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News: Skoda price rises double those of its rivals

Cars made by Skoda, a brand traditionally thought of as offering value for money, have some of the fastest-rising prices, according to new analysis...
Published 28 April 2014
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News: Dashcams capture insurance discounts for drivers

Car drivers who fit cameras to their dashboards can now offset the costs of the equipment with cheaper insurance.
Published 28 April 2014
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News: The electric charge of the fire brigade

Now there's a spark that can help put out a fire: Britain’s first all-electric fire car, designed to respond to major incidents with blue lights...
Published 25 April 2014
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News: Sat nav sends London landlubbers into the briny...

The curse of the sat nav has struck again after the driver of a car drove into the sea on the instructions of her car’s guidance system.
Published 25 April 2014
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News: Woman gives her two-seater car as reason not...

As reasons go for not having children, owning a two-seater sports car is a new one on us. But such was the excuse offered by one car-loving woman...
Published 25 April 2014
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News: Neigh, neigh and thrice neigh ‒ horse gallops...

A RUNAWAY horse gave drivers a scare on the M62 yesterday (Thursday) after it escaped from a field and galloped along the motorway.
Published 25 April 2014
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News: Nissan testing “world’s first” self-cleaning...

If it was the first rather than the 24th day of April we’d think it was a joke. Nissan claims to have developed the world’s first self-cleaning...
Published 24 April 2014
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News: Ken Block takes on Neymar in Footkhana car vs...

RALLY-ACE and stunt driver Ken Block pits his foot-pedalling skills against the footballing skills of Brazilian forward Neymar
Published 24 April 2014
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News: Ford builds on Fiesta ST’s success with flagship...

THE FIESTA ST, the must-have hot hatch of the past 12 months, has acquired a third, range-topping version as Ford seeks to capitalise on the model’s...
Published 24 April 2014
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Currently on the blink: faulty chargers strand electric...

The number of points at which drivers can recharge their vehicles is rising fast, but as Dominic Tobin discovers, many of them do not work properly
Published 23 April 2014
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Top 10 cars with a murky past

So, cars are just four wheels, a body and an engine? Not this lot.
Published 23 April 2014
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News: Insurers' small print slammed for going on and...

Consumer group Fairer Finance counted the number of words in a range of motor insurance documents and found that some rival the great classics for...
Published 23 April 2014