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Number plate sells for £12 million in Dubai auction

Published 12 April 2023
By Shane O' Donoghue
A two-digit registration plate has sold for a record sum at a Dubai charity auction.

Driver jailed after filming himself at 180mph

A motorist who filmed himself driving at up to 180mph has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.
Published 28 January 2019
Lamborghini-driving tourist in Dubai amasses nearly £36,000 in speeding fines

Dubai tourist racks up £36K in speeding fines

A British tourist in Dubai has had his passport detained, as a result of racking up nearly £36,000 in speeding penalty charges in the emirate.
Published 08 August 2018
Where in the world: the locations of The Grand Tour season 2

Where in the world: The Grand Tour locations

The new Grand Tour finds the presenters on another globetrotting mission to deliver thrills, spills and, crucially, challenges...
Published 29 November 2017

Surrounded by £1.3m-worth of police cars, Ken Block...

The venue for Ken Block's latest film is Dubai, where sand and camels make a piquant contrast with the skyscrapers and superyachts
Published 03 March 2016
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Driving's pick of the world's most spectacular (but...

Some of the world’s greatest drives are not the most obvious ones. Our experts pick their favourite secret highways and give you all the information...
Published 10 August 2015
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Video: Dubai police parade astonishing supercar collection

If your garage contained a Bugatti Veyron, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Lamborghini Aventador and McLaren 12C, who could blame you for wanting to show them...
Published 11 February 2015
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Video: F1 drivers Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado...

Shopping for superyachts, having a wrap applied to the Bugatti Veyron, stocking up the champagne fridge: all pastimes likely to fill a Formula One...
Published 27 November 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