Subscribe to The Times
Home > Search

Results | dieselgate (140)

2017 VW Golf GTI gets facelift, more power and tech upgrades

2017 VW Golf gets facelift and tech upgrades

If you can chart changes in consumer demand through the Volkswagen Golf, which was introduced in 1974, then the latest model appears destined
Published 10 November 2016
Buying Guide: five desirable used diesel cars, including the Peugeot RCZ HDi

Buying Guide: five desirable used diesel cars

Each year millions of British drivers buy a diesel-powered new or used car. But which are the most desirable?
Published 28 September 2016
Hyundai Ioniq hybrid first drive review by The Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: Hyundai Ioniq hybrid

If you can hear a faint whining and whistling in the background, don’t start Googling tinnitus and resist the urge to waggle your fingers in your...
Published 05 July 2016
Audi Q2 1.4 TFSI Sport and 1.6 TDI SE review (2016 on)

Audi Q2 1.4 TFSI Sport and 1.6 TDI SE review (2016

The dust is still swirling from the Brexit fallout and observers and voters alike are doing their best to peer through the haze and work out what...
Published 29 June 2016
Sunday Times Driving Reader Letters: 20mph speeders, braking bad, emissions cheats

Reader Letters: 20mph speeders and emissions cheats

Am I the only driver in Leeds who obeys the 20mph speed limit? A road near me was changed to 20mph a month ago and when I’m on it, 100% of the people...
Published 28 June 2016
Gone in a puff of smoke: UK spot checks on car emissions axed

Gone in a puff of smoke: UK spot checks on car emissions...

A cloud of grey-brown exhaust as a diesel car accelerates, an old car blowing blue oil smoke — sights like these are all too common on Britain’s...
Published 06 June 2016
South Korea claims British-built Nissan Qashqai fitted with emissions defeat devices

South Korea claims British-built Nissan Qashqai fitted...

Nissan has been thrust into the emissions cheating scandal by the South Korean government after the country claimed that the best-selling Qashqai...
Published 17 May 2016
Eco engines are among the most polluting according to new emissions index

Eco engines are among the most polluting according...

A new independent ratings system for vehicle emissions suggests that cars marketed as having some of the cleanest petrol engines available...
Published 22 April 2016
Letters of the week

Reader letters: from cleaner motoring to pricy parts

VW is in hot water for creating a clever piece of technology, but could it not be used beneficially?
Published 22 March 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

2016 Geneva motor show preview: the star cars announced...

If you’re thinking of buying a new car, you can’t afford to ignore the Geneva motor show (March 3-13). It’s the number one showcase for the...
Published 22 February 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

2016 Volkswagen Touran review

The Volkswagen Touran is a little like a McLaren pushchair. You know what you’ll get, it’s had years of refinement, works well and won’t break...
Published 29 January 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Will anyone warm to the Volkswagen Budd-e concept car...

With a name chosen to appeal to the selfie-generation, and electrically powered motors that can zip it along as quickly as a hot hatchback, the new...
Published 06 January 2016