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News: James May belts into 600bhp rallycross car for...


James May has been doing quite a lot in series 22 of Top Gear to counter his reputation as Captain Slow: he championed the Nissan GT-R in the Australia...
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News: BMW M4 Moto GP safety car previews the M4 GTS


At the Geneva motor show, Porsche revealed its 911 GT3 RS and Aston Martin showed the V12 Vantage GT3. Not to be left out, BMW
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News: Koenigsegg Regera hypercar said to generate nearly...


First there were supercars. Then there were hypercars. Now there's the Koenigsegg Regera, which with a claimed 1,782bhp surely takes the game to a...
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News: Mitsubishi XR PHEV II concept keeps plug-in hybrid...


Mitsubishi is to launch a new plug-in compact SUV with Range Rover Evoque-challenging styling and the promise of rock-bottom fuel bills. The company...
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News: Lexus may take on Mini with LF-SA small car


Small cars are big business. Of the 10 bestselling cars in Britain last year four were tiddlers, which no doubt explains why Lexus, Toyota's premium...
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Three essential tips before buying a car


So you want to buy a car, but where do you start? Before you even get to the dealer’s forecourt to do battle with the shiny-suited, silver-tongued...
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News: Turbo puts Ferrari 488 GTB ahead of 458 Speciale...


The 2015 Ferrari 488 GTB, which debuts at this week’s Geneva motor show, is to the 458 Italia what the 430 was to the 360. For those not fluent...
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News: Button and Alonso to put stamp on NSX, says Honda


Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso are to have a say in the development of the new Honda NSX before it goes into production at the end of this year.
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News: 2015 Honda Civic Type R becomes hot hatch king...


Honda has set a new benchmark time for hot hatches at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the Colosseum of performance car one-upmanship. Its 2015 Civic...
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News: Lamborghini Aventador SV could be final V12 Lambo...


It is the news no car enthusiast wants to hear: the bureaucrats may have brow-beaten Lamborghini into submission and forced it to plan for a future...
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What could be causing my Skoda Fabia to pull to the...


Q. On long, straight sections of road my newly acquired (but three-year-old) Skoda Fabia pulls to the left when I relax my grip on the steering wheel...
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News: Racing gloves at the ready for the new Porsche...


With body parts made from magnesium and carbon fibre, it sounds like something NASA would build, but drivers will soon be able to get their hands...