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Entrepreneur develops flying taxi to ferry passengers across London

Entrepreneur develops flying taxi for London

A British entrepreneur is developing a drone capable of transporting commuters from central London to Heathrow airport in 12 minutes.
Published 16 January 2018
Revealed: most popular car colours of 2017

Revealed: most popular car colours of 2017

Has the gloomy economic outlook rubbed off on Britain’s car buyers? Industry figures for the most popular new car colour show that...
Published 15 January 2018
Me and My Motor: singer Beverley Knight

Me and My Motor: singer Beverley Knight

Growing up in Wolverhampton in the 1970s, nothing represented freedom for Beverley Knight, soul singer and Mobo award winner, more than...
Published 15 January 2018

New Bentley Bentayga V8 twin-turbo

It has been billed as the world’s most exclusive 4x4. Now Bentley is making its Bentayga a little more accessible, after announcing a more afford
Published 12 January 2018
Drivers could win payouts over mis‑selling of former rental cars

Drivers could win payouts over mis‑selling

Hundreds of thousands of car owners could be in line for compensation amid warnings of a mis-selling scandal. Lawyers said that some people could
Published 12 January 2018
Businessman faked accident to buy valuable private number plate

Businessman faked accident to buy car number plate

The director of an accident claims firm has been convicted for reporting a fake crash to the government’s licensing agency in order to trace the...
Published 11 January 2018
London tops table of middle lane hoggers on motorways

London tops table of middle lane hoggers

Nothing gets drivers grumbling quite like other motorists hogging the middle lane. Now research reveals that drivers should avoid London if they
Published 11 January 2018
New car sales 2017 vs 2007: winners and losers as Vauxhall tumbles and Mercedes booms

Vauxhall sales plummeted in 2017, Mercedes' boomed

Has the humble family hatchback had its day? Data showing the number of new cars sold in the UK last year paints a gloomy picture for Vauxhall, o
Published 10 January 2018
Dieselgate: readers complain of new issues after VW 'fix'

Dieselgate: complaints of new issues after VW fix

THE Volkswagen Group's fix for its vehicles caught up in the dieselgate emissions scandal was meant to be simple.
Published 10 January 2018
Airbubbl system removes toxic air from inside car

Airbubbl system removes toxic air from inside car

Technology that sucks toxic gas out of cars will be introduced early next year after fears that drivers and passengers are being exposed to dange
Published 09 January 2018
Driverless cars are a “waste of time and money”

Driverless cars are a “waste of time and money”

Plans to make the UK a world centre for driverless cars are a “waste of time and money” as research suggests that the public believes they are...
Published 08 January 2018
Fire chief calls for sprinklers after Liverpool car park inferno

Fire chief calls for sprinklers in car parks

The blaze that destroyed 1,400 vehicles as it swept through a multistorey car park on New Year’s Eve could have been halted by sprinklers, a fire
Published 08 January 2018