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Top Gear series 25: preview guide

Top Gear TV is back! Your guide to series 25

Top Gear returns to our screens this weekend, featuring Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris, Rory Reid and lots of shiny metal. They're promising speed...
Published 23 February 2018
Caught on dash cam: Car nearly flattened by boulder in Taiwan

Video: Car nearly flattened by boulder

A driver in Taiwan had a close call on February 20 when a large boulder fell just seconds from his car on a highway.
Published 23 February 2018
Truck dash cam captures drug driving crash on M1 motorway in Australia

Video: Truck dash cam captures drug driving crash

A truck's dash cam captured the moment a car driver high on drugs pulled out into the HGV's path while rejoining an Australian highway.
Published 23 February 2018
Video: Felon catches fire after crashing car into hospital accident & emergency ward

Video: Driver catches fire after A&E crash

A dramatic video has captured the immediate aftermath of a car crashing into the entrance of a hospital accident and emergency room in America.
Published 23 February 2018
Oxford Street in London is one of England’s worst roads revealed: are any near you?

England’s worst roads revealed: are any near you?

The worst roads in England have been revealed, with just under 7,000 receiving complaints in 2017.
Published 23 February 2018

Middle classes drive electric car boom

The middle classes are driving demand for electric cars - but have nowhere to charge a battery.
Published 23 February 2018
Driverless cars may take over if humans are drowsy

Driverless cars may take over if humans are drowsy

The scene: a drizzly and dark M4 in the near future. A semi-autonomous truck is nearing its turn-off and the driver is alerted that he needs to t
Published 23 February 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

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