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News: M25 “collapse” in heavy rain leads to 10-mile...

Cars were damaged and 10-mile tailbacks developed after the road surface of the M25 was said to collapse during heavy rainfall this morning
Published 14 November 2014
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News: Mercedes-AMG GT prices and specifications announced...

Sports car buyers won't get their hands on one in time for Christmas, but order books have opened for the Mercedes-AMG GT and the prices have been...
Published 14 November 2014
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Video: Cyclists instructed to get out of the gutter...

Self-preservation or road-hogging? Taking the lane or taking liberties? If, when behind the wheel of a car, you have wondered why cyclists take up...
Published 14 November 2014
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News: First “solar road” opened for public use...

It’s only a 100-yard stretch of cycle path near Amsterdam at the moment, but this Dutch development could be the pathway to a future of “solar...
Published 13 November 2014
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News: Fifth Takata airbag death announced, Audi in...

A fifth death has been linked to faulty airbags from Takata, a Japanese manufacturer, after a Malaysian driver had an accident in a Honda City and...
Published 13 November 2014
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News: Driver received parking ticket while observing...

Rules are rules. That was the view of the parking warden who issued a ticket on November 11 to a driver who had pulled over to observe the Armistice...
Published 13 November 2014
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Video: Fearless Frenchman rides rocket-powered bicycle...

Some drivers have long suspected that bike riders have a screw loose but nothing compares to this two-wheeled tearaway – a Frenchman who claims...
Published 12 November 2014
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News: Jaguar Heritage Driving experience is your ticket...

As values of classic cars accelerate out of reach of most buyers, what enthusiast doesn’t dream of driving the world’s rarest sports cars? Well...
Published 12 November 2014
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News: Philip Glenister's Ashes to Ashes Audi quattro...

“Fire up the quattro!” Fans of Ashes to Ashes could be firing up the BBC1 series's famous Audi quattro themselves. The BBC has put the 1983
Published 12 November 2014
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Battle of the ages: Matt Rudd takes on 89-year-old...

What happens when youth and fearlessness are pitted against age and experience on the racetrack? After a few laps, Matt Rudd thinks he has the measure...
Published 11 November 2014
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News: Motorists at risk from deadly exploding Takata...

When police were called to the scene of a Florida car crash in late September they found Hien Tran dying from wounds in her neck...
Published 10 November 2014
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Make do and mend in the 49-year-old Morris Minor

“My eyesight is still good and my mind is good, so age doesn’t matter on the road,” says John Davies, 84 ...
Published 10 November 2014