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South Korea claims British-built Nissan Qashqai fitted with emissions defeat devices

South Korea claims British-built Nissan Qashqai fitted...

Nissan has been thrust into the emissions cheating scandal by the South Korean government after the country claimed that the best-selling Qashqai...
Published 17 May 2016
Sunday Times Driving Reader Letters: Austrian tolls, speedo accuracy, Specs cameras and antiquated RAC

Reader Letters: Austrian tolls, speedo accuracy, Specs...

A warning to readers: I have just received notice of a hefty fine for not displaying a vignette — the toll sticker that permits you to drive on...
Published 16 May 2016

Second circuit for Coventry Motofest brings Gymkhana...

As car festivals go, Coventry Motofest is something of an underdog. It lacks the picture-perfect splendor of the Goodwood Estate and can’t count...
Published 16 May 2016
2016 BMW 2-series Active Tourer PHEV review

2016 BMW 2-series Active Tourer PHEV review

BMW's 2-series Active Tourer and its seven-seat Gran Tourer sister have never been the darlings of the BMW model range...
Published 13 May 2016
First Drive review of the 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia, by The Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia

Considering how many mediocre cars Alfa Romeo has turned out during the more recent chapters of its 106-year history ...
Published 13 May 2016
Clarkson, Hammond and May's Amazon car show to be called The Grand Tour

Clarkson, Hammond and May's Amazon car show is named...

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, the presenters of Amazon's new motoring show and formerly of Top Gear, will be camping it up when...
Published 11 May 2016
Jeremy Clarkson review of the BMW M2

The Clarkson review: 2016 BMW M2

Two recently launched cars have sent the specialist motoring press into a squeaking frenzy of tinkle-clutching ecstasy. One is the Ford Focus RS...
Published 11 May 2016
2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn

Those Rolls-Royce people: they spoil us, they really do. I’m on a sun-dappled West Sussex road in the company’s latest “motor car”...
Published 09 May 2016
Me and My Motor: Movie stuntman Vic Armstrong on Indiana Jones, Bond and the Ford Anglia

Me and My Motor: Movie stuntman Vic Armstrong on Indiana...

Ever wondered what Harrison Ford is like behind the wheel, if Pierce Brosnan really could handle his Bond cars or whether Tom Cruise is that athletic?...
Published 09 May 2016
I’d like a hatchback car that can carry golf clubs without having to put the rear seats down. What do you recommend?

What hatchback can I buy with a boot big enough for...

Q. I’d like a hatchback that can carry golf clubs without having to put the rear seats down. What do you recommend?
Published 09 May 2016
Reader Letters: car envy, driving too slowly, leftie Europe, dashcams and a Mini impostor

Reader Letters: car envy, driving too slowly, leftie...

"I am thrilled to learn from Jeremy Clarkson that the reason other drivers are so reluctant to let me out from a junction..."
Published 09 May 2016
Chad McQueen and Ford Mustang GT: faster than a speeding Bullitt (video)

Chad McQueen and Ford Mustang GT: faster than a speeding...

Remember the scene in Bullitt when Steve McQueen in a Ford Mustang pursues a pair of baddies in a Dodge Charger through the precipitous streets and...
Published 08 May 2016