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A robot preparing popcorn at a popcorn machine.
Tesla’s Optimus draws hundreds of fans for popcorn and selfies

The £15,000 robot was flown to London from California to promote its limited production next year

Yellow anti-theft lock fitted to a car steering wheel.
Q&A
CAR CLINIC
What’s the best way to protect your car against key hacking?
Sean Connery as James Bond in the autogyro "Little Nellie" from You Only Live Twice.
Who cares about the next Bond — we want to know what car he will drive
Luxury
A man in sunglasses and a black polo shirt leans against a blue Alpine A390 car.
A man in sunglasses and a black polo shirt leans against a blue Alpine A390 car.
REVIEW
Alpine A390: the fast — and so very French — family EV
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech at a podium with "SECURING OUR FUTURE" written on it inside a Jaguar Land Rover factory.
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech at a podium with "SECURING OUR FUTURE" written on it inside a Jaguar Land Rover factory.
Hybrid drivers face double tax hit under Reeves’s plans
Collage of a clean silver Aston Martin DB5, a rusty blue Aston Martin DB5 in disrepair, and an Aston Martin "David Brown" winged logo.
Collage of a clean silver Aston Martin DB5, a rusty blue Aston Martin DB5 in disrepair, and an Aston Martin "David Brown" winged logo.
He left his Bond car to rust in the driveway. Now it’s worth £1m
Will Dron standing with a 2026 Toyota bZ4X.
Will Dron standing with a 2026 Toyota bZ4X.
Toyota bZ4X 2026 review — refreshed family EV feels all new
Sean Connery as James Bond in the autogyro "Little Nellie" from You Only Live Twice.
Sean Connery as James Bond in the autogyro "Little Nellie" from You Only Live Twice.
Who cares about the next Bond — we want to know what car he will drive
Luxury
Sean Connery as James Bond in the autogyro "Little Nellie" from You Only Live Twice.
Sean Connery as James Bond in the autogyro "Little Nellie" from You Only Live Twice.
Who cares about the next Bond — we want to know what car he will drive
Luxury
A man in sunglasses and a black polo shirt leans against a blue Alpine A390 car.
A man in sunglasses and a black polo shirt leans against a blue Alpine A390 car.
REVIEW
Alpine A390: the fast — and so very French — family EV
A man in sunglasses and a black polo shirt leans against a blue Alpine A390 car.
A man in sunglasses and a black polo shirt leans against a blue Alpine A390 car.
REVIEW
Alpine A390: the fast — and so very French — family EV
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech at a podium with "SECURING OUR FUTURE" written on it inside a Jaguar Land Rover factory.
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech at a podium with "SECURING OUR FUTURE" written on it inside a Jaguar Land Rover factory.
Hybrid drivers face double tax hit under Reeves’s plans
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech at a podium with "SECURING OUR FUTURE" written on it inside a Jaguar Land Rover factory.
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech at a podium with "SECURING OUR FUTURE" written on it inside a Jaguar Land Rover factory.
Hybrid drivers face double tax hit under Reeves’s plans
Collage of a clean silver Aston Martin DB5, a rusty blue Aston Martin DB5 in disrepair, and an Aston Martin "David Brown" winged logo.
Collage of a clean silver Aston Martin DB5, a rusty blue Aston Martin DB5 in disrepair, and an Aston Martin "David Brown" winged logo.
He left his Bond car to rust in the driveway. Now it’s worth £1m
Collage of a clean silver Aston Martin DB5, a rusty blue Aston Martin DB5 in disrepair, and an Aston Martin "David Brown" winged logo.
Collage of a clean silver Aston Martin DB5, a rusty blue Aston Martin DB5 in disrepair, and an Aston Martin "David Brown" winged logo.
He left his Bond car to rust in the driveway. Now it’s worth £1m
Will Dron standing with a 2026 Toyota bZ4X.
Will Dron standing with a 2026 Toyota bZ4X.
Toyota bZ4X 2026 review — refreshed family EV feels all new
Will Dron standing with a 2026 Toyota bZ4X.
Will Dron standing with a 2026 Toyota bZ4X.
Toyota bZ4X 2026 review — refreshed family EV feels all new
A robot preparing popcorn at a popcorn machine.

Jeremy Clarkson

Collage of Jeremy Clarkson standing next to a dark green Ferrari Roma Spider on a beach.
REVIEW
The Clarkson Review: Ferrari 12Cilindri — ‘I went weak at the knees’

‘Sensors beep when you are near an obstacle, but in a car this size you are always near an obstacle’

Collage of Jeremy Clarkson standing next to a dark green Ferrari Roma Spider on a beach.
REVIEW
The Clarkson Review: Ferrari 12Cilindri — ‘I went weak at the knees’
REVIEW
The Clarkson review: Aston Martin Vanquish — even Cheerful Charlie was impressed

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Carlos Sainz Jr: ‘I had a battery car at three — I did my first doughnuts’

The Formula 1 driver ‘Little Chilli’ is still hot for his 13-year-old Volkswagen Golf — and dreams of a new Ferrari F80

The Times
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I’m not sure why the SsangYong Motor Company changed its name to the KG Mobility Corporation. But it’s better than going back to the company’s original name of Dong-A Motor

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The new Frontera is a lot like Citroën’s C3 Aircross, with up to seven seats and identical electric and hybrid powertrains, but does the Vauxhall have an edge?

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Greg Moss arrived in Italy a Ducati agnostic but after seven days tearing around the mountains on its latest high-end dream machines, he became a committed Ducatista

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