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Top Gear Live: A special preview

Burning Porsches and rubber-shredding BMWs are the big draw at Top Gear Live, but don’t miss the motorcycle ‘globe of death’ and the Reliant...
Published 11 February 2015
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Top Gear Live: What to expect

Complete chaos. That’s what happens when you bring together a roomful of precision stunt-drivers and hi-tech performance cars, then enlist three...
Published 11 February 2015
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Video: Dubai police parade astonishing supercar collection

If your garage contained a Bugatti Veyron, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Lamborghini Aventador and McLaren 12C, who could blame you for wanting to show them...
Published 11 February 2015
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News: Shell allows drivers to pay for fuel by smartphone

Drivers have long been told not to use their phone at a petrol station, but in an apparent about-turn Shell is positively encouraging it, by introducing...
Published 10 February 2015
Jaguar C-X75 supercar will star in the Bond movie Spectre

Jaguar C-X75 to star in the Bond movie Spectre

The Jaguar C-X75 was the supercar that eluded even the world’s wealthiest car collectors when the British car maker decided against putting the...
Published 10 February 2015
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News: Seat launches Ultimate Sub8 performance pack...

Fans of compact cars with eye-watering performance have had much to celebrate of late, as Ford recently announced that the revered RS badge will return...
Published 10 February 2015
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How your car's gadgets can be used to track your movements...

After a sat nav helped prove its owner was a killer, Driving reveals how our cars are increasingly keeping tabs on our every move...
Published 10 February 2015
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News: Roadside cameras to spot drivers using mobiles

For 23 years, Gatso has been the scourge of speeding motorists in Britain, with its roadside box cameras enforcing the speed limit...
Published 09 February 2015
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News: Safety experts blame lack of police for rise...

The number of people killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads rose by 4% in the 12 months to September 2014, compared with the previous period...
Published 09 February 2015
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Test your knowledge: What was the first hot hatch sold...

THE YEAR was 1979, but what was the first hot hatch sold in Britain? Its roots can be traced to a world still reeling from an oil crisis and an engineer...
Published 06 February 2015
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News: In-car gadgets blamed for increase in accidents...

Statistics released by the Department of Transport reveal that the annual figure for serious injuries and child deaths on the roads of Britain has...
Published 06 February 2015
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News: Kia releases teaser pictures of Trail'ster electric...

Kia was the first car company to bring an electrically powered crossover to British drivers. Now the South Korean company is preparing to launch an...
Published 06 February 2015