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Car sales drop 16 per cent amid diesel confusion and continued uncertainty over Brexit

Car sales plunge amid continued uncertainty

Sales of new cars show no sign of bouncing back as the latest figures, released today, reveal a 15.7% drop in demand...
Published 05 April 2018
Apple's self-driving car may use VR to simulate escaping a zombie horde

Apple self-driving car will let you fight zombies

Fully self-driving cars may be a long way off, especially since the fatal Uber accident last month, but that isn't stopping some technology...
Published 05 April 2018
Boom-time for Aston Martin as brand value leaps 268% to $3.6bn

Boom-time for Aston Martin as brand value leaps

UK new car sales are continuing to nosedive, according to figures released today by the SMMT, but no-one told Aston Martin.
Published 05 March 2018
Big demand for Minis keeps used car sales puffing along

Big demand for Minis keeps used car sales going

Britain’s used car market held steady last year despite a slip in fourth-quarter sales, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trade
Published 23 February 2018
Zebra Fuel fills up the car on your driveway while you sleep

Zebra Fuel fills up the car while you sleep

Filling up the car can be a bit of a chore for every motorist. Now a solution is at hand: fuel delivered to your front door.
Published 15 February 2018

Britain among world’s worst for traffic jams

Britain has been named among the ten most gridlocked countries in the world with motorists spending 31 hours a year stuck in peak-time traffic.
Published 13 February 2018
New car sales fall in April 2017

UK carmakers hit by crash in demand

Car production at British factories has fallen to an 18-month low after deliveries to the domestic market collapsed by more than 28 per cent.
Published 28 December 2017
Phillip Hammond budget 2017: implications and details for drivers - diesel, fuel duty, driverless cars, road tax and more

Budget 2017: everything drivers need to know

The chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond, has announced the government’s 2017 Budget. Here's what you need to know.
Published 22 November 2017
Nigel Mansell: Lewis Hamilton did nothing wrong by allegedly avoiding tax on jet

Nigel Mansell: Hamilton did nothing wrong on tax

Former Formula One world champion Nigel Mansell has told Sunday Times Driving that Lewis Hamilton has done nothing wrong by allegedly avoiding...
Published 09 November 2017
James Dyson electric car details and launch date

Dyson confirms electric car on sale by 2020

James Dyson has ended growing speculation after confirming that he intends to launch an electric car.
Published 27 September 2017
Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads

Uber licence not renewed in London

Ride-hailing firm Uber is "not fit and proper" to be a private hire operator, according to Transport for London (TfL)...
Published 22 September 2017
Sterling fuels rising car exports and production

Weak sterling boosts car exports and production

Overseas demand helped to lift British car production to its best February in 17 years.
Published 30 March 2017