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Phone use at the wheel goes unpunished

Phone use at the wheel goes unpunished

The number of motorists fined for using a mobile phone at the wheel fell sharply, heightening concerns that police are turning a blind eye ...
Published 04 November 2016
How it feels to globetrot by motorbike

How it feels to globetrot by motorbike

I was in the Karakoram mountains in Pakistan and I’d made my way there on a hired donkey. For three nights I slept in a goatherd’s hut...
Published 04 November 2016
Opinion: Self-driving cars still need a human touch

Opinion: Self-driving cars need a human touch

When is a self-driving car not a self-driving car? Most of the time, actually. When the cab-hailing firm Uber announced it was launching...
Published 04 November 2016
Elon Musk aims to put the sparkle into Tesla’s new glass division

Elon Musk to put the sparkle into Tesla glass

It’s well known that Elon Musk, the billionaire techpreneur behind Tesla electric cars, doesn’t have much time for convention.
Published 03 November 2016
The screech of tyres and the mass revving of motorcycle engines are an increasingly familiar racket in London’s back streets and industrial estates. The cacophony invariably signals the arrival of riders from UK BikeLife, a shadowy subculture that has grown rapidly in the past few years, and is now thought to number several hundred members.

Gallery: Skid row riders

The young riders of UK BikeLife burn rubber across London, posting videos of their stunts. Are they a menace or just teenagers letting off steam?
Published 03 November 2016
Driverless lorry makes late-night beer run

Driverless lorry makes late-night beer run

It was after midnight and the executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation was at the back of a convoy escorting an...
Published 03 November 2016

Car hire add-ons still come as a surprise

Car hire companies are still smuggling hidden extras into the small print of contracts, leaving holidaymakers with higher than expected bills...
Published 03 November 2016
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May in The Grand Tour season one - photo gallery

Clarkson, Hammond and May quiz

How much do you know about Clarkson, Hammond and May? Answer these 10 questions.
Published 02 November 2016
Sunday Times Magazine The Grand Tour Special edition, featuring Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond

The Grand Tour Special

The Sunday Times Magazine has been hijacked this week by Jeremy Clarkson and the rest of his terrible trio to celebrate the return of...
Published 02 November 2016
Camilla Long interviews Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond ahead of The Grand Tour

Camilla Long meets Clarkson, Hammond and May

In 2007, James May seriously considered killing Jeremy Clarkson. It was a long shoot, cold temperatures. The three of them were...
Published 02 November 2016
Back from rock bottom: Andy Wilman on how The Grand Tour was born

Andy Wilman on how The Grand Tour was born

This week you’ll probably drive to work listening to a Grand Tour radio advert and sit in a traffic jam looking at a Grand Tour billboard...
Published 02 November 2016
Jeremy Clarkson on The Grand Tour: “We’re back! With all guns blazing”

Clarkson: “We’re back! With all guns blazing”

When it became obvious that Richard Hammond, James May and I were going to carry on making a car show, I knew only one thing for sure...
Published 02 November 2016