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Video: Flying car offers commuters speedy escape from gridlock

Video: Flying car offers escape from gridlock

It could be the answer to the congestion crisis gripping our biggest cities: a car that can take to the skies to avoid rush-hour gridlock.
Published 15 March 2017
Spring Budget 2017: what motorists need to know

Budget 2017: what motorists need to know

Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond announced his 2017 budget this afternoon. As always, there are important consequences for drivers.
Published 08 March 2017
China tells motorists: no GPS tracker, no petrol

China tells motorists: no GPS tracker, no petrol

Drivers in the troubled northwestern province of Xinjiang are to be forced to install GPS tracking devices on their vehicles to allow...
Published 01 March 2017
Driverless cars make their testers dozy

Driverless cars make their testers dozy

Ford’s engineers have been nodding off so often in tests of self-driving cars that the manufacturer has ditched its plans for semi-autonomous...
Published 27 February 2017
Driverless cars will attract hefty insurance premium

Driverless cars will attract hefty insurance

Motorists will face high insurance costs to run driverless cars under government plans for specialist policies that cover crashes caused by...
Published 16 February 2017
Driverless cars make human motorists take more chances

Driverless cars make human motorists take chances

An increase in the number of driverless cars on the road is likely to promote risky behaviour among human motorists, according to research.
Published 14 February 2017

Ford Mustang receives just two stars in crash test

Euro NCAP, the European body that assesses how safe new cars are, awarded the latest Mustang just two stars from a maximum of five
Published 25 January 2017
Kia's Stinger GT sports tourer is a Maserati for the masses

Kia Stinger is a Maserati for the masses

Kia hopes to entice drivers out of their German cars with a new grand tourer that is intended to inject a healthy helping of glamour into...
Published 10 January 2017
Caravaners rejoice: the self-driving car will take the tedium out of towing

Self-driving car takes the tedium out of towing

No list of the most mundane aspects of driving would be complete without including towing a caravan.
Published 05 December 2016
Dashboard screens risk drivers' lives, reports The Sunday Times

Dashboard screens risk drivers' lives

Car makers are not doing enough to stop drivers being distracted by touchscreen entertainment systems, says the man in charge of Britain’s roads
Published 29 November 2016
1,341bhp Nio EP9 electric supercar unveiled by Chinese company Next EV

1,341bhp electric supercar unveiled

A Chinese start-up is claiming a new Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record with its 1,341bhp electric supercar, the Nio EP9.
Published 21 November 2016
Tesla Model S 60D review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Tesla Model S 60D

It was while I was Autopiloting up the M4, just west of Heathrow, that the conclusion became inescapable. The Tesla Model S 60D is...
Published 08 November 2016