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Singer Paul Young with his Ford Mustang: Sunday Times Driving Me and My Motor

Me and My Motor: Paul Young on Vauxhall Vivas, supercars...

In the 1980s Paul Young had a string of top 10 hits, three chart-topping albums and an army of swooning teenage fans...
Published 11 April 2016
Nissan GT-R and Masato Kawabata claim Guinness World Record for 189mph drift

Drifting at 189mph secures GT-R Nismo a Guinness world...

It sounds like a challenge set by the producers of Top Gear: you must drift your car, at speed, and secure a Guinness world record.
Published 11 April 2016
2016 DS 3 Performance review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 DS 3 Performance

DS has split from Citroën. You didn’t hear? It’s like when Robbie left Take That: helplines, bewilderment, distraught car fans...
Published 11 April 2016
Sunday Times Driving Car Clinic: Insurance premium increase after removing a named driver from the policy

My car insurance company charged me for removing a...

I asked Gladiator insurance to remove a named driver from my new policy a couple of days before the old one expired. The policy had already been renewed...
Published 11 April 2016
Sunday Times Driving Car Clinic: Aston Martin DB9 engine ticking noise

What's causing the ticking noise from my Aston Martin...

There is a ticking noise from the engine of my 2004 Aston Martin DB9, which I’m told could be the “big-end bearings”. What do you think?
Published 11 April 2016
Penalty charge notice on car windscreen. Sunday Times Driving Reader Letters: bicycle tax, diesel cars and stealthy road signs

Reader Letters: bicycle tax, diesel cars, puddle beware...

Susannah West Yates says bicycles should be “taxed and insured, and their users forced to pass a test”. As some cars are zero-rated for vehicle...
Published 11 April 2016
Kia Sportage Kids review - commercial feature in association with Kia

Kids’ gear: crack team of experienced passengers...

The trouble with most car reviews is that the people writing them are just a bit too grey around the edges. They bang on about family-friendly motoring...
Published 09 April 2016
Welcome to the all-new Driving.co.uk

More than a respray: welcome to the all-new Driving.co.uk

Welcome to the new-look Driving website with even more car news, reviews and advice...
Published 08 April 2016
Buying guide to the new SUVs and 4x4s going on sale in 2016, including the Audi Q2

Top new SUVs and 4x4s going on sale in 2016 and beyond

The last thing most drivers want is to spend a small fortune on a new car, only to find that three months later it has been superseded...
Published 08 April 2016
Me and My Motor: Kate Humble on her big break on Top Gear and embarrassing herself in an Aston

Me and My Motor: Kate Humble on her big break on Top...

Kate Humble is best known for fronting wildlife programmes such as Springwatch, Lambing Live and Wild Things, but she got her break presenting Top...
Published 07 April 2016
Average speed cameras on the rise despite safety and privacy concerns

Average speed cameras on the rise despite safety and...

Drive west out of London on the A40 at the end of a long hard day, and as the sun sets you may struggle to discern the small speed cameras above the...
Published 07 April 2016
2012 Skoda Superb timing chain tensioner problem

My Skoda Superb may have a fault that was fixed on...

I think there is an inherent fault with the timing chain tensioner in my 2012 Skoda Superb. There has been corrective work in America. Why not here?
Published 07 April 2016