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News: Man jailed after watching The Simpsons on tablet...

A man from Southwold, Suffolk, has been jailed after being caught drink-driving while watching an episode of The Simpsons on a dashboard-mounted tablet...
Published 30 December 2014
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News: Porsche 918 Spyders recalled

Owners of Porsche’s hypercar received an unwelcome gift this Christmas: the company has let slip that its 918 Spyder is being recalled again. Around...
Published 29 December 2014
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News: Google’s driverless car to hit public roads...

Driverless cars took a step closer to reality as Google unveiled the “production version” of its autonomous machine...
Published 29 December 2014
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Car of the week: Alfa Romeo 4C Spider

You may not feel like pulling the roof down in blustery Britain, but over in sunny Spain Alfa Romeo has been getting to grips with what is likely...
Published 29 December 2014
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Driving's biggest hits of 2014: the articles, videos...

It seems that videos of people throwing buckets of iced water over themselves wasn't the only thing attracting your attention this year, as millions...
Published 26 December 2014
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Driving news review: The big motoring headlines of...

This year we have seen hybrid hypercars rewrite the performance rulebooks, pure-electric vehicles finally move from obscurity to desirability and...
Published 26 December 2014
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News: 2015 Skoda Superb aims for Audi quality and desirability

Skoda has revealed details of its upcoming third-generation Superb and says it hopes the upmarket redesign will help propel the model to "the higher...
Published 25 December 2014
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News: Don't let unsafe elderly relatives drive, widower...

This is the last photograph of Desreen Brooks, a 33-year-old mother killed by an elderly driver in November 2012, with her son, who narrowly avoided...
Published 23 December 2014
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News: Almost 40% of motorists still displaying tax...

More than two months after paper tax discs were rendered obsolete, two out of five drivers are still displaying it in their cars.
Published 23 December 2014
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Car of the week: Audi Q7

If the modern-day family really does spend as much time as is often claimed mesmerised by smartphones...
Published 22 December 2014
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News: Brabus unveils even more outlandish G63 AMG 6x6...

It has six wheels, a 5.5-litre V8 engine and the sort of styling that makes military-grade vehicles red-cheeked with embarrassment, but German tuning...
Published 22 December 2014
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News: Plans to scrap paper driving licence delayed

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has delayed plans to scrap the paper counterpart driving licence on January 1 after concerns that it...
Published 22 December 2014