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News: "Starter interrupt" device disables cars on loan...

Is this the end of the repo man? Drivers who fall behind with repayments on a car loan are discovering lending companies have a more effective —...
Published 29 September 2014
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News: Vauxhall recalls 3,000 Adam, Corsa and Corsavans...

Vauxhall is recalling 3,000 Adam, Corsa and Corsavan models registered since May 2014 after it identified a fault that could lead to a total loss...
Published 29 September 2014
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News: Wireless charging for S-class hybrid just 18...

A CAR that can be charged like an electric toothbrush will be sold in Britain in about 18 months.
Published 29 September 2014
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News: Drivers risk workers’ safety dodging bin lorries...

True, a bin lorry will always be blocking the road when you’re running late for work on a wet Monday morning in rush hour, but there’s surely...
Published 26 September 2014
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News: Green indifference costing drivers dear, 6 tax-friendly...

Despite car tax rates that are linked to a vehicle’s emissions, and schemes such as London’s congestion charge that rewards motorists who drive...
Published 26 September 2014
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Test your knowledge: With what other event does the...

The Paris motor show, or Mondial de l'Automobile as it has been known in the French-speaking world since 1988, opened its doors for the first time...
Published 26 September 2014
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News: Abolition of tax disc angers boy with 12,000...

From next Wednesday the tax disc is no more, but while most people will be rejoicing about no longer having to carefully tear out the flimsy circle...
Published 26 September 2014
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News: Pensioner flies 10,000 miles to UK to ride in...

To most people, Bean and cars mean a rubber-faced comic driving a bashed-up Mini, but to one pensioner living in Australia, they mean a trip down...
Published 26 September 2014
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News: Ferrari 458 Speciale A is £230,000 top-down...

Can less sometimes be more? This is what Ferrari engineers must have contemplated before they sliced the top off what is arguably the world’s most...
Published 25 September 2014
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News: Tesco takes action after contaminated diesel...

TESCO IS digging up one of its fuel stations after 100 drivers filled their cars with contaminated diesel that caused damage worth up to £500,000.
Published 25 September 2014
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News: David Hasselhoff takes Justin Bieber for a ride...

With David Hasselhoff at the wheel, Justin Bieber leans out of the side window of Kitt, the Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am from the Hoff’s 1982 TV series...
Published 25 September 2014
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Testing the Nissan GT-R Nismo’s record run at the...

The challenge was simple: find out whether the new Nissan GT-R Nismo is the world’s fastest sports car. Nissan thinks it is. Last November, the...
Published 25 September 2014