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News: Audi teases new concept car ahead of LA Show

All eyes will be on Audi at the Los Angeles motor show next month as the first car to be penned by Marc Lichte, its new head of design, will be unveiled...
Published 16 October 2014
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News: Steph Jeavons arrives in Malaysia on her round-world...

Last March Driving met Steph Jeavons, a 40-year-old grandmother from Colwyn Bay in North Wales, just before she set off to ride around the world on...
Published 15 October 2014
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News: Crash driver found thanks to her phone’s Find...

A woman's Find My iPhone app became a “find me and get me out of here!” app after a policeman used her iPad to locate her when her car plunged...
Published 15 October 2014
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Guy Martin on his Volvo: the fastest car in Britain

The daredevil Guy Martin, superbike rider, engineer and holder of countless speed records, has had Porsches and Astons but says none can match his...
Published 15 October 2014
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News: Lexus UK recalls almost 10,000 cars over fuel...

Lexus is recalling almost 10,000 UK-registered vehicles manufactured between January 2005 and September 2010 to fix a possible fault with their fuel...
Published 15 October 2014
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News: BMW M4 convertible ad banned for encouraging...

An advertisement for the BMW M4 convertible has been banned for encouraging drivers to put their foot down.
Published 14 October 2014
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What convertible has both Mercedes C-class practicality...

Q. We own a pristine 2007 Honda S2000 roadster and a tired 2004 Mercedes C-class coupé. Having retired we wish to own one car, ideally a four-seat...
Published 14 October 2014
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First drive review: BMW X6 M50d (2014)

When I first drove the BMW X6, in 2008, I came away thinking it was a car with all the impracticality of a coupe but none of the style, and all the...
Published 14 October 2014
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My car failed its MoT because replacement door mirror...

Q. There were originally indicators on the door mirrors of my 2005 Honda Jazz. After an accident I replaced the nearside one with a mirror without...
Published 14 October 2014
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Should I be worried about the brake power assistance...

Q. The power assistance to the brakes on my 54-plate diesel Ford Focus C-Max sometimes stops functioning a few moments after starting up, only to...
Published 14 October 2014
Video: Audi RS 7 laps Hockenheim at up to 149mph – without a driver (updated)

Video: Audi RS 7 laps Hockenheim at up to 149mph –...

While Google’s self-driving car creeps around the streets of Mountain View, California, feeling its way carefully into the future, an Audi RS 7...
Published 14 October 2014
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Is parking ticket valid if the numberplate was recorded...

Q. When issuing me with a parking ticket, the enforcement officer wrote out the number of my registration plate incorrectly — the two numbers in...
Published 14 October 2014