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News: Youngest-ever F1 driver Max Verstappen crashes...


All kids make mistakes, but 16-year-old Max Verstappen will have more reason to be red-faced than most after crashing a £1m Formula One car during...
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Michael Owen exclusive: the footballer on his favourite...


“Why a Rover coupé?” asks Jake Humphrey of his passenger, footballing legend Michael Owen, a man who went on to own an Aston Martin Vanquish...
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News: Road sweeper tries – and fails – to sweep...


A CCTV camera has captured the moment a large road sweeper truck appeared to sweep away a VW Golf parked on the side of the road...
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Electric Avenue - driving from Edinburgh to London...


With its new high-performance car and fast recharging points, Tesla is breaking down the barriers to long-distance travel by electric car. Driving...
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News: Hero trucker saves driver and baby passenger...


With the radio news in the background and the traffic rumbling obediently along, it’s a drive like any other ‒ until one car T-bones an 18-wheeler...
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News: Jaguar releases details of its six new-yet-old...


BACK IN May, Jaguar announced it was to build the so-called “missing six” Lightweight E-types from a 1963 project called 'Special GT E-type'...
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News: Land Rover unveils Range Rover Sport SVR, its...


The Range Rover Sport just got sportier.
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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...
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News: Lexus joins forces with Will.i.am for NX launch...


Strawberries and cream, gin and tonic, pop stars and new cars - some matches are made in heaven. There are always exceptions to the rule, though...
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Test your knowledge: Who invented the first self-propelled...


Three wheels, a huge steam engine mounted forward of the front wheel and a top speed of 2.5mph; the first self-propelled road vehicle would have been...
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News: James Garner, star of film Grand Prix, dies aged...


To TV and movie audiences he was the epitome of the cool, square-jawed all-American hero but to car enthusiasts James Garner was also “one of us”.
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News: Second Jaguar advert banned for encouraging irresponsible...


Jaguar has had a second advert banned in as many months on the grounds that it encourages dangerous driving.