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News: Safety experts blame lack of police for rise...

The number of people killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads rose by 4% in the 12 months to September 2014, compared with the previous period...
Published 09 February 2015
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Battle of the hot hatches: VW Golf GTI v Ford Focus...

A decade after Driving first pitted the VW Golf GTI against the Ford Focus ST, we line up their latest offspring. So which rules the road now?
Published 09 February 2015
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First Drive review: Audi R8 LMX (2014)

The Audi R8 was the future once. A prototype appeared in 2003 and was so modern-looking that it became the basis for Will Smith’s car in the film...
Published 06 February 2015
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Test your knowledge: What was the first hot hatch sold...

THE YEAR was 1979, but what was the first hot hatch sold in Britain? Its roots can be traced to a world still reeling from an oil crisis and an engineer...
Published 06 February 2015
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Five brilliant hot hatches for under £10,000

Many of us have at some point enjoyed sharing our life with a hot hatchback. Putting a powerful engine and sporty suspension in a small and affordable...
Published 06 February 2015
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News: In-car gadgets blamed for increase in accidents...

Statistics released by the Department of Transport reveal that the annual figure for serious injuries and child deaths on the roads of Britain has...
Published 06 February 2015
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News: Kia releases teaser pictures of Trail'ster electric...

Kia was the first car company to bring an electrically powered crossover to British drivers. Now the South Korean company is preparing to launch an...
Published 06 February 2015
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Video: Motorist jailed after driving wrong way along...

A driver has been sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders' institute and banned from driving for three years after going the wrong way round the...
Published 05 February 2015
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Video: Getting to know the new Ford Focus RS with Ken...

The smoke billows, dubstep blasts from the speakers and Ken Block tries his hardest to burst the tyres of Ford's new super-hatch, the Focus RS
Published 04 February 2015
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News: Vauxhall Corsa VXR hot hatch is the essence of...

What a week for petrolheads. First Ford revealed a Focus RS; then Ferrari took the wraps off the 488 GTB, at which point Porsche decided to join in...
Published 04 February 2015
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How Top Gear rescued Steve Harley

When the singer Steve Harley was caught speeding he didn’t imagine Top Gear would help out...
Published 04 February 2015
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Letters of the week, February 1

This week: speed limiters, parking spaces and not using indicators...
Published 04 February 2015