New York Motor Show: The highlights
Filed under: Latest News Newspress It might not be the biggest show in the motoring calendar, but the New York expo still had its fair share of new car debuts. After the razzamatazz of the Range Rover...
View ArticleVideo: Watch an Australian driver narrowly miss a tornado
YouTube Picture the scene: You're driving along in the Australian outback, minding your own business when the weather starts to get a little on the breezy side. Before you know it, you suddenly find...
View ArticleGood Samaritan rescues snow-bound motorists
Filed under: Latest News An East Grinstead man has done wonders for the image of 4x4 owners everywhere by spending seven hours rescuing stranded motorists during last week's heavy snow. Construction...
View ArticleSurvey reveals issue of 'ignorant Brits' driving abroad
Filed under: Latest News Travelling outside of Britain is incredibly easy, when you think about it. Drive down to Dover and your car can be driving off a ferry and onto foreign land in just over an...
View ArticleDrug-runners' van donated to hospice
Filed under: Latest News Devon and Cornwall Police A Volkswagen Sharan people carrier that was once used to ferry illicit drugs across the country has now been put to a more noble cause: raising funds...
View ArticleDrivers complacent over spare tyres
Filed under: Latest News Flickr/Marufish More than 50 per cent of drivers have no idea whether their car is equipped with a spare wheel, according to a recent survey. The online poll, conducted by...
View ArticleExclusive: Selecting a 'voice' for the Renault ZOE wasn't easy
Filed under: Latest News Renault Creating a car that runs on nothing more than bog standard electricity was the easy part of Renault's latest foray into zero emissions motoring... Giving it a voice was...
View ArticleEurope gets its final Lexus LFA
Filed under: Latest News Lexus Lexus has finally closed the book on its exquisite LFA supercar, with the final European spec example being delivered to a Swiss customer this week. Chassis number 493,...
View ArticleStunning Mercedes CLA 45 AMG makes New York debut
Filed under: Latest News Mercedes-Benz Having arguably kicked off the performance four-door coupe trend with the CLS 63 AMG, Mercedes is now aiming at a younger customer profile with the dinky, yet no...
View ArticleTech-loaded Vauxhall Astra wins Police challenge
Filed under: Latest News Vauxhall A high-tech Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer has won a challenge to incorporate future technology into a Police car, set by the Association of Chief Police Officers...
View ArticleFirst drive: Porsche Cayman and Cayman S
Filed under: First Drive, Latest News Porsche Porsche continues its model line-up refresh with the long awaited release of the mid-engined, lightweight Cayman. It's a familiar story: weight is down,...
View ArticleVideo: Chinese bus driver takes a lamp post to the face
Filed under: Latest News Youtube/eyeontheworld9 If you're cursing the decrepit state of Britain's roads after the recent cold snap left your high street looking like Baghdad airport runway after the...
View ArticlePolice in India employ cardboard cops to reduce traffic offences
Filed under: Latest News PA Police in Bangalore have turned to cardboard cut-outs in an attempt to deter unruly drivers from breaking traffic laws. The 'fake' policemen have been placed in the central...
View ArticleBMW Group celebrates 100 years of car production at Cowley
Filed under: Latest News, Consumer BMW/Mini One of Britain's most productive factories has celebrated a century of building cars. BMW's Plant Oxford passed the milestone on March 28, 2013 - 100 years...
View ArticleDangerous driving doesn't bother British commuters
Filed under: Latest News Press Association A staggering 65% of commuters admit to bad or dangerous driving habits on the daily commute, according to a survey by insurance provider Allianz Your Cover....
View ArticleEmployees of advertising agency sacked over controversial Ford adverts
Filed under: Latest News Ford Motor Co. Three adverts created by an Indian unit of advertising group WPP caused uproar on the Internet last week as they depicted various famous faces tied-up and gagged...
View ArticleThe iconic cars of the Cowley factory
Filed under: Latest News, Consumer BMW/Mini Britain should rightly be proud of Plant Oxford. As British success stories go, Plant Oxford - or Cowley as it has traditionally been known - joins a...
View ArticleBolton businessman jailed after horde of stolen car parts is discovered
Filed under: Latest News Rossini A businessman from Bolton has been sentenced after it was discovered an industrial unit he owned was an "Aladdin's Cave" of stolen car parts. Ramzan Ahmed leased two...
View ArticleSpeed cameras in West Midlands switched off in cost-cutting drive
Filed under: Latest News Ben Birchall/PA Wire/Press Association Images Boy racers in the West Midlands will be jumping with joy as councils switch off the last 73 of the region's 305 speed cameras in...
View ArticleTeen driver claims BBC 'set her up'
Filed under: Latest News Ross Parry A teenage motorist has lashed out at the BBC, claiming she was set up after appearing on its new show 'Barely Legal Drivers'. Amy Smith had thought she was going to...
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