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What do I need to know about classic car insurance?

Q. In 2000 I had two cars on standard insurance with the maximum no-claims bonus
Published 26 October 2015
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Car of the week: Toyota Mirai

Typical. You wait ages for a hydrogen-powered car to come along and two arrive at once
Published 26 October 2015
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Top Gear: behind the scenes with script editor Richard...

As his new book takes readers behind the scenes of Top Gear, the show’s former script editor Richard Porter confesses that the show’s best moments...
Published 26 October 2015
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Vauxhall Zafira fire fears: DVSA safety body says investigation...

It is every driver’s worst fear: a faint whiff of smoke enters the cabin of the car, and within a matter of seconds, there’s a fire raging away...
Published 23 October 2015
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New Mini convertible can tell drivers to close the...

Forget California, Tuscany or Provence: their drivers don’t love a convertible as much as Brits. At least, they don’t love the Mini convertible...
Published 22 October 2015
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Stanford University creates driverless DeLorean that’ll...

It's October 21, 2015 (a.k.a. Back to the Future "Future Day") and the car of the moment is the DeLorean DMC-12 – you can’t move for stories centred...
Published 21 October 2015
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Interview: Danny Rogers, the man who invented the Flux...

Danny Rogers is a British graphic designer for film and TV turned producer who designed the core component that made time travel possible...
Published 21 October 2015
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Hey, Lexus, we need to borrow your . . . hoverboard

Flying cars, self-drying jackets, "sneakers" that fasten themselves, instant messages via fax: Back to the Future Part II, which was released in 1989...
Published 21 October 2015
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Teaser shot of Yamaha sports car concept released before...

Yamaha is known for making motorbikes, outboard engines, generators, snowmobiles and even electric organs, but one thing is doesn't produce is cars...
Published 20 October 2015
Products: John Z, the DeLorean and Me . . . tales from an insider, by Barrie Wills

Products: John Z, the DeLorean and Me . . . tales from...

Nobody has yet produced a musical based on the DeLorean saga, though the plot would be no more implausible than most operas
Published 19 October 2015
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The Wall of Death: Guy Martin's biggest challenge yet

Daft things started to happen when all the Jeremy Clarkson stuff kicked off and it became clear he was getting the boot from Top Gear
Published 19 October 2015
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One Audi owner's tale of oil misery

After 10 years, two continents and tens of thousands of miles, the time had come to part with my trusty Renault Scénic
Published 19 October 2015