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31 of the best Christmas gifts for car lovers 2024

Published 09 December 2024
By Sunday Times Driving
From books and toys to car gadgets and driving experiences, here are Driving's top Christmas present picks for car enthusiasts in 2024.
Subpac Land Rover BASS seats

How Defender Octa seats pulsate to the beat

Land Rover thinks it has discovered the future of in-car audio, and it’s not about noise cancellation or ultimate fidelity.
Published 01 August 2024
BMW i5 Flow Nostokana art car

BMW art car has colour-changing electronic panels

The latest BMW art car is an i5 electric saloon with colour-changing technology and South African Ndebele designs.
Published 29 February 2024
A man drives while wearing Apple Vision Pro headset

Tesla owners filmed wearing VR headsets driving

Apple Vision Pro “spatial computing” headgear simply not compatible with being in control of a two-tonne-plus electric vehicle moving at speed.
Published 06 February 2024
2023 Mini interior display

Gaming built into next Mini

Retro themes, an assistant named Spike and in-car games are coming to the next Mini.
Published 26 July 2023
Audi activesphere concept

Audi pick-up concept uses VR headsets

Audi has taken the covers off a new coupé-roofed concept vehicle that can double as a pickup.
Published 26 January 2023
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
Hyundai crab driving system

Watch: Hyundai solves parallel parking

Hyundai has unveiled a fully-functional demonstration prototype of its “e-Corner” system, simplifying parking.
Published 13 January 2023
Peugeot Inception concept steering wheel

Opinion: Two trends, and the one that needs to die

The Consumer Electrics Show has highlighted a couple of motoring trends. One is here to stay, the other needs to be killed off, argues Will Dron.
Published 06 January 2023
Dashcam Black Friday deals 2021: the best tech available this November

Dash cam Black Friday deals 2022: the best deals

Dash cams are becoming ever more popular in the UK, with more than a quarter of the nations drivers now estimated to own one.
Published 22 November 2022
New Transit van has a tilting steering wheel that acts as a meal tray or laptop stand

New Transit has tilting steering wheel for meals

The tilting steering wheel is set to debut on the Ford Transit Custom van next year, as a stand for laptops or tray table for meals.
Published 04 November 2022
Guglielmo Marconi wireless radio tests with Daimler

The Times archive: first in-car radio trial

Almost exactly 100 years ago, a technology trial by a leading German car maker and a British telecoms firm sowed the seed for in-car audio.
Published 01 November 2022
First electric Rolls-Royce will be a completely new model called Silent Shadow

Rolls accused of stealing configurator software

Rolls-Royce is fighting a legal claim that it stole trade secrets related to the software behind its online vehicle configurator technology.
Published 20 September 2022