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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
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Keyless wonder: how did we end up with "smart" keys...

'The new Fuego. The fastest 2 door car in the world.' The advertising strapline was splashed across pages of the UK’s best selling magazines and...
Published 08 November 2014
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News: Metric road signs become mandatory

Councils will be forced to install road signs with metric measurements under new rules due to be introduced next year.
Published 07 November 2014
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News: Top Gear puts on a beret for French spin-off

Jeremy Clarkson once said that no one in France has a nice car because “France is essentially communist and anyone who displays outward signs of...
Published 07 November 2014
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News: 2015 Audi Q3 and RS Q3 mid-life update details...

The Audi Q3 compact crossover has had a makeover for 2015. It may not be quite as dramatic as a Trinny & Susannah restyle, but there are a host of...
Published 07 November 2014
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News: McLaren's Porsche 911 rival to be called Sports...

After months of speculation McLaren has revealed that its budget sports car, which will take on the Porsche 911 and Mercedes-Benz AMG GT next year...
Published 07 November 2014
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Video: Dispute over car parking space turns into demolition...

This video shows why it pays not to get into disputes over parking spaces. Filmed on a mobile phone at the RioMar shopping centre in Recife, eastern...
Published 07 November 2014
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News: Four-wheel-drive Jaguar F-type AWD debuts in...

Jaguar has given its four-wheel-drive F-type a spectacular debut on the Hakskeen Pan in South Africa as part of a key communications test for the...
Published 06 November 2014
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News: Tesla Model S electric car gets five star safety...

It's amazing what removing an engine – that big, heavy lump of metal – from between the front wheels will do for a car's crash safety rating...
Published 05 November 2014