
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First Drive review: Smart Fortwo Passion (2015)

Its dashboard may resemble Cookie Monster, the goggle-eyed character from Sesame Street but the newly bulked-up city car is fit for purpose...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: Volkswagen offers used-car buyers a tempting...

For this week only, all Mk 7 Golf S or SE models purchased on Volkswagen Financial Services’ Solutions personal contract plan will be available...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: Pristine Porsche 911 SC goes to auction for Whizz-Kidz...

Any self-respecting 1980s banker would have given their annual bonus to get behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 SC. The 204bhp 3-litre flat-six engine...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: Victoria's Secret owner wants money back on £11m...

ONE OF the most expensive cars to be sold is at the centre of a row over its ownership, involving one of the world’s most prestigious auction houses...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: BMW in court over Mini ‘carbon monoxide poisoning’

A design flaw in a Mini Clubman resulted in its driver being poisoned by her car’s exhaust fumes, a court is due to hear this week...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: Fill-up fillip as fuel prices drop to four-year...

Motorists received an early Christmas present last week when the cost of fuel dropped to its lowest level in four years...
Published 10 November 2014
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AA Gill takes the Jeep Grand Cherokee north of the...

The American invader hoping to win over AA Gill on his Scottish sojourn
Published 10 November 2014
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Test your knowledge: which car had the first remotely...

It was claimed to be the first mass-produced coupé to be designed in a wind tunnel. Not literally, of course; the paper would have blown off the...
Published 08 November 2014
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News: Metric road signs become mandatory

Councils will be forced to install road signs with metric measurements under new rules due to be introduced next year.
Published 07 November 2014
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News: Top Gear puts on a beret for French spin-off

Jeremy Clarkson once said that no one in France has a nice car because “France is essentially communist and anyone who displays outward signs of...
Published 07 November 2014