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Video: Aquaplaning car has near miss on highway

A couple of Canadian motorists narrowly avoided a scary head-on crash, after a car aquaplaned at nearly 70mph on a sodden stretch of highway.
Published 21 July 2018
Vote now in The Sunday Times Motor Awards 2018 to win a holiday in Dubai

Vote now in the Sunday Times Driving Motor Awards

Choose your favourite cars of the year and you could win a holiday of a lifetime in Dubai
Published 21 July 2018
This is what it's like to ride a Speedway GP bike

Video: What it's like to ride Speedway GP

To the uninitiated, riding a Speedway GP bike doesn't look that tricky. Yes, the professionals race at breakneck speed and seem to have a...
Published 20 July 2018
Millions of motorists could need permits to drive in Europe post-Brexit

Brits could need EU driving permits post-Brexit

Millions of motorists could need to buy a £5.50 permit in order to drive in Europe after Brexit, according to the National Audit Office.
Published 20 July 2018
Unique matching Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato pair up for sale

Matching Aston Martin Vanquish Zagatos for sale

A unique pair of ultra-rare matching Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato cars are up for sale — on the condition their future owner buys them together.
Published 19 July 2018

Stolen fire engine chased for 100 miles

Cross-county police officers in California recently arrested two thieves who stole an unusual vehicle: an on-duty fire engine.
Published 18 July 2018
Two killed in terrifying lorry crash in US

Dash cam captures terrifying fatal lorry crash

Two road users have sadly lost their lives, as a result of a terrifying crash involving three other cars and a lorry on a US highway.
Published 18 July 2018

Video: Caravan and car collide in roundabout crash

You'd think, when towing a caravan, you'd drive with a little more care and attention than normal. That isn't the case in this newly released...
Published 18 July 2018

Can you wash your car during the hosepipe ban?

With new hosepipe bans set to be enforced soon, many motorists will likely be wondering how they'll be able to keep their cars clean.
Published 18 July 2018
Roborace chief on prepping for the Goodwood autonomous run and a new kind of race series (video)

Roborace chief on prepping for Goodwood (video)

Ahead of the Robocar's world-first autonomous run at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed, driving.co.uk interviewed Rod Chong.
Published 18 July 2018
2018 Ford Focus ST-Line review (video)

2018 Ford Focus review (video)

The Ford Focus has become such a staple of the British car landscape that you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who has never owned, test-driven...
Published 18 July 2018
Driving the Porsche 959: how the ultimate 80s status symbol feels today

Driving the Porsche 959: the 80s on speed

In the early 1980s, there wasn’t much for little boys to do. You could go down the woods, on your BMX, and pretend you were Tinker Juarez – one...
Published 18 July 2018