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Rotary engine comes round again with Mazda RX-Vision concept at Tokyo show


Mazda should have been on to a winner with the RX-8 sports car. On its launch in 2003 it won rave reviews for the way it looked and drove. But the car had the mixed blessing of a rotary engine ...
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Self-driving Nissan IDS concept will learn your road...


NISSAN HAS unveiled an autonomous concept car at this week's Tokyo show that can learn your driving style and copy it when driving itself
Products: When You Dead, You Dead by Guy Martin book review

Products: When You Dead, You Dead, by Guy Martin


Guy Martin is the Fred Dibnah of the Millennial Generation, with a similar gift of the gab and an equal passion for engines and engineering. But whereas...
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Jaguar Land Rover: James Bond's ultimate nemesis? Spectre's...


James Bond may get to drive the ultra-slick Aston Martin DB10 in Spectre but surely the chaps having the real fun are the villains...
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Letters of the week: October 25


This week: Audi oil consumption, windscreen wipers, how to drive over speed bumps and, as always, cyclists
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Should I be worried about the grinding sound my car's...


Q. The brakes on my Volkswagen Polo 1.2 SE have made a grinding sound since I bought it new six months ago
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What do I need to know about classic car insurance?


Q. In 2000 I had two cars on standard insurance with the maximum no-claims bonus
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Car of the week: Toyota Mirai


Typical. You wait ages for a hydrogen-powered car to come along and two arrive at once
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First Drive review: 2015 McLaren 570S


The 570S marks a sharp change in direction for the British car maker, and its price will make rivals weep
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The Clarkson review: 2015 Lamborghini Aventador


One day, many years ago, a penguin must have landed in the frozen wastelands of Antarctica and thought
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Top Gear: behind the scenes with script editor Richard...


As his new book takes readers behind the scenes of Top Gear, the show’s former script editor Richard Porter confesses that the show’s best moments...
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2015 Mercedes GLE 450 AMG coupé review


Without resorting to getting tangled up in a kiss and tell story splashed across the tabloids, climbing behind the wheel of the new Mercedes GLE 450...