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Top 10 safest songs to drive to

Research suggests that the tempo and volume of a song have a bigger effect on driving than its genre.
Published 03 April 2014
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We're immaturing very nicely for nine-year-olds...

IS THERE, inside every man’s head, a nine-year-old boy who never grows up? If so, it has eluded surgeons, but not the makers of Top Gear.
Published 02 April 2014
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There's a hole in my driveway...

A VW LUPO has been swallowed by a giant sink hole that opened up on the driveway of a family home on Sunday morning.
Published 02 April 2014
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Noah saved 2x2. Today’s rescuers do it 4x4

KATE MERRY and her young son Elliot are trying to cross the great divide. She lives in Muchelney, Somerset, near the River Parrett, which has risen...
Published 02 April 2014
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News: convertible auction promises bargains this Saturday...

THE SHEEPSKIN coats will be changed for something lighter this Saturday when used car dealers, and a sprinkling of brave private buyers, bid to buy...
Published 02 April 2014
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Tailgater? Let him pass

ALMOST ONE in five motorists is so worried about dangerous drivers that they have opted out of making a journey, claims new research.
Published 02 April 2014
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Pleasure seekers

A real sports car should have a roof that folds down and an engine behind the driver, or so goes the fondly held view of men with string-backed driving...
Published 02 April 2014
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Tiny tearaways

This car is almost identical to the Volkswagen Up! and Seat Mii but offers better value than either.
Published 02 April 2014
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People eaters

If space is the final frontier, then set a course for the Citroën C4 Grand Picasso. Like a black hole, this car will swallow anything you can throw...
Published 02 April 2014
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Minor miracles

Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.0T EcoBoost stop-start 5-dr This is such a brilliant small car that you will be smitten
Published 02 April 2014
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Great Drives: Chase down Ronnie Biggs on the Great...

THREE YEARS ago, over a long lunch, the late train robber Bruce Reynolds told me the details of this route.
Published 02 April 2014
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Suited and booted

BMW 318d Sport against an ageing Mercedes C-class that’s due to be replaced this summer and an uninspiring Audi A4
Published 02 April 2014