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Oh crumbs, the Terminator has a crush on me

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s decision to start flattening things in a tank reflects a love of bruiser cars that could make even his macho film characters...
Published 28 March 2014
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News: BMW reveals plans for Mercedes GL-rivalling X7

The new X7 will be BMW’s answer to the Range Rover and Mercedes GL.
Published 28 March 2014
WHEN DANIEL Witte paid nearly £70,000 for his dream car he wasn’t taking any chances with security. The Sunday Times reader from the West Midlands fitted the Audi RS 4 Avant with a top-rated alarm and parked it on his drive, monitored by two clearly visible CCTV cameras.

Gone in 90 seconds: How thieves hack keyless cars

Thefts of supposedly impregnable keyless-entry cars are on the rise, thanks to devices available on the internet.
Published 28 March 2014
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New smarter speed camera on British motorways

POLICE ARE considering enforcing the national speed limit on motorways with a new camera that requires no telltale white markings on the tarmac and...
Published 28 March 2014
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Top UK driving roads (part 2)

We've driven the length and breadth of the country to find the UK's best driving routes. Here's part two of our top ten picks.
Published 28 March 2014
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Top UK driving roads (part 1)

We've cornered every bend and cruised along every road to find the UK's best driving routes. Here's part one of our top ten picks.
Published 28 March 2014
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My mum drove one of those

A new survey has found that mothers, and not just dads, figure in our collective memories of adolescent motoring.
Published 26 March 2014
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Fuel figures get real

DRIVERS WHO complain that their car does fewer miles per gallon than the brochure claims are to be vindicated at last.
Published 25 March 2014
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News: Mechanic rolls customer's Lamborghini on test...

Austrian spannerman Niklas Schwartz , 29, was test driving a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, worth £130,000, when he lost control of the car on a wet...
Published 24 March 2014
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Video: Mike Ryan draws circles with a Freightliner...

To a frequent M25 driver there’ll be nothing unusual about this video.
Published 24 March 2014
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News: London mayor's limo is a £500 Toyota Previa...

MOST MAYORS have an expensive limousine to convey them to engagements but in typical, idiosyncratic style, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, favours...
Published 24 March 2014
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Goodwood Festival of Speed: new Honda NSX crowns vintage...

TWENTY-ONE YEARS since 10 Honda NSXs sprinted up the famous hillclimb at the first Goodwood Festival of Speed in 1993, the hotly anticipated hybrid...
Published 21 March 2014