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Traffic lights going nowhere despite calls for 80% to be ripped out


We’ve all been there: quickly checking our smartphones; drumming our fingers on the steering wheel; willing on the red light to change to green...
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2016 Volkswagen Touran review


The Volkswagen Touran is a little like a McLaren pushchair. You know what you’ll get, it’s had years of refinement, works well and won’t break...
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Final Land Rover Defender rolls off the production


Its universal appeal has seen it owned by everyone from cleaners to the Queen but today the final Land Rover Defender rolled off the production
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Test your knowledge: When and where were the first...


Traffic lights: godsend for the pedestrian; scourge of the impatient driver; invisible to the cyclist. It is reckoned that 15,000 road junctions in...
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Turbocharged Porsche 718 Boxster breaks cover before...


Porsche has unveiled the new Boxster before its debut at the Geneva motor show in March.
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Products: Jabra Storm Bluetooth headset review


The humble automobile was once a safe haven where you could be alone with your thoughts. But new in-car technology makes the daily commute a perfect...
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High Street closed: follow 32-mile diversion


Wiltshire council is being accused of lacking common sense after designing a 32-mile diversion to avoid just 300 yards of roadworks
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Car of the week: DS 3


Before the DS3 came along, Citroën was best known for building the 2CV, the car that went from 0 to 60mph in a day and became affectionately known...
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The top motoring Twitter accounts to follow


Twitter is in pole position when it comes to car news, gossip and videos, but who are the people and teams worth following? James Mills fires up his...
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Letters of the week, January 24


This week: child seats, stop-start engines, plug-in hybrids, vehicle tax and clamping
Roadworks send drivers on 18-mile diversion

Fuming motorists sent on 18-mile detour to avoid roadworks


Motorists in Suffolk are being driven round the bend by council workers who have created an elaborate 18-mile diversion
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Number of airbags in cars set to triple


Have we reached peak airbag? Nearly.