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Me and My Classic Motor: 1968 Sunbeam Alpine series...

As a boy, Andrew Yeomans plastered his bedroom walls with posters of cars. There were the usual Italian beauties — Ferraris, Maseratis, Alfa...
Published 27 July 2015
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Test your knowledge: Where and when was the world’s...

The world’s first filling station wasn’t anything like the petrol station most of us would recognise today. But it proved to be exactly what one...
Published 24 July 2015
The wrongs of overtaking on the inside: does being branded a careless driver fit the crime?

The wrongs of overtaking on the inside

Will Dron admits he was wrong to undertake a lane-hogger, but as the police exercise new powers, is three penalty points, a 40% rise in insurance...
Published 22 July 2015
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Farewell, Dunsfold: Clarkson's final lap of the Top...

Rubber burns and fond memories flow as Clarkson takes a few of his favourite cars for a final breakneck spin around the Top Gear test track...
Published 20 July 2015
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Test your knowledge: How many Olympic medals has Sir...

Two years ago Sir Chris Hoy hung up his cycling shoes and put on a crash helmet in a bid for Le Mans success. Now Britain's most successful Olympian...
Published 17 July 2015
Just 1mph too fast and you’re nicked: new zero tolerance approach to speeding

Just 1mph too fast and you’re nicked: new zero tolerance...

Guidelines that give drivers a margin of error before they are fined for speeding are being scrapped in some areas...
Published 14 July 2015
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Winnebago warriors: The truth about owning and running...

Two men with a shared dream: to hit the road in their motor homes. But just how practical is it to run a bedsit on wheels?
Published 13 July 2015
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Test your knowledge: Who founded Skoda in 1895?

Skoda has a long and not entirely illustrious history. Founded in 1895, it began as a bicycle maker before one of the founding partners
Published 09 July 2015
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Like Boris bikes, but with four wheels: DriveNow and...

A scheme using vehicles that can be picked up and dropped off almost anywhere is one of a new breed of car-share ventures coming to our streets. But...
Published 07 July 2015

Me and My Classic Motor: Austin Mini Mk IV HLE 1000

When Louise Branch got a call from the new owners of a garage where she’d left her ageing Mini two years earlier, asking her to come and take it...
Published 06 July 2015
The Stig blows up a caravan on Top Gear

And on that bombshell . . . the organisations delighted...

Top Gear is no more. Or at least Top Gear as we know and love it is no more. The eighth and final episode of series 22 aired last Sunday, and in the...
Published 03 July 2015
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Test your knowledge: What car did the Audi A4 replace...

There's a new Audi A4 on the way and, true to form for the executive saloon, despite major revisions on the technical and engineering fronts it looks...
Published 02 July 2015