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Me and My Motor: actor Laurence Fox on hopping from one car to another

Me and My Motor: actor Laurence Fox on his passion...

Laurence Fox changes cars like other people change trousers. The problem, the actor says, is he just can’t resist a good-looking Jaguar...
Published 27 March 2016

Exclusive: My Vauxhall Zafira was recalled. . . but...

When Lisa Adams parked her Vauxhall Zafira at the side of the road and walked the short distance to her son’s school to collect him...
Published 25 March 2016

Mercedes GLC Coupé chases the crossover crowd

Once, they were the must-have motor of the moment. Now standard SUVs are considered old news. The hottest ticket in town is the ‘coupé crossover’...
Published 24 March 2016

New Audi R8 Spyder turns up the heat in the Big Apple

It may have been a chilled spring morning outside the Jacob Javits exhibition centre in New York, but Audi turned up the heat at the Big Apple’s...
Published 23 March 2016
Mazda MX-5 RF fastback unveiled in New York: a Porsche 911 Targa for £21,000

Mazda MX-5 RF unveiled in New York: a Porsche 911 Targa...

IF it works, keep reinventing it could be a Japanese manufacturing rule. Certainly Mazda has applied it to the MX-5, the sports car first launched...
Published 23 March 2016

Me and my motor: Jason Plato on Top Gear, the BTCC...

Over the course of his two-decade career, Jason Plato has lifted more driving trophies than Lewis Hamilton.
Published 22 March 2016
Great Drives: A 1000km family-friendly tour of Sweden

Great Drives: A 1000km family-friendly tour of Sweden...

Sweden is so hot right now. If it’s not the cultural imports – from “Scandi-noir” TV shows to pop music producers – it’s the “Let’s...
Published 22 March 2016
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