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Car clocking

Car clocking hasn't gone away, it's gone hi-tech —...

It's a damp December morning on an industrial estate. Behind a chain-link fence a line of cars sits, engines running. The first car in the line has...
Published 11 March 2016
Me and My Motor: actress Sheridan Smith chauffeurs Enid Blyton in a BMW X5

Me and My Motor: actress Sheridan Smith chauffeurs...

Sheridan Smith moved “reluctantly” to London, aged 16, to take up a role in the National Youth Music Theatre’s acclaimed production of Bugsy...
Published 11 March 2016
Who is to blame for Dieselgate? Driving tracks down the engineers involved

Who is to blame? Driving tracks down the engineers...

If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen. That’s what the advertisements used to say. Now VW’s reputation is in tatters...
Published 07 March 2016
2016 Ford Mustang versus BMW M4, comparison test by James Mills of The Sunday Times Driving

The wild pony takes on Munich's machine: 2016 Ford...

It's the car that countless British drivers have lusted after but never been able to buy. Now, after more than 50 years of longing to climb behind...
Published 04 March 2016

Me and my motor: Andy Green, OBE, on breaking the land...

He may be one of the world’s most celebrated drivers, but Andy Green is not strictly a “car person” — in the dentist’s waiting room he will...
Published 03 March 2016
Star cars of 2016 Geneva motor show

Star cars of 2016 Geneva motor show

The Geneva salon is one of the smaller motor shows in the calendar, but what it lacks in sheer number of cars it makes up in status
Published 02 March 2016
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Me and My Motor: James May on being sacked, and a Ferrari...

As one of the three presenters who made Top Gear the world’s most popular factual television programme, James May earned the nickname “Captain...
Published 22 February 2016
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Car of the week: 200mph Jaguar F-type SVR

The last time a new Jag roared its way to 200mph, Windsor Castle was ravaged by fire, the turnstiles to Euro Disney opened for business...
Published 01 February 2016
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Traffic lights going nowhere despite calls for 80%...

We’ve all been there: quickly checking our smartphones; drumming our fingers on the steering wheel; willing on the red light to change to green...
Published 29 January 2016
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Test your knowledge: When and where were the first...

Traffic lights: godsend for the pedestrian; scourge of the impatient driver; invisible to the cyclist. It is reckoned that 15,000 road junctions in...
Published 27 January 2016
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The top motoring Twitter accounts to follow

Twitter is in pole position when it comes to car news, gossip and videos, but who are the people and teams worth following? James Mills fires up his...
Published 25 January 2016
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Test your knowledge: What car did the Ford Focus replace?

The Ford Focus is a big deal in the UK. With more than 80,000 registrations last year, it's the best-selling mid-size family car and the third best-seller...
Published 22 January 2016