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Revealed: the dangerous defects found on foreign and British lorries

Revealed: the dangerous defects found on lorries

FOREIGN LORRY drivers are more likely than their British counterparts to be driving vehicles with lethal defects. One in eight foreign-registered
Published 15 November 2017
Uber and NASA to launch electric flying taxis 'by 2020'

Uber and NASA to launch electric flying taxis

UBER has done a deal with the US space agency to launch flying cars in cities around the world. The taxi hire company will work with Nasa to crea
Published 15 November 2017
Traffic to be banned from Oxford Street in fight against air pollution

Traffic ban for Oxford Street

All vehicles will be banned from Oxford Street under radical plans to tackle air pollution. The western section of the central London street, hom
Published 14 November 2017
Tiredness at wheel is like drink-driving, say researchers

Tiredness at wheel is like drink-driving

The motorway signs proclaiming that “Tiredness can kill” are based on the commonsense assumption that drivers could fall asleep at the wheel...
Published 14 November 2017
I inherited an MGA: how a classic car changed how I look at motoring (video) - Charlotte Vowden with her 1960 MGA, "Frisky"

Video: I inherited an MGA

"The country air is like champagne.” With the top down and my hair being whipped up by the wind, I thought of the words my grandfather...
Published 12 November 2017
Me and My Motor: Jason Isaacs, actor

Me and My Motor: Jason Isaacs

It's hard to watch television or go to the cinema these days without seeing Jason Isaacs. He plays Georgy Zhukov, the Soviet war hero, in The Dea
Published 10 November 2017
GT Sport cars by vehicle class

GT Sport vehicle list by category

Looking for a list of cars in GT Sport, broken down by category? We couldn't find one, so we took the official list by brand and transposed it...
Published 10 November 2017
Nigel Mansell: Lewis Hamilton did nothing wrong by allegedly avoiding tax on jet

Nigel Mansell: Hamilton did nothing wrong on tax

Former Formula One world champion Nigel Mansell has told Sunday Times Driving that Lewis Hamilton has done nothing wrong by allegedly avoiding...
Published 09 November 2017
Recalled cars could be banned from the road if not repaired

Recalled cars banned from the road if not repaired

Cars subjected to safety recalls could be effectively banned from the road under plans outlined after the Vauxhall Zafira fire scandal. The Depar
Published 09 November 2017
Waymo is first to operate driverless cars on public roads

Waymo first with driverless cars on public roads

The driverless car is edging closer to a showroom near you.  Waymo, Google's driverless car division, is believed to have become the first compan
Published 08 November 2017
Martina Cole, crime writer, talks cars with journalist Emma Smith for Sunday Times Driving Me and My Motor.

Me and My Motor: crime writer Martina Cole

When you’re a successful author, with a busy life and a number of cars, it can be hard to remember which model you drove to the shops...
Published 07 November 2017
Lamborghini Terzo Millennio: new self-driving electric hypercar runs on supercapacitor

Lamborghini Terzo Millennio self-driving hypercar

The sound of a V12 engine enjoying the open roads around the Tuscan countryside was all it took to bring a smile to the face of Ferruccio Lamborg
Published 07 November 2017