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Video: Children saved from overturned car caught in flood water "back home and well"

Watch desperate motorists rescue two children

It plays out like a nail-biting scene from a Hollywood disaster movie, but the footage of an overturned car trapped in flood water...
Published 12 May 2017
You can now buy a Nissan X-Trail with its own drone

The Nissan X-Trail now comes with a drone

Nissan has launched an option pack for the X-Trail SUV that includes a drone, allowing customers to capture aerial footage...
Published 10 May 2017
Cyclist Chris Froome rammed by hit-and-run driver

Cyclist Chris Froome "rammed" in hit-and-run

Chris Froome, the three-time Tour de France winner, has been knocked off his bicycle by a hit-and-run driver in the south of France.
Published 09 May 2017
Substandard driving instructors to be exposed in Ofsted-style league table

Substandard driving instructors to be exposed

Ofsted-style ratings for driving instructors will be published amid concerns that too many learners are being forced to sit their test...
Published 09 May 2017
What you need to know about government diesel scrappage and nitrogen dioxide reduction

Proposed diesel scrappage and NO2 reduction plans

The Department for Environment & Rural Affairs has published a consultation document outlining the government's proposals for reducing...
Published 08 May 2017
Driving Rich List 2017: Triumph chief powers into second place but Ecclestone stays top

Driving Rich List 2017: Triumph chief powers ahead

The owner of Triumph motorcycles turbocharged his wealth last year and moved up into second place in the list of motoring's wealthiest...
Published 06 May 2017
New car sales fall in April 2017

Dramatic drop in car sales

Car sales have suffered a serious misfire, with a dramatic fall in April. Drivers are reported to have brought forward their purchase of a new...
Published 05 May 2017
Extended test 2017: James Mills, Nick Rufford and Will Dron drive Renault Grand Scenic, Honda CR-V and Audi A4 Avant

Family car showdown: estate v SUV v MPV

Short of constructing a giant play centre inside a double-deck luxury coach, what makes for the perfect family car? It’s a question countless dri
Published 05 May 2017
Porsche driver narrowly avoids car travelling wrong way on A3

Driver narrowly avoids car travelling wrong way

A Porsche driver captured on video the moment he narrowly avoided a collision with another motorist who was travelling in the wrong direction on
Published 04 May 2017
Dramatic dash cam footage captures light aircraft crash

Dramatic dashcam footage captures plane crash

The moment a light aircraft made an emergency landing onto a main road and burst into flames has been captured on a driver's dashcam.
Published 03 May 2017
Me and My Motor: Mark Webber, former F1 and sports car racer

Me and My Motor: Mark Webber

"People associate me with four wheels, but I grew up on two,” says Mark Webber, the Australian former Formula One driver...
Published 02 May 2017
Car finance

Boom to bust? Fears for UK car market

Britain’s £40bn car finance market could be heading towards a mis-selling scandal because of concerns about the reliance on debt to buy...
Published 02 May 2017