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Too rude for the road: '66' plates you won't see

It reads like a list of naughty words written inside a schoolboy’s desk, but is actually the registration plates that have been censored ...
Published 02 September 2016
Metropolitan police to speak with Jeremy Vine over road rage incident

Met police to speak with Vine over road rage

Police are investigating a road rage incident in which a driver
Published 31 August 2016
Me and my Motor: Susie Wolff, the racing driver on getting within a whisker of an F1 race seat

Me and my Motor: Susie Wolff, the racing driver

There’s a photograph of Susie Wolff aged no more than two years old, wearing a hand-knitted cardigan and matching bonnet, holding the wheel of...
Published 30 August 2016
High voltage: Tesla says the Model S P100D is world's fastest accelerating car

Tesla claims Model S P100D is world's fastest car

In the eyes of most drivers, electric cars are slow, impractical machines guaranteed to run out of charge at the most awkward moment ...
Published 25 August 2016
2016 Porsche Panamera

Porsche Panamera gets prettier, perter and perkier

Let’s be honest about it: the first generation Panamera was hardly the poster girl of the Porsche range. Even the man who was design boss...
Published 24 August 2016
Happy 100th birthday: here's your new Lamborghini Centenario Roadster supercar

Happy 100th birthday: here's your new Lamborghini

As 100th birthday treats go, it probably beats a card from the Queen
Published 23 August 2016
Sunday Times Driving Me and My Motor: Martin Clunes

Me and My Motor: Martin Clunes

Martin Clunes has a deep love of horsepower — of the mechanical and four-legged variety. When he’s not behind the wheel of his BMW or Lexus...
Published 22 August 2016
Caught on camera: a hot lap with Hot Wheels

Caught on camera: a hot lap with Hot Wheels

Little kids and indeed big kids with a thing for cars are rarely happier than when assembling a Hot Wheels track
Published 18 August 2016
High hopes for a perfect 10 from Honda's new Civic

High hopes for a perfect 10 from Honda's new Civic

Has Honda scored a perfect 10 for its new Civic? It's hard to believe that this new model is the 10th generation of the humble hatchback ...
Published 18 August 2016
No more seeing red after Audi reveals cars that can 'talk' with traffic lights

Audi reveals cars that 'talk' with traffic lights

For drivers, dealing with traffic lights is always the same. When the lights are red, they'll engage neutral and apply the handbrake - only for
Published 17 August 2016
Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider

Super cars for the super rich at Pebble Beach

The global economy may not be firing on all cylinders but the super-rich are getting set to snap up some of the most valuable cars in the world
Published 17 August 2016
Mercedes-Maybach luxury coupe to debut at Pebble Beach car show 2

Mercedes-Maybach luxury coupé makes debut

When Mercedes relaunched the Maybach marque, in 2002, the German company was confident it could set new standards of luxury for drivers
Published 16 August 2016