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Charity organises Subaru parade for ill 19-year old

Published 21 May 2020
By Kieran Ahuja
A teenager from Florida suffering from a rare form of blood cancer was treated to a parade of Subarus by the Make-A-Wish foundation.
Top 5 cars owned by Hollywood icons

Top five cars owned by Hollywood legends

Jeremy Clarkson recently beat Steve McQueen to be named screen's greatest automotive icon. Once we'd got over the shock, it got us thinking...
Published 08 May 2020
Jeremy Clarkson voted screen’s greatest automotive icon

Clarkson voted screen’s greatest automotive icon

Jeremy Clarkson has beaten Hollywood legend Steve McQueen and three James Bonds to take the title of screen’s greatest automotive icon.
Published 27 April 2020
Dalek takes to Yorkshire street, orders people to 'self-isolate'

Dalek on Yorkshire street: 'Self-isolate!'

A Dalek, one of the villainous beings from the TV show Doctor Who, was filmed taking to the streets with a simple message: remain indoors.
Published 07 April 2020
Let's get quizzical: can you get 15 out of 15 in our quiz of the year?

Let's get quizzical: can you get 15 out of 15?

It's the time of year time to crack open some quiz puns and challenge you to recall the big motoring stories of 2019. Can you get 15 out of 15?
Published 26 December 2019

Teen driver avoids crash with out-of-control lorry

A teen driver avoided a potentially very nasty accident, by successfully swerving away from an out-of-control lorry on the A34 dual carriageway.
Published 02 August 2019
Skoda has made a taxi app that lets parents 'charge' their kids for car journeys

Charge kids for rides with Skoda "Parent Taxi" app

Skoda has embraced the idea that parents are taxi drivers to their kids, by making an app that lets mums and dads "charge" for car journeys.
Published 16 July 2019
Drifting champion Mike Whiddett brings his drift-spec Lamborghini Huracán to Goodwood

Video: Lamborghini drift car races to Goodwood

Of the many drifting machines at the 2019 Festival of Speed, few are as outrageous as Mike "Mad Mike" Whiddett's wild one-off Huracán supercar.
Published 05 July 2019

VW driver tries to inflate tyres with car charger

Newly-released CCTV footage suggests some motorists across the UK are still unaware of what an electric car charging point is.
Published 24 June 2019
Police arrest under-the-influence driver of electric toy car

Video: Police arrest drunk driver ... of toy

Traffic police in America arrested an intoxicated motorist behind the wheel of an unusual vehicle: an electric ride-on toy truck.
Published 18 June 2019

BMW 3 Series driver wedges car down country lane

Somehow, this BMW driver managed to block a narrow country lane by wedging it stuck Austin Powers-style.
Published 14 June 2019
Haas F1 Team sponsor Rich Energy's Twitter meltdown: the best reactions

F1 team sponsor Rich Energy's Twitter meltdown

We're not sure what's more hilarious: Rich Energy's outlandish outbursts on social media, or some of the reactions we found on Twitter.
Published 12 June 2019

'James May as curtains' thread lands on Twitter

It was only going to be a matter of time before James May's distinctively-patterned shirts inspired a "celebs as things" thread on Twitter.
Published 03 May 2019