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News: Jaguar Heritage Driving experience is your ticket...

As values of classic cars accelerate out of reach of most buyers, what enthusiast doesn’t dream of driving the world’s rarest sports cars? Well...
Published 12 November 2014
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News: Philip Glenister's Ashes to Ashes Audi quattro...

“Fire up the quattro!” Fans of Ashes to Ashes could be firing up the BBC1 series's famous Audi quattro themselves. The BBC has put the 1983
Published 12 November 2014
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Battle of the ages: Matt Rudd takes on 89-year-old...

What happens when youth and fearlessness are pitted against age and experience on the racetrack? After a few laps, Matt Rudd thinks he has the measure...
Published 11 November 2014
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News: Motorists at risk from deadly exploding Takata...

When police were called to the scene of a Florida car crash in late September they found Hien Tran dying from wounds in her neck...
Published 10 November 2014
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Make do and mend in the 49-year-old Morris Minor

“My eyesight is still good and my mind is good, so age doesn’t matter on the road,” says John Davies, 84 ...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: Top Gear Live 2015 explodes into action with...

Top Gear fans had better buckle up tight: Top Gear Live has been announced for 2015, and this time it will be touring the UK.
Published 10 November 2014
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News: Volkswagen offers used-car buyers a tempting...

For this week only, all Mk 7 Golf S or SE models purchased on Volkswagen Financial Services’ Solutions personal contract plan will be available...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: Pristine Porsche 911 SC goes to auction for Whizz-Kidz...

Any self-respecting 1980s banker would have given their annual bonus to get behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 SC. The 204bhp 3-litre flat-six engine...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: Victoria's Secret owner wants money back on £11m...

ONE OF the most expensive cars to be sold is at the centre of a row over its ownership, involving one of the world’s most prestigious auction houses...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: BMW in court over Mini ‘carbon monoxide poisoning’

A design flaw in a Mini Clubman resulted in its driver being poisoned by her car’s exhaust fumes, a court is due to hear this week...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: Fill-up fillip as fuel prices drop to four-year...

Motorists received an early Christmas present last week when the cost of fuel dropped to its lowest level in four years...
Published 10 November 2014
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Test your knowledge: which car had the first remotely...

It was claimed to be the first mass-produced coupé to be designed in a wind tunnel. Not literally, of course; the paper would have blown off the...
Published 08 November 2014