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The Dom Joly Review: 2016 Jaguar F-Pace S SUV

The Dom Joly Review: Jaguar F-Pace S


I appear to be becoming Jeremy Clarkson’s stand-in for this publication. Frankly, there are worse jobs so I’m not complaining...
2016 VW Polo Mk5 review

Volkswagen Polo Mk5 review (2014-on)


The Volkswagen Polo is the Stella Artois of the car world. Reassuringly expensive, it’s everything that Volkswagen does best, but in miniature.
First Drive review: 2016 Audi A3 Sportback

First Drive review: 2016 Audi A3 Sportback


For 20 years the Audi A3 has been offering the executive pleasures associated with the brand — including quiet but unignorable status enhancement...
Kia Sorento Mk3 review (2015-on)

Kia Sorento Mk3 review (2015-on)


When Kia revealed its second-generation Sorento back in 2010 there were sharp intakes of breath once the company disclosed that this would be...
Sunday Times Driving Reader Letters June 12, 2016: Juddery wipers, low-riders, brake lights and selective EU laws

Reader Letters: Juddery wipers and selective EU laws


"In his review of the Ford Focus RS (May 29), Jeremy Clarkson says that one irritation was “wipers that judder”. I had the same with my new Focus..."
Me and My Motor: Emily Collett, British aerobatics champion, on the planes that made her

Me and My Motor: Emily Collett, British aerobatics...


At the age of nine, Emily Collett looked in awe at an F18 jet fighter and announced firmly: “When I grow up, I’m going to be an engineer and fly...
New 2017 Renault Clio pricing, details and pictures

Modest makeover for France's popular Renault Clio supermini


Coming from one of the most opinionated nations on earth, the facelift of the Renault Clio, one of France’s most enduring cars, seems as subtle...
Me and My Motor: actor Patrick Dempsey on starring in Le Mans, for real

Me and My Motor: Patrick Dempsey


Like Steve McQueen and Paul Newman before him, Patrick Dempsey has combined a successful Hollywood career with a decent turn as a racing driver...
Driver on phone

Motorists demand £200 fine and more penalty points...


Motorists feel the imminent stiffening in the penalty for using a phone at the wheel will not prove any more of a deterrent. In a survey of 2,100...
Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish on motoring loves. . . and losses

Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish


Allan McNish, three-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours race, hails from an unlikely motoring mecca. His birth town of Dumfries and nearby Kirkcudbright...
Driving in France during Euro 2016 and summer holiday season

Driving in France during Euro 2016 and summer holiday...


As the summer holiday looms on the horizon like distant blue skies, nearly 1m British holidaymakers are preparing to dust off their passports...
2016 Infiniti Q30 review by Jeremy Clarkson for Sunday Times Driving

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Infiniti Q30


Once, when I worked for the BBC’s Midlands division, I was invited to the opening of what was billed in the promotional pamphlet as “Birmingham’s...