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2017 VW Golf GTI gets facelift, more power and tech upgrades

2017 VW Golf gets facelift and tech upgrades


If you can chart changes in consumer demand through the Volkswagen Golf, which was introduced in 1974, then the latest model appears destined
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport Edition 40

The Clarkson Review: VW Golf GTI Clubsport


My television colleagues and I had to visit Whitby recently, which meant there was a debate in the office about how we’d get to North Yorkshire...
Tesla Model S 60D review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Tesla Model S 60D


It was while I was Autopiloting up the M4, just west of Heathrow, that the conclusion became inescapable. The Tesla Model S 60D is...
Han Yue believe it: stunt driver laps Nurburgring on two wheels

Video: Stunt driver laps Nürburgring on two wheels


Han Yue, a stunt driver from China, has used a humble Mini to set a new lap record at the Nürburgring – driving on two wheels
Android Auto launches on mobile handsets

Android Auto update works with all cars


Drivers whose car does not have a swish multimedia module could soon forget their touchscreen envy
Me and My Motor: Vittorio Grigolo, the tenor singer who almost made it to F1

Me and My Motor: Vittorio Grigolo, tenor singer


Vittorio Grigolo was just 13 when he sang alongside Luciano Pavarotti, earning himself the nickname “Il Pavarottino”...
Car Clinic: After clearing petrol out of my diesel car's fuel system, should I pay for optional additive?

Car Clinic: I put petrol in my diesel car...


When I put petrol in my diesel Audi A5, Fuel Doctor drained the tank. I declined to pay £20 for an additive to prevent “dangerous fumes..."
Model X delays and ham radios

Reader Letters: Pedestrian safety and ham radios


When a deer ran out in front of my Jaguar XE I applied an emergency stop. There was a loud bang, a cracking noise and the bonnet shot up...

Dina Asher-Smith runs around town in the Kia Niro


In our latest Kia Instagram Challenge, Olympic sprinter Dina Asher-Smith sees if the Kia Niro can keep up with her on a London shopping trip
Phone use at the wheel goes unpunished

Phone use at the wheel goes unpunished


The number of motorists fined for using a mobile phone at the wheel fell sharply, heightening concerns that police are turning a blind eye ...
How it feels to globetrot by motorbike

How it feels to globetrot by motorbike


I was in the Karakoram mountains in Pakistan and I’d made my way there on a hired donkey. For three nights I slept in a goatherd’s hut...
Opinion: Self-driving cars still need a human touch

Opinion: Self-driving cars need a human touch


When is a self-driving car not a self-driving car? Most of the time, actually. When the cab-hailing firm Uber announced it was launching...