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Supersport Supercars: Audi R8 isn't showy but delivers on thrills

Supersport Supercars: Audi R8 delivers on thrills

It’s terrifying to admit that I’ve been road-testing cars for nearly 20 years. I started at university and joined Autocar at 21 ...
Published 12 August 2016
New 2017 Range Rover gets new tech and sporty SVAutobiography Dynamic model

2017 Range Rover gets new tech and sporty version

It has long been considered the benchmark for drivers who like their 4x4 to come with a generous, silver-service helping of luxury. Now Land Rover’s...
Published 10 August 2016
Meet the new bullet-proof ‘Robocop’ mobile speed camera

Meet the new bulletproof ‘Robocop’ mobile speed...

With bulletproof armour plating, a five-day battery pack and a wireless link to the cloud, it’s been called the Robocop of speed cameras ...
Published 10 August 2016
Nissan reveals fuel-cell car that runs on bio-ethanol

Nissan reveals fuel-cell car that runs on bio-ethanol

Nissan has revealed a working prototype of a car that is powered by a fuel-cell run on bio-ethanol fuel. The concept does away with bulky tanks for...
Published 05 August 2016
Connected cars and flared cylinders: five things we learnt at BMW's Innovation Day

Connected cars and flared cylinders: BMW Innovation...

Cars that nag you to hurry up, cone-shaped engine cylinders, batteries that take you farther and seat fabric made from the seeds of a giant, tropical...
Published 05 August 2016
Fun comes as standard with new Caterham Seven 310

Fun comes as standard with new Caterham Seven 310

Within the small circle of dedicated followers of British sports car maker Caterham, one model is the stuff of legend, spoken of in reverential whispers...
Published 05 August 2016
How far will Team GB athletes go for Nissan's prank Rio 2016 film?

Video: How far will Team GB athletes go for Nissan?

As official automotive sponsor of Rio 2016, Nissan is entitled to supply over 4,500 cars to help keep the wheels of the Olympic games turning smoothly...
Published 05 August 2016
Video: Police seek information relating to Norfolk hit-and-run

Video: Police seek information relating to Norfolk...

Police have released shocking footage of a man being hit by a car and thrown into the air in North Walsham, Norfolk.
Published 05 August 2016
Pothole damage doubles in a decade, according to RAC

Pothole damage doubles in a decade, according to RAC

Pothole damage continues to have British drivers shuddering, after the RAC revealed that rescue call outs hit a 10 year high for damage caused by...
Published 04 August 2016

Me and My Motor: Jonnie Peacock, the Paralympian

Jonnie Peacock can’t afford his dream motor but he does own the Ferrari of running legs. The carbon fibre blade costs £6,000 and it can power him...
Published 02 August 2016
Reader Letters: Walnut strip and blinking lorries

Reader Letters: Wolseley walnut strip, choice faults...

I was delighted to see my first car, the Wolseley 1500, reviewed by Jeremy Clarkson. I took mine over, aged 17, from my late grandmother in 1976...
Published 01 August 2016
Full details of the 2016 Bristol Bullet, a £250,000 British sports car

British marque Bristol sets sights on comeback with...

There are mad dogs and Englishmen, and then there are Bristol drivers. The little known British manufacturer of sporting cars has fired the starting...
Published 28 July 2016