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98% of drivers would fail theory test if they retook...


Fewer than one in 50 drivers remember enough of the Highway Code to pass their theory test again, a new study suggests.
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Mirror, signal, hijack: hackers take remote control...


Jeep has hastened to reassure British Cherokee drivers that its car will not be vulnerable to hackers...
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Terrafugia flying car Mk 2 scheduled for take‑off...


Customers may still be awaiting delivery of the Terrafugia Transition flying car, but that has not stopped the maker pushing ahead with its new model...
Simoniz insect and tar remover review

Products: Simoniz insect and tar remover and Halfords...


It’s summer, and that means insects. While a bug’s life is no fun when it ends in an unforgiving collision with a car’s bumper, bonnet or windscreen...
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Test your knowledge: Where and when was the world’s...


The world’s first filling station wasn’t anything like the petrol station most of us would recognise today. But it proved to be exactly what one...
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Smartphone technology allows drivers to pay for fuel...


We all know how temptation kicks in once you set foot inside the shop at a petrol station. Magazines, fizzy drinks, freshly baked muffins and a cappuccino
The wrongs of overtaking on the inside: does being branded a careless driver fit the crime?

The wrongs of overtaking on the inside


Will Dron admits he was wrong to undertake a lane-hogger, but as the police exercise new powers, is three penalty points, a 40% rise in insurance...
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Formula Fourth Form victory launches teen into big...


A school engineering project may have helped uncover Britain’s next motor-racing champion: a 14-year-old who used an electric car built by himself...
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'Pay attention to the road, not the sat nav' safety...


Road safety groups once again are warning inexperienced drivers of the dangers of blindly following the instructions of sat nav systems ...
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Hybrid system fault brings another Toyota recall


First they wouldn’t stop; now they won’t start. Five years ago Toyota recalled 9.5m cars because they could suddenly accelerate out of control...
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Dash cam video captures lorry horror story


Footage has emerged of a 32-ton lorry overtaking a car in a manoeuvre that will chill the blood of any motorist...
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Farewell, Dunsfold: Clarkson's final lap of the Top...


Rubber burns and fond memories flow as Clarkson takes a few of his favourite cars for a final breakneck spin around the Top Gear test track...