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News: Gangnam style costs Hyundai £6bn

Two years after its spread around the globe, Gangnam Style fever has caught up with Hyundai, and cost it dearly...
Published 18 September 2014
Jeremy Clarkson car launch event quotes

Clarkson on: car launches

What would Clarkson have made of Jaguar's rather theatrical launch this week of the BMW 3-series-rivalling XE? As the be-jeansed one chose not to...
Published 12 September 2014
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News: Nissan Qashqai best place to change a baby’s...

The Nissan Qashqai is parents’ favourite car in which to change a baby’s nappy, according to a survey...
Published 02 September 2014
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News: Council paints “bup” at bus stop

You wait for one bup, and then three all come at once...
Published 26 August 2014
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News: Drivers narrowly avoid major “quack-ccident”...

Drivers in South Wales had a surprise when over 300 rubber ducks fell out of a van and on to a busy road...
Published 26 August 2014
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News: Norway police arrest their first drunk Segway...

With its two small wheels supporting a rider standing upright and gripping a long handle, a Segway looks like it requires a superhuman sense of balance...
Published 21 August 2014
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News: Road sweeper tries – and fails – to sweep...

A CCTV camera has captured the moment a large road sweeper truck appeared to sweep away a VW Golf parked on the side of the road...
Published 20 August 2014
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News: Woman finds boa constrictor in second-hand Golf

It sounds like an optional extra for a Dodge Viper or an AC Cobra but a boa constrictor that gave one car buyer a nasty surprise was coiled up in...
Published 20 August 2014
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News: Trucks damage house after sat navs keep sending...

A homeowner is facing expensive house repairs after the latest truck driver to ignore a narrow road sign and follow his sat nav squeezed his vehicle...
Published 20 August 2014
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News: Axe flies from pick-up truck through following...

Stones, cigarette ends, even birds… most drivers have experienced one or all of these hitting their windscreen. But an axe?
Published 08 August 2014
Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear quotes

Clarkson on: Top Gear

When the BBC’s Top Gear was re-invented in 2002 it proved an instant hit with the public and at its peak attracted UK audiences of more than 7m...
Published 24 July 2014
Jeremy Clarkson himself quotes

Clarkson on: Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson is as cutting about himself as he is about anyone else, and his columns occasionally contain fascinating insights into the life of...
Published 24 July 2014