Subscribe to The Times
Home > News

News

Move over McLaren: Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing to build F1-beating hypercar for the road

Move over McLaren: Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing...

Aston Martin has thrown down the gauntlet and pulled up to the starting grid in the race to build the world’s fastest car.
Published 17 March 2016
George Osborne Budget 2016: What it means for motorists

Budget 2016: What it means for motorists and key points

The nation’s motorists are a soft target for the Treasury but drivers have escaped relatively lightly in today's Budget.
Published 16 March 2016
Me and My Motor: Nick Mason of Pink Floyd recalls a “stupid” car investment with a £30m return

Me and My Motor: Nick Mason of Pink Floyd recalls a...

Nick Mason has amassed one of the world’s most celebrated car collections, yet he remains dissatisfied...
Published 15 March 2016
Car clocking

Car clocking hasn't gone away, it's gone hi-tech —...

It's a damp December morning on an industrial estate. Behind a chain-link fence a line of cars sits, engines running. The first car in the line has...
Published 11 March 2016
Me and My Motor: actress Sheridan Smith chauffeurs Enid Blyton in a BMW X5

Me and My Motor: actress Sheridan Smith chauffeurs...

Sheridan Smith moved “reluctantly” to London, aged 16, to take up a role in the National Youth Music Theatre’s acclaimed production of Bugsy...
Published 11 March 2016
Double whammy: Vauxhall Zafira car fires scorch owners again with hike in premium

Double whammy: Vauxhall Zafira car fires scorch owners...

Owners of the Vauxhall Zafira B, a version of the car with a reputation for bursting into flames without warning, have another worry on their plate...
Published 10 March 2016
Who is to blame for Dieselgate? Driving tracks down the engineers involved

Who is to blame? Driving tracks down the engineers...

If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen. That’s what the advertisements used to say. Now VW’s reputation is in tatters...
Published 07 March 2016
2016 Ford Mustang versus BMW M4, comparison test by James Mills of The Sunday Times Driving

The wild pony takes on Munich's machine: 2016 Ford...

It's the car that countless British drivers have lusted after but never been able to buy. Now, after more than 50 years of longing to climb behind...
Published 04 March 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Dieselgate deepens: VW chief Martin Winterkorn was...

Volkswagen has admitted that its former chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, was told of problems with emissions in America in early 2014
Published 03 March 2016

Surrounded by £1.3m-worth of police cars, Ken Block...

The venue for Ken Block's latest film is Dubai, where sand and camels make a piquant contrast with the skyscrapers and superyachts
Published 03 March 2016

Me and my motor: Andy Green, OBE, on breaking the land...

He may be one of the world’s most celebrated drivers, but Andy Green is not strictly a “car person” — in the dentist’s waiting room he will...
Published 03 March 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

SUV head to head: new Maserati Levante versus Porsche...

If there were a prize for the most pretentious press release at this year's Geneva motor show, Maserati would be a hot favourite. The bumf for the...
Published 02 March 2016