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News: Bull elephant has a good scratch – on a VW...

This Polo certainly had a hole, and probably more, after a bull elephant used it as a scratching post.
Published 06 August 2014
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News: New registrations surge 6.6% in July as driver...

The new car market continued its turbocharged trajectory in July with registrations up 6.6% to 172,907. The result led the industry to revise its...
Published 06 August 2014
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News: First production Range Rover expected to sell...

You could buy a new Range Rover LWB 5.0 V8 Autobiography and still have change from the price its illustrious forebear, a very early Mk 1 registered...
Published 06 August 2014
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News: Survey reveals top 10 car rows

Road rage between drivers may be a big problem outside the car but according to a new survey, inside, the rage between driver and passengers is just...
Published 06 August 2014
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News: Stunt driver fails in spectacular fashion (video)

It's the stunt world’s equivalent of the blooper: the stage-managed accident that goes wrong, and ends up on the cutting room floor...
Published 06 August 2014
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News: F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone goes back to work after...

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is resuming his business activities and has said “everything is back to normal” after paying a Bavarian court...
Published 06 August 2014
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News: Rolls-Royce promises new drophead tourer in 2016

Wafting along the Côte d'Azur in an open-top Rolls-Royce, the Mediterranean reflected in its richly painted panels and the sun glinting on the Spirit...
Published 06 August 2014
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Be Clarkson for a day - we get a taste of Top Gear's...

It's the perfect day out for Top Gear fans. Driving heads to the show's home for a lap in a Reasonably Priced Car and a spin with a man in white Nomex...
Published 06 August 2014
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News: Girl banned from driving... aged 12

A 12-year-old girl’s driving career has stopped, long before it started...
Published 05 August 2014
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News: Vibrating shoe insoles could give drivers smart...

You've heard of a “seat of the pants” driving experience; now enthusiast drivers may soon be able to add “heel of the shoe” thrills...
Published 05 August 2014
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News: Mercedes unveils bulletproof, explosion-resistant...

The worst assaults on their vehicle most S-class drivers are likely to experience will be flies hitting the windscreen at 70mph, or, if parked in...
Published 05 August 2014
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Paper maps surrender to sat nav

The days of the dog-eared road atlas in the glove compartment are numbered: 2014 is expected to be the first year in which the majority of drivers...
Published 05 August 2014