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Reverse gear: 2017’s top 10 new car reviews

The year is nearly over. But what a year it has been for drivers. Britain's biggest-selling car, the Fiesta, has been replaced...
Published 25 December 2017
Mini-motorways to ease congestion on busy roads

Mini-motorways to ease congestion on busy roads

A new generation of mini-motorways are to be created across England to combat congestion amid warnings that traffic will rise by more than a thir
Published 22 December 2017
One in six drivers admits being over alcohol limit, RAC figures suggest

One in six admits driving over alcohol limit

Millions of drivers have admitted to getting behind the wheel in the past 12 months despite thinking that they might be over the drink-drink limi
Published 21 December 2017
China builds world’s biggest floating solar plant in drive to switch to electric cars

China's floating solar plant for electric cars

China is to build the world’s biggest floating solar power plant to meet the drive toward electric cars, as it attempts to reduce the country’s...
Published 21 December 2017
Beam me up: advice will be streamed to dashboards by fibre-optic cables in motorway

Beam me up: advice will be streamed to dashboards

Hundreds of miles of fibre-optic cables running along the centre of England’s busiest motorways will aim to eradicate congestion by beaming traff
Published 20 December 2017
Me and My Motor: Adam Henson, the Countryfile presenter

Me and My Motor: Adam Henson, of Countryfile

Adam Henson, the farmer and Countryfile presenter, was driving Land Rovers around his father’s Gloucestershire farm from the age of eight. He gra
Published 20 December 2017
York becomes second city to ban Uber

York becomes second city to ban Uber

York has become the second UK city to ban Uber after receiving more than 150 complaints about the taxi-hailing app.
Published 20 December 2017
Booze cruise: why it's rarely safe to drive the morning after drinking alcohol

Booze cruise: driving the morning after alcohol

Tis the season to be jolly. But things may not be so jolly for drivers who drive the morning after the night before, without having checked wheth
Published 19 December 2017
Fiat Punto Euro NCAP zero star crash test safety issues

Fiat Punto: Euro NCAP’s first ever zero star car

European vehicle safety organisation Euro NCAP has issued its first ever rating of zero stars in its latest round of crash tests.
Published 15 December 2017
Al Murray Pub Landlord cars Me and My Motor Sunday Times interview by Danny Scott

Me and My Motor: comedian Al Murray

"I often used to wonder what the Pub Landlord would drive,” says Al Murray of his comedy alter ego. “I decided he would have a cut ’n’ shut...
Published 12 December 2017
The grand tour season 2 episode 1 review round-up

The Grand Tour season 2 episode 1: reviews

The critics have begun delivering verdicts on the new series of The Grand Tour, which was published on Amazon Prime video last night.
Published 08 December 2017
LEVC TX new electric london taxi

New London taxi could be a game-changer

It looks very similar to every other London black cab currently on the road but the new London taxi, which goes into service today, is a world aw
Published 05 December 2017