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Interview: Nissan's electric car chief on new Leaf...

If the Frankfurt motor show is anything to go by, plug-in cars are still very much part of car makers' plans for the near future. In fact, after Tesla...
Published 16 September 2015

Interview: Chris Hoy on cycling to motor racing

What does Britain's most successful Olympian do when he retires from professional cycling? Far from resting on his many laurels ...
Published 17 July 2015
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Richard Branson: I tell you, in 20 years all cars will...

Branson’s huge fortune is inextricably linked with burning fossil fuels. But he believes we are closing in on the breakthrough that will make battery...
Published 06 July 2015
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TVR, Gordon Murray and Cosworth: we interview Les Edgar...

It used to be said that any TVR sports car had a bark that was as severe as its bite. Noisy, fast and with road-holding that kept even the sharpest...
Published 03 June 2015
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Interview: Seat cars design chief on creases, tension...

When you’re the youngest child in a large family, it’s easy to go unnoticed. Seat knows the feeling
Published 24 April 2015
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Eau de Bentley: Why create a Bentley perfume, and what...

If you want to get the “Bentley feeling” but can’t quite stretch to the £136,500 price of a shiny new Bentley Continental GT V8, there is another...
Published 10 April 2015
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Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of Gran Turismo, on how...

The world of the racing game is fast-moving in every sense. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ll know that the games industry has been...
Published 29 January 2015
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Interview: Ian Callum, Jaguar’s design director on...

The man behind Jaguar's astonishing design turnaround talks to us exclusively about the expected Jaguar SUV, heartbreak over killing his supercar...
Published 12 December 2014
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Bear Grylls on Land Rover, his first car and adventuring

Bear Grylls has thrilled fans and riled critics with his wilderness television adventures. Over a campfire in a canyon he tells Driving that a bit...
Published 02 December 2014
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Michael Owen exclusive: the footballer on his favourite...

“Why a Rover coupé?” asks Jake Humphrey of his passenger, footballing legend Michael Owen, a man who went on to own an Aston Martin Vanquish...
Published 22 August 2014
Interview: Nissan’s Andy Palmer and Shiro Nakamura talk GT-R, Pulsar and future cars

Interview: Nissan’s Palmer and Nakamura talk GT-R...

It's an exciting time for Nissan, which is riding the crest of sales wave with the Juke and Qashqai SUVs, which has clearly given the company enough...
Published 15 August 2014
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Interview: “We are back,” says Honda UK boss Philip...

Driving catches up with Honda head honcho to talk new Civic Type-R, new NSX, next year's return to F1 and autonomous cars.
Published 08 August 2014