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Driving Green: What are biofuels?

All fuels are a cocktail of chemicals. Creating the perfect fuel is always a compromise as there are so many demands to be accommodated...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: Whatever happened to LPG (liquid petroleum...

At the turn of the 21st century, it seemed that we were all going to be converting to Liquid Petroleum Gas, or LPG...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: What are plug-in hybrid cars?

The problem with conventional hybrids is that they rely largely on an internal combustion engine for motive power...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: What are hybrid cars?

The first alternatively fuelled cars to hit our roads in significant numbers were petrol-electric hybrids...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: What does Euro 6 mean when it comes...

Internal combustion engines emit a whole array of gases and until 1992, when the Euro 1 emissions standards were introduced...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: What is a "green" car?

What constitutes a green car isn’t as cut and dried as you might think. While for many, CO2 emissions are at the heart of what makes a car green...
Published 05 August 2015
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First Drive review: Toyota Auris (2015)

The only problem I’ve really had with the Toyota Auris is mild confusion over the name. What exactly is an auris?
Published 03 August 2015
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First Drive review: Hyundai Tucson (2015)

Half the world seems to think it needs an SUV. They are everywhere, tall, bold family holdalls with a tough, don't-mess-with-me demeanour. Some have...
Published 29 July 2015
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The Clarkson review: Volvo XC90 (2015)

At the turn of the century Volvo’s engineers hit on an amazing idea. Sitting in the sauna one day, as naked as the day he was born, Thor...
Published 28 July 2015
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Letters of the week, July 26

This week: Undertaking feedback, electric car grid impact, and how to be sure to avoid a speeding fine.
Published 27 July 2015
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Letters of the week, July 19

This week: Bentley consumption figures, new police power and Clarkson's Jaguar review
Published 22 July 2015
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10 funky cars for summer fun costing less than £7,000

You needn’t splash out on a luxury sports car this summer. Here we suggest 10 funky used motors that offer plenty of thrills for not a lot of cash.
Published 20 July 2015