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Win Gran Turismo Sport and BMW driving experience

Get your hands on the latest Gran Turismo game and the official Thrustmaster, and hit the track for real in a BMW M4 at Brands Hatch.
Published 18 October 2017
Gran Turismo boss says he removed GT Mode as gamers are losing automotive know-how

Gran Turismo boss reveals why he removed GT Mode

The creator of one of the world’s most successful racing video game franchises has revealed that he changed the way players can customise cars...
Published 17 October 2017
Road workers get combat training after attacks rise

Road workers get combat training after attacks ris

Road workers are being taught military close-combat skills after some reported being shot at, driven at and threatened with machetes and baseball
Published 17 October 2017
Volvo's Polestar reveals hybrid Porsche rival

Volvo's sports brand reveals hybrid Porsche rival

Volvo is best known for building safe family cars that are well suited to a life of lugging Labradors and luggage. But now Polestar, the Swedish
Published 17 October 2017
Mercedes airbag recall involves 400,000 British cars

Mercedes airbag recall affects 400,000 UK cars

Mercedes is asking nearly 400,000 British drivers to return their luxury cars for urgent repairs, after airbags on around 30 of its vehicles...
Published 17 October 2017
Interview: Jenson Button on quitting F1 and his father’s death

Jenson Button on quitting F1 and father's death

Jenson Button’s career in Formula One was ended by a head injury. But it wasn’t his. It killed his father, John, the man who inspired and...
Published 16 October 2017
How to change engine oil and an oil filter

Haynes How-To: change engine oil and an oil filter

An engine is made up of highly stressed, precious components, many which are thrashing around at great speed. To lubricate and protect the moving
Published 15 October 2017
Nissan Qashqai review (2017 on)

Nissan Qashqai review (2017 on)

Nissan pioneered the Qashqai 10 years ago, reasoning that people were tired of the dreary saloons and hatchbacks that were popular in the '90s...
Published 12 October 2017
How to restore car headlight covers

How to restore car headlight covers

Most modern headlights have a polycarbonate plastic cover rather than glass to protect the delicate bulbs and lenses inside
Published 11 October 2017
New Range Rover plug-in hybrid promises 101mpg

New Range Rover plug-in hybrid promises 101mpg

More than a decade after Greenpeace invaded its factory in Solihull, accusing Land Rover of polluting the planet with its 4x4s, the company has c
Published 11 October 2017
Britax wants to put airbags in child seats - but car makers refuse to help

Child seat makers introducing airbags

Child seats fitted with airbags are to go on sale in a move that is likely to prompt new debate over children’s safety in cars.
Published 10 October 2017
Jeremy Clarkson review of the 2017 Vauxhall Insignia Grand Sport

The Clarkson Review: Vauxhall Insignia Grand Sport

I remember it so vividly. I was seven years old and my dad had just announced over our evening bowl of tripe and onions that the next day he’d...
Published 09 October 2017