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Doubts surface about SSC’s Tuatara record run

Doubts cast on SSC Tuatara record speed run

Questions are surfacing regarding the legitimacy of the alleged production car speed record set by the SSC Tuatara last week.
Published 27 October 2020
Lewis Hamilton's five best Formula One wins

Lewis Hamilton's five best Formula One wins

Yesterday, Lewis Hamilton broke the record for the biggest number of race wins in Formula One history. Here five highlights from his 92 wins.
Published 26 October 2020
New highway code could see cyclists go two-by-two

Highway Code could recommend cycling two abreast

Proposed changes to the highway code could see cyclists riding two by two rather than in single file in order to improve road safety.
Published 26 October 2020
Range Rover at 50: How listening to customers kept the ‘farmhouse to townhouse’ 4x4 ahead of the field

Range Rover at 50: Staying ahead (spon)

The ability to give buyers what they want has driven the ground-breaking luxury SUV to a pre-eminent position since its birth in 1970
Published 26 October 2020
Lewis Hamilton has now won more F1 races than any driver in history

Lewis Hamilton claims F1 win record

Lewis Hamilton has added another record to his glittering career in Formula One: the highest number of race wins of all time.
Published 25 October 2020
Self-driving car trials launch in Oxford

Self-driving car trials launch in Oxford

Six Ford Mondeos have taken to the streets of Oxford, kitted out with self-driving tech by an Oxford University-linked company called Oxbotica.
Published 23 October 2020
Nico Rosberg to enter team into Extreme E

Nico Rosberg enters team into Extreme E

Former Formula One World Champion Nico Rosberg will enter a team into Extreme E, the upcoming sister sport to Formula E.
Published 22 October 2020
Hummer to be reborn as electric "supertruck"

Hummer to be reborn as electric 'supertruck'

The Hummer, an icon of automotive Americana, is to be reborn as an electric 'supertruck' with 350 miles of range.
Published 21 October 2020

Green Hell & high water: Monteiro races N24 (vid)

Jeremy Hart was in the Honda Racing pit garage at the fearsome Nürburging 24 Hours to capture ex-F1 driver Tiago Monteiro's race on film.
Published 21 October 2020
The SSC Tuatara is now the world's fastest production car

Watch onboard video of SSC Tuatara hitting 331mph

American outfit SSC has taken to a closed road in Las Vegas with its Tuatara Hypercar to smash the world's fastest production car record.
Published 20 October 2020
Cupra Formentor price tag will start at £27,300

Cupra Formentor price will start at £27,300

Cupra, Seat's high-performance sister brand, has announced price and specs for its first exclusive model, the Formentor SUV.
Published 20 October 2020
New motorway speed limits have halved pollution in some areas of Wales

New speed limit halves Welsh motorway pollution

Lower speed limits introduced on high-pollution stretches of Welsh motorways have been successful in halving levels of harmful emissions.
Published 19 October 2020