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Top cop: smart motorways are 'death traps'

MPs have urged the government to cease the expansion of the smart motorway network, amid growing concerns over their safety credentials.
Published 29 January 2020
2020 SEAT LEON

2020 SEAT Leon: all the details

An all-new fourth generation SEAT Leon hatchback has been unveiled. Here are all the details.
Published 28 January 2020
2020 SEAT Leon teaser

Watch the new Seat Leon unveiling live

SEAT's answer to the Ford Focus and VW Golf is to be relaunched this evening, and you can watch the live stream of the presentation here.
Published 28 January 2020
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Carpool Karaoke 'endorses distracted driving'

The popular talk show segment Carpool Karaoke is "promoting dangerous driving", according to a UK police sergeant who campaigns for road safety.
Published 28 January 2020
Shocking X-ray scan shows the risks of resting your feet on a car dashboard

Why you shouldn't rest your feet on dashboard

Passengers who rest their feet on the dashboard on car journeys risk serious injuries, as this shocking X-ray scan all too clearly shows.
Published 27 January 2020
Jeremy Clarkson: if you're thinking about buying a BMW M8 Competition Coupé, don't

Jeremy Clarkson hates the BMW M8 Competition Coupé

Jeremy Clarkson didn't like the diesel BMW 8 Series he drove last year — and he hates the car even more when it has a 616bhp V8 under the bonnet.
Published 26 January 2020
Tesla and other EV stocks could rise as Joe Biden begins presidency

Electric car makers could boom under Biden

Within hours of being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Thursday, Joe Biden began making his mark on American auto.
Published 25 January 2020
2020 Tesla Model Y: prices, range, specs and release date

2020 Tesla Model Y: price, range & specs (updated)

Tesla's core model line-up will be complete next year, when the seven-seater Model Y SUV joins the range in late 2020.
Published 24 January 2020
New TDF-1 programme lets you live out your Formula One fantasies

Live out your F1 fantasies with the TDF-1

In the market for a new track day toy but find the latest crop of too-extreme-for-the-road supercars to be on the tame side?
Published 23 January 2020

Safety experts concerned over vaping in cars

Drivers who use electronic cigarettes are being urged not to 'vape' behind the wheel over concerns it could lead to accidents.
Published 22 January 2020

Video: Ken Block takes on electric Extreme E car

The new Extreme E series' purpose-built electric racing car has endured its toughest test yet: the fearsome Dakar Rally cross country rally raid.
Published 21 January 2020
Revisiting the Jaguar I-Pace in Tokyo

Video: Revisiting the Jaguar I-Pace in Tokyo

Times Luxx magazine's motoring editor David Green thought the time was right to revisit Jaguar's first ever pure-electric car.
Published 20 January 2020