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10 bizarre celebrity motoring endorsements

Ever since Clyde Barrow wrote to Henry Ford, creator of the Model T, congratulating him on the speed and comfort of his Ford V8, car makers have been...
Published 25 September 2014
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News: 2015 Renault Espace revealed but it won't be...

Thirty years after the first Espace was launched, an event that marked the birth of the modern-day people carrier, Renault has unveiled its great...
Published 25 September 2014
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News: Roof raised on new Audi TT Roadster

With winter beckoning, Audi has done the decent thing and shown us a vision of sunnier times with the unveiling of the all-new TT Roadster, ahead...
Published 24 September 2014
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News: Anti-litter crusader makes car drivers’ lives...

A girl on a motorcycle rides around looking for people throwing rubbish out of their car ‒ and throws it right back inside their vehicle...
Published 24 September 2014
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News: VW reveals Golf Alltrack with off-road ambitions

SUV fever has finally caught up with the VW Golf in the shape of the Golf Alltrack, a highish-riding, four-wheel-drive estate with butch, go-anywhere...
Published 24 September 2014

Have the problems with VW DSG/Audi automatic gearboxes...

Q. I’m thinking of buying a new Audi A3 but am being put off by reports in recent years of problems with the Volkswagen DSG/Audi automatic gearboxes...
Published 24 September 2014
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News: Lamborghini Countach toolkit on Ebay for £12,000

A toolkit for a Lamborghini Countach, one of the definitive supercars of the late 1970s and 1980s, is for sale on auction site Ebay at a “buy it...
Published 24 September 2014
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News: 2015 Mercedes-AMG C63 gets power hike

Sleep-deprived neighbours, take note: the most important thing about the new Mercedes-AMG C63 is not that its all-new, V8 engine produces...
Published 24 September 2014
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Car Clinic: how can I restore my Alfa Romeo Spider's...

Q. The soft top on my Alfa Romeo Spider is showing signs of fading where it joins the metal frame. Is there a way to restore it?
Published 24 September 2014
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Letters of the week, September 21

The issues that got you talking this week.
Published 23 September 2014
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News: Ford reveals advanced technologies under skin...

The new Ford Mondeo, on sale later this year, will be able to spot a pedestrian about to cross its path, and apply the brakes if the driver is too...
Published 23 September 2014
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Ferrari 458 Speciale review (2014-on)

Ferrari has pulled apart the standard 458 Italia and rebuilt it, turning everything “up to 11” so that it is more powerful, lighter, louder (on...
Published 23 September 2014