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Shampoo ‘as bad a health risk as car fumes’

Shampoo, oven cleaner, deodorant and other household products are as significant a source of the most dangerous form of air pollution as cars, re
Published 22 February 2018
Pigeons "the perfect tool" for monitoring air pollution

Pigeons "the perfect tool" to monitor pollution

They have been maligned as “rats of the sky”, a filthy menace blighting our cities. Could it be, though, that far from spreading illness from...
Published 22 February 2018
New 2018 Volvo V60 estate puts the boot into Audi and BMW

Volvo V60 estate puts the boot into Audi and BMW

Volvo won’t admit it, but the Swedish car maker has become too cool to talk about mundane matters such as how much shopping or flat-pack furnitur
Published 22 February 2018
Tough talking: new Land Rover Explore smartphone revealed

Tough talking: new Land Rover Explore smartphone

Mobile phone users who find themselves frequently cursing the short battery life and fragile screen may want to head to their nearest Land Rover
Published 22 February 2018
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Porsche stops selling diesel cars

Porsche will no longer sell diesel-powered cars. The German car manufacturer announced that it is to discontinue the remaining diesel car from it
Published 21 February 2018
Head to head: new Ferrari 488 Pista vs Porsche 911 GT3 RS

New Ferrari 488 Pista vs Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Like Borg and McEnroe, Prost and Senna, and India and Pakistan, one of the greatest rivalries between sports car makers has been reignited, after
Published 21 February 2018
Fast-track only: meet the new Ferrari 488 Pista

Fast-track only: meet the new Ferrari 488 Pista

Ferrari is one of the most secretive of car companies of all, but that hasn’t stopped pictures of the new 488 Pista finding their way into the op
Published 20 February 2018
Emissions scandal: after VW did Mercedes cheat diesel tests?

After VW did Mercedes cheat diesel tests?

German media allege that US authorities have discovered that Daimler, parent of Mercedes, developed software for its diesel-powered vehicles that
Published 20 February 2018

Teenager killed during a ride in Ferrari

A driver who gave a car-mad teenager a short ride in a Ferrari on a private road has been accused of careless driving, after causing a crash that
Published 20 February 2018
Fake garage door hid illegal house

Fake garage door hid illegal house

A couple who went to elaborate lengths to disguise a tiny extra home as a garage will have to pay thousands of pounds after being caught...
Published 20 February 2018
Me and My Motor: Carol Kirkwood, BBC weather presenter on her cars and career (interview)

Me and My Motor: Carol Kirkwood

Even when I was little, I was obsessed with cars,” says Carol Kirkwood, the BBC weather presenter. “I used to sit in Mum’s Austin Maxi ...
Published 19 February 2018
Aspark Owl fastest-accelerating road-going EV - 0-62mph time

Video: £3m Aspark Owl EV hits 62mph in 1.9sec!

Aspark, a Japanese car maker, believes that the characteristics of electric motors makes them best for out-running the world's fastest supercars
Published 19 February 2018