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2016 Skoda Superb SE L 2.0 TSI 280PS 4x4 review

2016 Skoda Superb SE L 2.0 TSI 280PS 4x4 review

Over the years, the police and drivers have played a game of cat and mouse, with the boys in blue taking to unmarked patrol cars and drivers slowly...
Published 18 March 2016
Move over McLaren: Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing to build F1-beating hypercar for the road

Move over McLaren: Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing...

Aston Martin has thrown down the gauntlet and pulled up to the starting grid in the race to build the world’s fastest car.
Published 17 March 2016
Car Clinic: My Honda Jazz's battery goes flat if left for four weeks. Why?

My Honda Jazz's car battery goes flat if left for four...

If we leave our 09-plate Honda Jazz 1.4 for four weeks the battery goes flat. Why is this?
Published 16 March 2016
George Osborne Budget 2016: What it means for motorists

Budget 2016: What it means for motorists and key points

The nation’s motorists are a soft target for the Treasury but drivers have escaped relatively lightly in today's Budget.
Published 16 March 2016
Mini Cooper convertible review

First Drive review: 2016 Mini Cooper convertible

Britain loves a convertible. Any car manufacturer will tell you: the UK is a soft touch for a soft-top. It’s Europe’s second-biggest market for...
Published 15 March 2016
Me and My Motor: Nick Mason of Pink Floyd recalls a “stupid” car investment with a £30m return

Me and My Motor: Nick Mason of Pink Floyd recalls a...

Nick Mason has amassed one of the world’s most celebrated car collections, yet he remains dissatisfied...
Published 15 March 2016
Jeremy Clarkson reviews the 2014 Suzuki Swift

The Clarkson review: Suzuki Swift 1.2 SZ2

Filming in the waters of Barbados for his new TV show, Jeremy Clarkson finds the only available car is a nifty Suzuki Swift.
Published 14 March 2016
Car clocking

Car clocking hasn't gone away, it's gone hi-tech —...

It's a damp December morning on an industrial estate. Behind a chain-link fence a line of cars sits, engines running. The first car in the line has...
Published 11 March 2016
Me and My Motor: actress Sheridan Smith chauffeurs Enid Blyton in a BMW X5

Me and My Motor: actress Sheridan Smith chauffeurs...

Sheridan Smith moved “reluctantly” to London, aged 16, to take up a role in the National Youth Music Theatre’s acclaimed production of Bugsy...
Published 11 March 2016
Double whammy: Vauxhall Zafira car fires scorch owners again with hike in premium

Double whammy: Vauxhall Zafira car fires scorch owners...

Owners of the Vauxhall Zafira B, a version of the car with a reputation for bursting into flames without warning, have another worry on their plate...
Published 10 March 2016
Jeremy Clarkson reviews the Lexus GS F sports saloon

The Clarkson review: 2016 Lexus GS F

When the Lexus you see in the photographs first arrived at my house, I decided I liked it. And when it went away a week later, I liked it even more...
Published 08 March 2016
Who is to blame for Dieselgate? Driving tracks down the engineers involved

Who is to blame? Driving tracks down the engineers...

If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen. That’s what the advertisements used to say. Now VW’s reputation is in tatters...
Published 07 March 2016