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Gran Turismo boss says he removed GT Mode as gamers are losing automotive know-how

Gran Turismo boss reveals why he removed GT Mode

The creator of one of the world’s most successful racing video game franchises has revealed that he changed the way players can customise cars...
Published 17 October 2017
Road workers get combat training after attacks rise

Road workers get combat training after attacks ris

Road workers are being taught military close-combat skills after some reported being shot at, driven at and threatened with machetes and baseball
Published 17 October 2017
Volvo's Polestar reveals hybrid Porsche rival

Volvo's sports brand reveals hybrid Porsche rival

Volvo is best known for building safe family cars that are well suited to a life of lugging Labradors and luggage. But now Polestar, the Swedish
Published 17 October 2017
Mercedes airbag recall involves 400,000 British cars

Mercedes airbag recall affects 400,000 UK cars

Mercedes is asking nearly 400,000 British drivers to return their luxury cars for urgent repairs, after airbags on around 30 of its vehicles...
Published 17 October 2017
Interview: Jenson Button on quitting F1 and his father’s death

Jenson Button on quitting F1 and father's death

Jenson Button’s career in Formula One was ended by a head injury. But it wasn’t his. It killed his father, John, the man who inspired and...
Published 16 October 2017
New Range Rover plug-in hybrid promises 101mpg

New Range Rover plug-in hybrid promises 101mpg

More than a decade after Greenpeace invaded its factory in Solihull, accusing Land Rover of polluting the planet with its 4x4s, the company has c
Published 11 October 2017
Britax wants to put airbags in child seats - but car makers refuse to help

Child seat makers introducing airbags

Child seats fitted with airbags are to go on sale in a move that is likely to prompt new debate over children’s safety in cars.
Published 10 October 2017
Range Rover Sport gets electric power: plug-in hybrid SUV promises 101mpg

Range Rover Sport gets electric power

The environmental performance of Land Rovers has come a long way since 2005, when protestors from Greenpeace declared the company’s Solihull fact
Published 08 October 2017
Haynes OnDemand reader offer: motoring maintenance videos exclusive discount

Haynes OnDemand reader offer

Access new motoring maintenance videos from Haynes from just 99p
Published 06 October 2017
Laughs, insight and nonsense: The Grand Tour Guide to the World book review

The Grand Tour Guide to the World book review

You know you're not going to be disappointed with The Grand Tour Guide to the World as soon as you read the disclaimer, inside the cover.
Published 06 October 2017
Deaths on British roads reach five-year high

Deaths on British roads reach five-year high

Figures released today show that the number of deaths on Britain’s roads continue to rise. A total of 1,792 people lost their lives in road traff
Published 28 September 2017
Women to be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia

Women to be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia

A long-standing injustice is set to be quashed after a royal decree will see women allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia for the first time.  
Published 27 September 2017