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Me and My Motor: Chris Tarrant

Long before Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? made his face one of the most recognisable on television, Chris Tarrant was the sole resident of an...
Published 13 December 2016
Celebrities join Driving for new weekly Facebook Live chat show

Celebrities join Driving for Facebook Live show

Driving has launched a new series of Facebook Live videos that will put readers in touch with celebrities who want to talk cars.
Published 08 December 2016
More average speed cameras to cut air pollution deaths

More average speed cameras to cut air pollution

Average speed cameras should be used on A-roads and motorways to reduce air pollution, according to the government’s health advisers.
Published 08 December 2016
Me and My Motor: Ray Mears, survival expert, would go wild if he lost his Defender

Me and My Motor: Ray Mears, survival expert

Ray Mears is the mild-mannered man of bushcraft, most often found in the wilds, eating from the hedgerows and making fire with sticks...
Published 06 December 2016
Caravaners rejoice: the self-driving car will take the tedium out of towing

Self-driving car takes the tedium out of towing

No list of the most mundane aspects of driving would be complete without including towing a caravan.
Published 05 December 2016
Phone use at the wheel goes unpunished

Life sentence proposed for killer drivers on phone

Plans to hit killer drivers with tougher jail sentences have been drawn up by the government, as it seeks to tackle the rapidly rising problem of
Published 05 December 2016
A new slant on the roadster: Mazda MX-5 v Fiat 124 Spider

A new slant on the roadster: Mazda v Fiat

Mazda’s open-top MX-5 is a five-star car with no rivals. Or it was. Nick Rufford falls for a challenger while James Mills backs the original...
Published 01 December 2016

Me and My Motor: Nigel Mansell

He might have topped 200mph on the racetrack, but when it comes to driving on public roads, Nigel Mansell insists he’s a good boy...
Published 01 December 2016
Cheating VW ‘owes London £2.5m in congestion charges’

Cheating VW ‘owes London £2.5m congestion charge'

Volkswagen faces a £2.5m compensation demand from the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, for congestion charge underpayments linked to Dieselgate
Published 29 November 2016
Dashboard screens risk drivers' lives, reports The Sunday Times

Dashboard screens risk drivers' lives

Car makers are not doing enough to stop drivers being distracted by touchscreen entertainment systems, says the man in charge of Britain’s roads
Published 29 November 2016
Me and My Motor: Tony Robinson, actor and TV presenter

Me and My Motor: Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson knew the days of his beloved Ford Sierra RS Cosworth were numbered when he found it parked on bricks in Bristol...
Published 22 November 2016
1,341bhp Nio EP9 electric supercar unveiled by Chinese company Next EV

1,341bhp electric supercar unveiled

A Chinese start-up is claiming a new Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record with its 1,341bhp electric supercar, the Nio EP9.
Published 21 November 2016