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Who invented the car?

Published 29 November 2021
By David Mullen
From the Mesopotamians to the current switch to EV power, we trace the history of the car.
Victoria and Albert Museum will celebrate "the role of the car" in new exhibition

V&A to celebrate the car this November

A new exhibition highlighting the revolutionary impact of the car on modern society will launch this November at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Published 24 April 2019
A staggering 1.9m cars on the road could have been clocked Is yours one of them?

Surge in clocking: is your car one of 1.9m?

More drivers than ever are tampering with the mileage of their car, according to leading vehicle valuation experts. New figures suggest...
Published 26 April 2017
Car clocking

Car clocking hasn't gone away, it's gone hi-tech —...

It's a damp December morning on an industrial estate. Behind a chain-link fence a line of cars sits, engines running. The first car in the line has...
Published 11 March 2016