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Mercedes airbag recall involves 400,000 British cars

Mercedes airbag recall affects 400,000 UK cars

Mercedes is asking nearly 400,000 British drivers to return their luxury cars for urgent repairs, after airbags on around 30 of its vehicles...
Published 17 October 2017
Interview: Jenson Button on quitting F1 and his father’s death

Jenson Button on quitting F1 and father's death

Jenson Button’s career in Formula One was ended by a head injury. But it wasn’t his. It killed his father, John, the man who inspired and...
Published 16 October 2017
New Range Rover plug-in hybrid promises 101mpg

New Range Rover plug-in hybrid promises 101mpg

More than a decade after Greenpeace invaded its factory in Solihull, accusing Land Rover of polluting the planet with its 4x4s, the company has c
Published 11 October 2017
Britax wants to put airbags in child seats - but car makers refuse to help

Child seat makers introducing airbags

Child seats fitted with airbags are to go on sale in a move that is likely to prompt new debate over children’s safety in cars.
Published 10 October 2017
Range Rover Sport gets electric power: plug-in hybrid SUV promises 101mpg

Range Rover Sport gets electric power

The environmental performance of Land Rovers has come a long way since 2005, when protestors from Greenpeace declared the company’s Solihull fact
Published 08 October 2017
Haynes OnDemand reader offer: motoring maintenance videos exclusive discount

Haynes OnDemand reader offer

Access new motoring maintenance videos from Haynes from just 99p
Published 06 October 2017
Laughs, insight and nonsense: The Grand Tour Guide to the World book review

The Grand Tour Guide to the World book review

You know you're not going to be disappointed with The Grand Tour Guide to the World as soon as you read the disclaimer, inside the cover.
Published 06 October 2017
Deaths on British roads reach five-year high

Deaths on British roads reach five-year high

Figures released today show that the number of deaths on Britain’s roads continue to rise. A total of 1,792 people lost their lives in road traff
Published 28 September 2017
Women to be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia

Women to be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia

A long-standing injustice is set to be quashed after a royal decree will see women allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia for the first time.  
Published 27 September 2017
James Dyson electric car details and launch date

Dyson confirms electric car on sale by 2020

James Dyson has ended growing speculation after confirming that he intends to launch an electric car.
Published 27 September 2017
Sunday Times Magazine lands The Grand Tour world exclusive

The Grand Tour settles down in the Cotswolds

With their greying hair, expanding waistlines and aching limbs, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have at times given the impression
Published 27 September 2017
Me and My Motor: Helen Glover, Olympic rower

Me and My Motor: Helen Glover

Helen Glover has been the top-ranking female rower in the world since 2015, totting up three world championships, five World Cup wins and two...
Published 25 September 2017