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Me and My Motor: actor Patrick Dempsey on starring in Le Mans, for real

Me and My Motor: Patrick Dempsey

Like Steve McQueen and Paul Newman before him, Patrick Dempsey has combined a successful Hollywood career with a decent turn as a racing driver...
Published 13 June 2016
Driver on phone

Motorists demand £200 fine and more penalty points...

Motorists feel the imminent stiffening in the penalty for using a phone at the wheel will not prove any more of a deterrent. In a survey of 2,100...
Published 13 June 2016
Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish on motoring loves. . . and losses

Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish

Allan McNish, three-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours race, hails from an unlikely motoring mecca. His birth town of Dumfries and nearby Kirkcudbright...
Published 10 June 2016
First pictures, details and pricing for the 2017 Ford Ka, which costs from £8995

Is the 2017 Ford KA+ young and fashionable or old and...

The original Ford Ka shook up the world of small cars in the mid-Nineties, catching on like a Spice Girls song and staying at the top of the sales...
Published 08 June 2016
First pictures, details and pricing for new 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class estate

Smoother, smarter, smaller: is 2017 Mercedes E-class...

Once the Mercedes E-class was the king of estate cars, a veritable removal van in disguise that could carry everything that an antiques dealer could...
Published 07 June 2016
Gone in a puff of smoke: UK spot checks on car emissions axed

Gone in a puff of smoke: UK spot checks on car emissions...

A cloud of grey-brown exhaust as a diesel car accelerates, an old car blowing blue oil smoke — sights like these are all too common on Britain’s...
Published 06 June 2016
Me and My Motor: Sir Chris Hoy on racing at Le Mans and his life in cars

Me and My Motor: Sir Chris Hoy

Sir Chris Hoy is making a comeback on the racetrack this summer — but not on two wheels. Instead, he will press the pedal to the metal in a 200mph...
Published 06 June 2016
Was the 2017 Audi A5 coupé worth a ten year wait?

Is the 2017 Audi A5 coupé worth the 10-year wait?

Modern car models typically last about six years before they are taken off the shelf and replaced with a “new, improved formula”. With the Audi...
Published 06 June 2016
Arctic Circle Raceway by James Williams

Arctic Circle Raceway: the circuit at the end of the...

There’s a sense of blissful isolation to the E6 highway in northern Norway, as it weaves through verdant forest, revealing lakes...
Published 03 June 2016
Part two in Weaver's series driving different supercars to his Caterham Supersport races sees get behind the wheel of the 2016 McLaren 650S.

Supersport Supercars: Impractical, temperamental...

Part two of my hair-shirted supercar odyssey took me to the charming island of Anglesey. It’s home to restaurants that shut at 8pm...
Published 03 June 2016
Products: Halfords 2.4W Solar Battery Maintainer review

Products: Halfords 2.4W Solar Battery Maintainer review

Owners of old cars will at some point have sat in their pride and joy, and turned the key, only to hear the dreaded clunk of a reluctant starter motor...
Published 02 June 2016
VA VA BOOM: RENAULT REVEALS CLIO R.S.16 PINT-SIZE TEARAWAY

Va-va-boom: Renault reveals Clio RS16, the pint-size...

When does a hot hatch become just too hot? Drivers may soon get the chance to find out, when the Renault Clio ...
Published 01 June 2016