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The Dom Joly review: Mini Countryman Cooper SD ALL4


Is there anything more British than a Mini? Well, if I’m being pedantic, then, yes, there probably is: emotional insecurity, fear of public embar
What are the new car tax rules in the UK?

What are the new road tax rules?


From tomorrow, the rules on road tax for new cars will change dramatically, partly in order to increase funds coming into the Treasury.
Me and My Motor: Radio 2’s Jo Whiley

Me and My Motor: Radio 2’s Jo Whiley


Noel Gallagher does not suffer fools gladly. So when Jo Whiley’s young daughter rang the former Oasis star by mistake...
Skid risk grows on the UK’s crumbling roads

Skid risk grows on UK’s crumbling roads


Motorists risk skidding on a quarter of roads because of an alarming deterioration in the highways network
Neighbours rack up six figure legal bills in parking space dispute

Neighbours go to court over parking spaces


A “trivial” row over parking spaces has torn apart a millionaires’ community and led to six-figure legal bills, a court has been told...
Max Verstappen Q&A: 19-year-old Red Bull F1 driver can’t live without his Playstation

Max Verstappen Q&A: 19-year-old F1 sensation


Rebecca Clancy meets Red Bull Racing's teenage star. He likes raw meat, hates fish and is scared of hairy spiders...
Sterling fuels rising car exports and production

Weak sterling boosts car exports and production


Overseas demand helped to lift British car production to its best February in 17 years.
New Chinese vehicle plant for Midlands signals dawn of electric black cab

Electric cabs on horizon as Midlands plant opens


Britain is to get two new vehicle plants in one. Geely of China has said its new factory in the Midlands will assemble hybrid black cabs and ...
Reader Letters: Bad diesel advice and not seeing the light

Reader Letters: Bad diesel advice


Roger Blackman is unsympathetic towards diesel owners and says a little research would have revealed why the diesel engine should be confined...
France launches inquiry into Fiat over diesel emissions

France launches inquiry into Fiat over diesel


The diesel emissions scandal widened as French prosecutors announced the opening of a criminal inquiry into allegations that Fiat Chrysler...
Electric taxi factory expands into vans

Electric taxi factory expands into vans


Geely, the Chinese car maker, has revealed plans to launch Britain’s first dedicated electric van manufacturing plant in the factory it built...
Renault diesels ‘are worst polluters’ according to Which? tests

Renault diesels ‘are worst polluters’


Renault diesel cars emit the highest levels of toxic nitrogen oxides of all the big manufacturers and the French company’s recent models...