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News: London council to slap £96 surcharge on 'dirty’...

Adding the cost to residents’ parking permits will hit families hard, critics tell Driving...
Published 19 January 2015
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News: Mazda CX-3 Racing concept takes on the Nissan...

The sporty compact SUV may be one of the success stories of the Noughties, but critics say that many models are a classic case of all show and no...
Published 19 January 2015
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Illegal foreign cars have nowhere to hide in police...

Foreign motorists who evade speeding fines and parking tickets by failing to register with the DVLA can now be caught. Driving takes a ride with two...
Published 19 January 2015
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Highlights from the 2015 Detroit motor show

This year's extravaganza in Michigan sees muscle cars fighting it out for glory, an unexpected innovation from Chevrolet that adds spark (and range)...
Published 19 January 2015
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First Drive review: Volkswagen Passat (2015)

Volkswagen’s executive saloon joins the trend for taking jobs away from the driver with a system that parks trailers almost too well...
Published 19 January 2015
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Video: Top Gear series 22 Lego trailer goes viral

The Stig's in pieces, May has lost his hair and Hammond has got himself stuck – Top Gear returns to BBC2 on Sunday (25 January) and the men behaving...
Published 19 January 2015
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My car was towed while my residents' parking permit...

Q. This year I renewed my residents’ parking permit online, calling to confirm the payment had been received. A week later the permit had still...
Published 18 January 2015
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Letters of the week, January 18

This week: A-pillar blind spots, Clarkson's Lexus hybrid review, parent and child parking places...
Published 18 January 2015
James May: Why the Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5 is the most significant car ever

James May: Why the Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5...

Exit Clarkson: James May ejects Jeremy from his column (for this week only) to talk about his favourite car of all time.
Published 18 January 2015
What is ISOFIX?

What is an ISOFIX child seat?

Road safety organisations, engineers and parents all agree: Isofix is the safest way to install a child seat in a car. The mounting system, which...
Published 16 January 2015
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Test your knowledge: When was Isofix launched, and...

It's official: child seats installed using the Isofix system are safer than those connected with only a seatbelt. But who invented it?
Published 16 January 2015
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News: Police stop all luxury car drivers in west London...

After a surge in thefts of high-end cars including Range Rovers, BMWs and Audis police are taking drastic action in central London. From this week...
Published 16 January 2015