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Watch: Alligator rides in Florida police car

Watch: Alligator rides in Florida police car

Footage released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office shows the reptile sliding out of a police car and making its ways towards a lake
Published 26 June 2018
Saudi woman drives Formula One car to mark end of ban

Saudi woman drives Formula One car

As the ban on women drivers was lifted in Saudi Arabia, one of the country's leading female motorsport figures marked the occasion by getting...
Published 26 June 2018
Honda production at Swindon car plant

Brexit caused car industry investment to halve

Total investment in the UK's car industry for 2018 so far has plummeted by almost 50%, the SMMT has revealed.
Published 26 June 2018
Ingolstadt shows support for Audi's autonomous flying taxi programme

Audi's flying taxi one step closer to take off.

Audi's and Airbus' flying car programme is one step closer to taking off, after the mayor of Ingolstadt announced his support for the project.
Published 26 June 2018
Smartphone apps could soon replace car keys

Smartphone apps could soon replace car keys

The traditional car key could soon be phased out, as part of a new collaborative effort to replace them with mobile phone-based "digital keys".
Published 26 June 2018
Student, 20, filmed being dragged from car by police and pulling officer's hair

Student, 20, filmed dragged from car by police

A student was dragged from her car by police after her friend stuck her head through a car sunroof in Arcata, California.
Published 26 June 2018
Stunning one-off Lamborghini Miura SVR fully restored

Lamborghini restores one-off Miura SVR

Lamborghini has completed the restoration of perhaps the most special Lamborghini Miura of all: the one-off Miura SVR.
Published 26 June 2018
Video: Hero dad pulls son from burning racing car

Video: Hero dad pulls son from burning car

A racing driver was saved by his dad after getting trapped in his burning car at the South Boston Speedway track, Virginia.
Published 25 June 2018
Volkswagen ID R smashes Pikes Peak hill climb record

Volkswagen ID R smashes Pikes Peak record

The all-electric Volkswagen ID R prototype racing car has smashed the outright record at the Pikes Peak hill climb course by a whole 16 seconds.
Published 25 June 2018

Drivers still unaware of harsher mobile penalties

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of drivers remain unaware of the penalties associated with being caught using a handheld phone
Published 25 June 2018
Californian police release bear trapped in Subaru Outback

Video: Police release bear trapped in car

Police in California recently undertook an unusual rescue mission, after releasing a bear that had managed to trap itself in a car.
Published 25 June 2018
Classic car hire now offered through AirBnB

AirBnB to offer classic car hire service

The online lodging broker AirBnB has broadened its horizons into an unlikely new market: the classic car hire business.
Published 25 June 2018