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Watch police stop drunk motorist driving wrong way down motorway

Police stop drunk driver doing wrong way on M4

Thames Valley Police have released CCTV footage showing how they brought a drunk driver, travelling against traffic on the wrong side of the M4.
Published 20 December 2018
Morgan drops the V8 engine and introduces wide body sports car

Morgan is ditching the V8, and they're not happy

British sports car maker Morgan has been fitting V8 engines to its cars for 50 years but the last two models to receive the classic eight-cylinde
Published 18 December 2018
Watch Ken Block Gymkhana 10: The ultimate tyre-slaying tour

Watch Ken Block Gymkhana 10

Rally star and YouTube sensation Ken Block is back with a new Gymkhana video, this time featuring not one but five fast Fords, in five locations.
Published 17 December 2018
Bloudhound SSC car will make its 1,000mph land speed record attempt in autumn 2019

Bloodhound land speed record project saved

Shortly after being declared insolvent, the Bloodhound land speed record project is back on track thanks to the support of a private investor.
Published 17 December 2018
Jeremy Clarkson's, Richard Hammond's and James May's best Top Gear and Grand Tour moments

Clarkson, Hammond and May's best moments

Don't worry about The Grand Tour ditching the tent in Season 4: some of Clarkson's, Hammond's and May's best work was filmed outside the studio.
Published 17 December 2018
Clarkson: the Lamborghini Aventador is the worst car I've driven in years

Clarkson: Aventador S roadster is a terrible car

He may have described it as a "terrible car" in his Sunday Times review, but Jeremy Clarkson still "absolutely loves" the Lamborghini Aventador.
Published 16 December 2018
The grand tour season 2 episode 1 review round-up

Clarkson, Hammond and May call it a day

Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are reported to have called time on their run of studio-based car shows. 
Published 14 December 2018
Video: David Green explains what makes the Aston Martin Vantage our Sport Car of the Year

Aston Vantage, our Sports Car of the Year (spon)

Luxx magazine editor David Green goes for a late-night tour of London in our Sports Car of the Year 2018, the Aston Martin Vantage.
Published 13 December 2018
Morris Minor owners most likely to drink drive

Drivers of these cars most likely to drink drive

The perpetually-inebriated characters of Withnail and I famously drove a Jaguar Mk2, but these are the cars most likely to be driven while drunk.
Published 11 December 2018
How to Buy a Classic Car: a buying guide by Charlotte Vowden for Driving.co.uk, in association with Footman James

How to buy a classic car

Buying a classic car means succumbing to a mode of transport with a high-maintenance guarantee. Here's how to ease the worries.
Published 10 December 2018

Car windscreen smashed on highway by flying bin

A Dallas driver's dash cam filmed the remarkable moment an unsecured bin was launched into the air and struck the car's windscreen.
Published 10 December 2018
Tesla driver caught asleep behind the wheel at 70mph

Drunk Tesla driver caught asleep at 70mph

A Tesla Model S driver has been arrested after police spotted the motorist asleep while his car was travelling along a highway at 70mph.
Published 10 December 2018