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Top 10 reasons we fail the driving test

Each year, just over half of those people taking their driving test fail, so what reasons might an examiner give for ruining a candidate’s day?...
Published 08 April 2014
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News: Toyota reminds us what real racing cars look...

IS THE sound of hair dryers orbiting the world’s Formula One circuits turning you off motor racing? Then clap your eyes on these hairy chested racing...
Published 08 April 2014
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News: Ford unveils S-Max Vignale concept, the MPV that...

Ford has unveiled a luxury version of its S-Max people carrier that is charged with taking the brand into premium territory.
Published 08 April 2014
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Hot rod hooligan battles with the blitzkrieg banana...

It’s the ultimate comparison test: two dangerously desirable sports cars lined up at Brands Hatch. Nick Rufford rides the Jaguar while James Mills...
Published 08 April 2014
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News: Henry Ford family home with own petrol station...

SOME LUCKY chaps have a ride-on model railway in the garden but in the grounds of the former home of the descendants of Henry Ford, of Model T fame...
Published 08 April 2014
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Great Drives: The North Circular, London

COMMUTERS WHO suffer it in rush hour will laugh bitterly, but if you want to get a sense of Britain’s capital from the road there are few better...
Published 07 April 2014
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News: When I tap the dashboard ... you’re about to...

MIRROR, SIGNAL, MANGLED: almost 3,000 learner drivers crashed during their test in the past five years, including three who hit pedestrians.
Published 07 April 2014
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National buffoon’s carcation: Dom Joly goes to Turkey...

Sunday Times motoring columnist Dom Joly is putting his hand where his gearstick is and driving – yes, driving – to Istanbul, 2,000 miles from...
Published 07 April 2014
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News: Who’s at the wheel, Congress asks GM chief...

THE HEAD of America’s biggest car company was battling to salvage its reputation last week in the face of evidence that it might have been aware...
Published 07 April 2014
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Inside Driving in this weekend’s The Sunday Times...

Four great reasons to look forward to tomorrow’s Driving section in The Sunday Times
Published 05 April 2014
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News: McLaren ends production of the 12C sports car

WEEKS AFTER promising the 12C model would remain in production, McLaren has emailed owners, some of whom paid over £200,000, to tell them it will...
Published 04 April 2014
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Buying a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow for £10,000

All you need to know to buy a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and drive in style
Published 04 April 2014