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Top five coolest official State cars

Top five coolest official State cars

Donald Trump’s new “The Beast” limo may be cool, but it can’t shine a candle to these five awesome State cars.
Published 28 September 2018
Into the valley of death in a Mazda6

Great Drives: Into the valley of death in a Mazda6

On the trail of the Gold Rush pioneers, Nick Rufford tries to keep his cool in the high heat of the California desert
Published 17 September 2018
The Mountain Decides: Watch Romain Dumas, Travis Pastrana, Rhys Millen in beautiful, thrilling Pikes Peak 2018 documentary

Watch this thrilling Pikes Peak 2018 documentary

Jeremy Hart first went to Pikes Peak in 1988. The chance to return 30 years later to make a film about the legendary event was too good to miss.
Published 11 September 2018
2018 Le Mans 24 Hours - Race

Faking it as a Le Mans photographer, using a phone

Huawei reckoned the camera on its P20 Pro phone is so good, it could handle one of the trickiest photographic environments: the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Published 10 September 2018

How to drive like an SAS expert

The headlines are enough to make any driver nervous: Car theft involving acid leaves man in critical condition; Knife-wielding moped robbers...
Published 31 August 2018
The Paper Time Machine book - colourised historical photos - lady charges her Colombia electric car in 1912

This was charging an electric car in 1912

A colourised image from book The Paper Time Machine gives us an incredible insight into electric car charging at the start of the 20th century.
Published 22 August 2018
James Mills journalist huge crash and rolls / flips video at Mini Challenge race practice during 2018 DTM meeting at Brands Hatch

Video: Spectacular Mini crash at Brands

It was obvious things were not exactly on track when the gravel loomed toward the driver’s window.
Published 14 August 2018
Racing to the future: driving Jaguar's new I-Pace eTrophy race car

Driving Jaguar's new I-Pace eTrophy race car

Arriving at a sun-baked Silverstone circuit, the roar of high-revving engines and smell of burnt petrol fills the air. GTE sports cars are scream
Published 09 August 2018
Zhao Deli flying motorcycle from China

Chinese drone engineer shows off flying motorbike

Flying cars from exciting tech start-ups may be the new hot thing for billionaire investors, but put a humble engineer in a shed...
Published 27 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
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
This Mercedes chassis could have set the world land speed record

Mercedes 3,500hp land speed car... from 1939

At last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed, Mercedes-Benz showcased what could have been one of the greatest ever land speed record cars:.
Published 16 July 2018