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News: Safety experts blame lack of police for rise...

The number of people killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads rose by 4% in the 12 months to September 2014, compared with the previous period...
Published 09 February 2015
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Test your knowledge: What was the first hot hatch sold...

THE YEAR was 1979, but what was the first hot hatch sold in Britain? Its roots can be traced to a world still reeling from an oil crisis and an engineer...
Published 06 February 2015
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News: In-car gadgets blamed for increase in accidents...

Statistics released by the Department of Transport reveal that the annual figure for serious injuries and child deaths on the roads of Britain has...
Published 06 February 2015
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News: Kia releases teaser pictures of Trail'ster electric...

Kia was the first car company to bring an electrically powered crossover to British drivers. Now the South Korean company is preparing to launch an...
Published 06 February 2015
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Video: Motorist jailed after driving wrong way along...

A driver has been sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders' institute and banned from driving for three years after going the wrong way round the...
Published 05 February 2015
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Video: Getting to know the new Ford Focus RS with Ken...

The smoke billows, dubstep blasts from the speakers and Ken Block tries his hardest to burst the tyres of Ford's new super-hatch, the Focus RS
Published 04 February 2015
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News: Vauxhall Corsa VXR hot hatch is the essence of...

What a week for petrolheads. First Ford revealed a Focus RS; then Ferrari took the wraps off the 488 GTB, at which point Porsche decided to join in...
Published 04 February 2015
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How Top Gear rescued Steve Harley

When the singer Steve Harley was caught speeding he didn’t imagine Top Gear would help out...
Published 04 February 2015
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News: Porsche launches high-performance Cayman GT4

It has been one of the worst-kept secrets in the sports car world, and now Porsche has confirmed what fans already knew: it is launching the GT4...
Published 04 February 2015
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News: Ferrari 488 GTB to replace 458 Italia

Replacing the world’s greatest sports car was never going to be easy, but Ferrari has given it its best shot with the new 488 GTB
Published 03 February 2015
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The cars that defined the decades

Cool and groovy, City boy racer or slighty smug — there’s always been a car that captured the mood over the past 50 years...
Published 03 February 2015
Who is Mondeo man?

How to identify a Mondeo man

Who or what is Mondeo man? According to Ian Houghton, 53, who has owned four generations of Ford’s large family car, the answer is simple...
Published 03 February 2015