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Coronavirus leads to bigger drop in car sales than after financial crash

Coronavirus leads to huge drop in car sales

New car registrations were 44.4% lower March than in the same month in 2019 after the Covid-19 virus caused showrooms to close.
Published 06 April 2020
Clarkson: Is the Renault Clio a better small car than the Ford Fiesta?

Clarkson: Is the new Clio better than the Fiesta?

Jeremy Clarkson has never owned a French car, and has never had an inclination to. Can the new Clio change his mind?
Published 05 April 2020
2020 Honda Jazz: updates, tech, images, price, specs

2020 Honda Jazz: all the details

We now have all the details about the new generation of the Honda Jazz, the Japanese company’s spacious rival to the Ford Fiesta and VW Polo.
Published 04 April 2020
How car makers and F1 teams are helping the fight against coronavirus

How car makers and F1 teams are helping with Covid

With expert engineering knowhow and fabrication tools, many car companies and motor sport teams have shifted to help fight coronavirus.
Published 03 April 2020
Bernie Ecclestone to become a father again to first son at the age of 89

Ecclestone to become father again aged 89

Bernie Ecclestone, the man who turned F1 into one of the world’s biggest sports, is to become one of the world’s oldest known new fathers.
Published 03 April 2020
Banned 20 registration plates

EU prefix among the banned '20' plates

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has revealed the new ’20’ numberplates deemed too offensive or provocative for our roads.
Published 01 April 2020
Petrol pumps should carry cigarette-style images of blackened lungs, says health experts

Petrol pumps to 'show images of blackened lungs'

Health experts have called on the government to add images of cigarette packet-style blackened lungs and flooded homes to petrol pumps.
Published 31 March 2020
Research has found the most popular car in video game

These cars have appeared most often in video games

Car marketplace carwow has conducted new research to find the most popular virtual vehicle.
Published 31 March 2020
Coronavirus: Mercedes produces breathing aid with UCL

Mercedes F1 helps develop Covid-19 breathing aid

Mercedes F1, in rapid time, has developed a breathing aid that can help people suffering with the Covid-19 virus to stay out of intensive care.
Published 30 March 2020
Are the AA and RAC breakdown services working during Covid-19 lockdown?

Are the RAC and AA working during lockdown?

Breakdown services tell us how their home and roadside breakdown assistance services have been affected during Covid-19.
Published 29 March 2020
Jeremy Clarkson: The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ is riddled with problems ... just as a supercar should be

Jeremy Clarkson reviews the Aventador SVJ

Jeremy Clarkson is a man of many talents. Journalist, presenter, author… Lamborghini historian?
Published 29 March 2020
2020 Goodwood Festival of Speed postponed due to Covid-19

Goodwood Festival of Speed postponed

The Goodwood Festival of Speed has become the most recent Automotive Event to be delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Published 27 March 2020