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Undercover police ride bicycles and don Lycra to catch dangerous drivers

Undercover police ride bicycles to catch drivers

Police swapped panda cars for bicycles and uniforms for Lycra to catch motorists who drive dangerously close when overtaking cyclists.
Published 12 July 2017
Ultra-fast F1-inspired Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar photos revealed

Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar photo gallery

Aston Martin has released images of updates to the Valkyrie hypercar, as the British brand gets nearer to production...
Published 12 July 2017
Breaking down The Grand Tour season 2 sneak peek video

The Grand Tour season 2 sneak peek

The Grand Tour has released a sneak peek video of season 2, exclusively to Amazon Prime members at the time of publishing...
Published 11 July 2017
Me and My Motor: Rande Gerber, bar entrepeneur and husband of supermodel Cindy Crawford

Me and My Motor: Rande Gerber

Rande Gerber made headlines last month when he and George Clooney, his business partner and drinking buddy, sold their Casamigos tequila brand...
Published 11 July 2017
France races ahead of London as it pledges to ban diesel and petrol cars by 2040

France ahead of Britain with diesel and petrol ban

France has announced it will ban diesel and petrol cars from roads by 2040. The move is part of the nation's commitment to the Paris climate deal
Published 07 July 2017
High voltage: all Volvos will be electric by 2021

All Volvos will be electrified from 2019

Volvo says all the cars it launches from 2019 will be hybrid or electric, with the phasing out of vehicles powered solely by combustion engines.
Published 06 July 2017
Improved roads and more bypasses to be paid for by road tax

Improved roads and bypasses paid for by road tax

The government has announced plans to build new bypasses across Britain, as it attempts to tackle congestion in towns and cities. In a surprise
Published 05 July 2017
Interview with David Richards, chairman of Prodrive

Me and My Motor: David Richards

David Richards has been a world rally champion, principal of two Formula One teams and chairman of Aston Martin...
Published 04 July 2017
Buying guide: pressure-washers reviewed 2016 by The Sunday Times Driving

Buying Guide: Pressure washer reviews

There is a simple way to distinguish a true car-lover from the general motoring public: pick out the person who is lovingly hand-cleaning...
Published 04 July 2017
Elon Musk aims to put the sparkle into Tesla’s new glass division

The £30,000 Tesla Model 3 begins production

The car that will make or break Tesla is due to begin production this Friday. Elon Musk, the techpreneur behind California’s upstart electric car
Published 03 July 2017
Porsche 911 GT2 RS: Top 5 star new cars at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Top 5 star cars at the 2017 Festival of Speed

The cars that made their public debut at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed appeared to have one thing in common: power, and lots of it.
Published 30 June 2017
Clarkson and May might not have survived Hammond's Rimac crash

Hammond's crash could have been fatal for Clarkson

Insiders believe Richard Hammond’s The Grand Tour co-presenters James May and Jeremy Clarkson may not have survived his horror crash...
Published 30 June 2017