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The 31 most ridiculous car names ever

Published 30 June 2023
By Sunday Times Driving
Japan is infamous for silly car names but the practice isn't exclusive to Far East car makers. Ford, Austin, Vauxhall and more are all guilty.
Dacia is offering free hot water bottles to car owners

Dacia giving away free hot water bottles

Dacia has announced plans to give away free hot water bottles in an apparent dig at BMW and other manufacturers who use software blocks.
Published 25 January 2023
Jeremy Clarkson's funniest quotes of 2020

Jeremy Clarkson's funniest quotes of 2020

In a year filled with farmer-unfriendly weather, pandemics and turning 60, Jeremy Clarkson has managed to maintain his characteristic humour.
Published 25 December 2020
Video: Last-minute Christmas presents? Dom Joly has it covered

Last-minute presents? Dom Joly has it covered

Trigger Happy TV's Dom Joly guides us around the riches of the garage forecourt in this exclusive video guide to last-minute Christmas shopping.
Published 16 December 2020
Clarkson's funniest comments of 2019

Jeremy Clarkson's funniest comments of 2019

Jeremy Clarkson's televisual activities don't seem to have blunted his written word a jot, thankfully, as this collection of quotes proves.
Published 26 December 2019
Will Smith shows Lewis Hamilton how to wave a chequered flag

Video: Will Smith shows how to wave chequered flag

You can't let just anyone wave a chequered flag at the end of a motor race. That's according to actor Will Smith.
Published 09 January 2019
This real-life Grand Theft Auto parody is as hilarious as it it impressive

Video: Real-life GTA game parody is hilarious

Of course, stealing cars for real is no laughing matter but if you've spent many hours doing just that in the virtual worlds of GTA.
Published 17 April 2018
The best motoring gifs in the world part 1

The best motoring gifs in the world part 1

Gifs ... what the internet was made for.
Published 11 April 2018
The Clarkson Review: Wolseley 1500 Mk 1

The Clarkson Review: 1957 Wolseley 1500 Mk 1

I feel such an idiot. For 20-odd years I have been coming here and — foolishly, as it’s turned out — talking about cars from exotic places such...
Published 18 July 2016
Clarkson ‘gives Brits what they want’ with review of 1950s Wolseley

Clarkson ‘gives Brits what they want’ with review...

Jeremy Clarkson made no secret of his support for the "remain" campaign during the run-up to the EU referendum ...
Published 17 July 2016
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News: Father's painfully honest car advert goes viral

A father’s brutally honest used-car ad has become an internet hit. The long-suffering dad describes the vehicle as perfect for any teenage lad...
Published 13 January 2015
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Video: Jim Carrey's Lincoln adverts are laugh out loud...

Lincoln may not sell cars this side of The Pond but you don't have to be American to appreciate these spoof adverts featuring Jim Carrey.
Published 29 October 2014
Jeremy Clarkson quotes: foreigners

Clarkson on: foreigners

Jeremy Clarkson has managed to land himself in hot water with Indians, Mexicans, Malaysians, Americans ... in fact, pretty much everyone in the world
Published 03 October 2014