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News: Lewis Hamilton's brother announces ambition to...

Nicolas Hamilton, brother of Lewis, the Formula One driver, has declared his ambition to race in the 2015 British Touring Car Championship...
Published 18 August 2014
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News: The AA uncovers Europe's oddest driving rules

If you're driving to Romania or Belarus this holiday season, don’t forget to pack a bucket and sponge...
Published 18 August 2014
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News: Hero trucker saves driver and baby passenger...

With the radio news in the background and the traffic rumbling obediently along, it’s a drive like any other ‒ until one car T-bones an 18-wheeler...
Published 18 August 2014
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News: Drivers go the extra mile as commutes get longer...

Booming house prices that force people to live further from work are thought to be behind a 12% increase in the length of the average commute last...
Published 18 August 2014
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News: 70mph motorway speed cameras rolled out

Drivers exceed the 70mph limit on stretches of motorway are being routinely targeted by speed cameras for the first time...
Published 18 August 2014
Interview: Nissan’s Andy Palmer and Shiro Nakamura talk GT-R, Pulsar and future cars

Interview: Nissan’s Palmer and Nakamura talk GT-R...

It's an exciting time for Nissan, which is riding the crest of sales wave with the Juke and Qashqai SUVs, which has clearly given the company enough...
Published 15 August 2014
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Test your knowledge: Who built the world's first hybrid...

You would be forgiven for thinking that hybrid cars hit the roads relatively recently but it is much older than most people think...
Published 15 August 2014
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News: Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta smashes record at...

A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta has become the most valuable car in history to be sold at auction after selling for $38,115,000 (£22,843,633) yesterday...
Published 15 August 2014
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News: Daimler offers employees chance to have holiday...

Holidays are for relaxing with a piña colada or two... or three. Yet sometimes it’s impossible to escape the incessant beeping of work email notifications...
Published 14 August 2014
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News: Car insurer proposes women-only "PinkZones" for...

Nearly 100 years after fighting to get women the vote, what would Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the Suffragette movement, made of proposals for bright...
Published 14 August 2014
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News: Hyundai reveals new i20 small car

Superminis are one of the most popular types of car with British drivers. Three new models will go on sale early next year - the Hyundai i20, Mazda...
Published 13 August 2014
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News: Car crash neighbour foiled by CCTV footage

A motorist who crashed into a parked Vauxhall Astra then tried to frame the innocent owner has been caught out by a neighbour’s CCTV camera...
Published 13 August 2014