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Gas-guzzling Germans miss air targets

Gas-guzzling Germans miss air targets

Germany’s love affair with fast cars and big engines has been blamed for an acceleration in greenhouse gas emissions despite the country’s...
Published 29 March 2017
Friends died of gas poisoning in customised car

Friends died of gas poisoning in customised car

Two friends died from carbon monoxide poisoning after sitting in a car that had been modified in a fatal manner, an inquest was told...
Published 29 March 2017
How sat-navs shut down brain’s ability to navigate

How sat-navs shut down brain’s ability to navigate

In 2012 three Japanese tourists in Australia drove their rented car up to its wheel arches on a mudflat and themselves into the annals of...
Published 29 March 2017
New microprocessor steers British company towards driverless cars

New chip steers company towards driverless cars

Britain’s biggest tech company has unveiled a new microprocessor targeted at emerging technologies, including driverless cars.
Published 29 March 2017
Drive time: new Chuck Berry album to rev up drivers

Drive time: Chuck Berry album to rev up drivers

With its unmistakable opening guitar riff and memorable chorus, it’s little wonder that Johnny B. Goode ranks as one of the greatest songs of all
Published 28 March 2017
BMW 520d M Sport review (2017-on)

BMW 5-series G30 review (2017-on)

If you could only pick one car to drive every day for the rest of your life, the BMW 5 series would be at the top of the list, elbowing the...
Published 28 March 2017
Lorry driver jailed for four and a half years after killing student while on phone

Distracted lorry driver jailed for killing student

A lorry driver was jailed for four and a half years for causing the death of a “clever and artistic” 21-year-old woman by crashing into her broke
Published 28 March 2017
Fallout from hard Brexit could drive up cost of cars by £2,300

Brexit could drive up cost of cars by £2,300

More than £2,300 could be added to the price of an average car under a “hard Brexit”, according to research.
Published 28 March 2017
2017 Mercedes E-class review

Mercedes-Benz E-class review (2016 on)

A visit to the Bentley factory in Crewe is illuminating. A workforce of around 4,000 includes roughly 500 skilled craftsmen and women...
Published 27 March 2017
Toyota’s £240m show of faith in Derby production plant

Toyota’s £240m show of faith in Derbyshire

Toyota is investing £240m to upgrade a plant in Derbyshire in a sign of commitment to the UK post Brexit
Published 24 March 2017
Volkswagen emissions chief’s bid for bail fails

Volkswagen emissions chief loses bail hearing

A Volkswagen executive wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and handcuffs lost his attempt to win bail in a US court
Published 24 March 2017
First Drive review: Bugatti Chiron

First Drive review: Bugatti Chiron

There is a moment driving the new Bugatti Chiron when you appreciate precisely what it is that the world’s wealthiest individuals are paying for.
Published 23 March 2017