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News: Ford launches new premium Vignale sub-brand

With higher specification models accounting for more than half of its large-car sales in Europe, Ford is launching a luxury sub-brand...
Published 04 September 2013
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Council admits it looks “absurd”

A council has apologised after contractors painted double-yellow lines in a gap just 9in wide.
Published 02 September 2013
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Can GT Academy find UK’s real racing talent among...

Where would sport be without the fairytales? The footballers, athletes, boxers who have climbed out of the dirt and desperation of desolate poverty...
Published 16 August 2013
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Celebrating 150 years of Henry Ford

AS LEGACIES go, its hard to beat that of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford. Credited with inventing the vehicle assembly line and bringing motoring...
Published 08 August 2013
President Obama orders new armoured limousine, nicknamed The Beast

President Obama orders new armoured limousine

The President of the United States is in the market for a new car. But not just any car.
Published 04 July 2013
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Not the best way to avoid a ticket

This driver seems to have taken the government’s proposal to permit parking on double yellow lines for a limited period, to the next level...
Published 02 July 2013
jeremy clarkson on the environment

Clarkson on: the environment

It's not easy being green... especially with Jeremy Clarkson around. The environment and Clarkson go together as well as a Norwegian Fjord and a...
Published 10 June 2013
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Clarkson on: politics

Jeremy Clarkson is not shy of taking on the people of Westminster, and the politics of the rest of the world doesn’t escape his eye either. Here...
Published 10 June 2013
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Clarkson on: battle of the sexes

While Jeremy Clarkson is pretty even-handed when it comes to discussing gender, his legendary motormouth has landed in him hot water with women on...
Published 10 June 2013
Garage too narrow for average-size family car

Garage too narrow for average-size family car

When is a garage not a garage? When you can’t park your car in it, according to one homeowner.
Published 21 May 2013
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Squeeze in if you want a ticket

NO, YOU'RE not suffering from déjà vu; another council really has painted double-yellow lines on a lane barely wide enough to drive a car down.
Published 10 May 2013
Vince Cable drives the 190mph Aston Martin Rapide S

Vince Cable drives 190mph Aston Martin Rapide S

I know that Aston Martin’s new Rapide S is fast because I’ve tried it. As business secretary, I helped bring it to production with a £1.6m grant...
Published 06 May 2013