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Motor industry must look closer to home for parts

More parts for British-built cars will be sourced from within the UK under plans to insulate the automotive industry from the potentially...
Published 07 March 2017
Storm force warning: Lamborghini Huracan Performante uses 'aero vectoring'

Storm force: new Lamborghini Huracan Performante

A storm is brewing in the supercar scene, after Lamborghini revealed its new Huracán Performante. The most powerful Huracán yet, it boasts a weal
Published 06 March 2017
Petra Ecclestone: money can’t buy happiness — it buys things

Petra Ecclestone: money can’t buy happiness

Meeting Petra Stunt (still better known as Ecclestone) — and, actually, meeting her daughter, a bright little moppet with blond curls...
Published 06 March 2017
Peugeot and Citroen owner confirms Vauxhall buyout

Peugeot and Citroën owner confirms Vauxhall buyout

After weeks of negotiations, the French owner of Peugeot and Citroen has confirmed it will take control of Opel/Vauxhall...
Published 06 March 2017
Young drivers face £115 insurance increase to cover compensation

Young drivers face £115 insurance increase

Young drivers could be priced off the road if the government goes ahead with reforms to compensation payouts, which will in turn push up insuranc
Published 06 March 2017
Car insurance to soar after compensation shake-up

Car insurance to soar after compensation shake-up

Car insurance premiums are expected to rise after the government cut the discount rate used by courts in England and Wales to calculate...
Published 06 March 2017
Products: Navdy car dashboard display review

Products: Navdy car dashboard display review

Don't call Navdy a head-up display. Oh no, it's an "augmented reality device", according to the UK distributor, who let us get hands-on during an
Published 06 March 2017
Parents risk criminal record over school run

Parents risk criminal record over school run

The harried parents dashing along the pavements of Severn Drive with unruly shoals of children in tow do not look much like criminals...
Published 05 March 2017
Police knew of doubt over drug‑drive tests

Police knew of doubt over drug‑drive tests

Police chiefs were warned last year that a controversial forensics laboratory used a method for analysing blood samples that could be challenged
Published 05 March 2017
Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads

Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim

With a name like Uber, a business could not make the scale of its ambitions clearer. Deutschland über alles, and all that...
Published 05 March 2017
Video: Parking attendant filmed "ghost ticketing"

Video: Parking attendant filmed "ghost ticketing"

A parking attendant has been filmed photographing a car that has been issued with a ticket before appearing to remove the invoice from the windsc
Published 03 March 2017
Drivers of polluting cars could be paid £1,000 to go green

Scrappage for drivers of polluting cars

Drivers of highly polluting cars should be given a £1,000 voucher to help them to switch to cleaner cars, bicycles or public transport for their...
Published 03 March 2017