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Drivers could win payouts over mis‑selling of former rental cars

Drivers could win payouts over mis‑selling

Hundreds of thousands of car owners could be in line for compensation amid warnings of a mis-selling scandal. Lawyers said that some people could
Published 12 January 2018
Businessman faked accident to buy valuable private number plate

Businessman faked accident to buy car number plate

The director of an accident claims firm has been convicted for reporting a fake crash to the government’s licensing agency in order to trace the...
Published 11 January 2018
London tops table of middle lane hoggers on motorways

London tops table of middle lane hoggers

Nothing gets drivers grumbling quite like other motorists hogging the middle lane. Now research reveals that drivers should avoid London if they
Published 11 January 2018
New car sales 2017 vs 2007: winners and losers as Vauxhall tumbles and Mercedes booms

Vauxhall sales plummeted in 2017, Mercedes' boomed

Has the humble family hatchback had its day? Data showing the number of new cars sold in the UK last year paints a gloomy picture for Vauxhall, o
Published 10 January 2018
Dieselgate: readers complain of new issues after VW 'fix'

Dieselgate: complaints of new issues after VW fix

THE Volkswagen Group's fix for its vehicles caught up in the dieselgate emissions scandal was meant to be simple.
Published 10 January 2018
Airbubbl system removes toxic air from inside car

Airbubbl system removes toxic air from inside car

Technology that sucks toxic gas out of cars will be introduced early next year after fears that drivers and passengers are being exposed to dange
Published 09 January 2018
Driverless cars are a “waste of time and money”

Driverless cars are a “waste of time and money”

Plans to make the UK a world centre for driverless cars are a “waste of time and money” as research suggests that the public believes they are...
Published 08 January 2018
Fire chief calls for sprinklers after Liverpool car park inferno

Fire chief calls for sprinklers in car parks

The blaze that destroyed 1,400 vehicles as it swept through a multistorey car park on New Year’s Eve could have been halted by sprinklers, a fire
Published 08 January 2018
Audi e-tron SUV, September 2018

The best new cars launching in 2018

With new car registrations dipping in 2017 for the first time in six years, as consumer confidence takes a hit, car makers are having to...
Published 05 January 2018
RAC warns drivers to expect higher fuel bills

RAC warns drivers to expect higher fuel bills

THE RAC has warned that drivers face rising fuel prices in 2018.
Published 04 January 2018
Jeremy Clarkson's most popular articles 2017

Clarkson's top 10 most popular reviews of 2017

In between creating TV shows and catching pneumonia, Jeremy Clarkson writes car reviews for Sunday Times Driving. These are his biggest hits.
Published 29 December 2017
Many Uber drivers are working 12 hours a day

Many Uber drivers are working 12 hours a day

MPs have criticised Uber after it emerged that hundreds of drivers are working the equivalent of almost 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
Published 28 December 2017