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News: Volkswagen reveals fastest-ever Golf R 400


A hot hatch with more power than a Porsche 911? Yes...
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Video: This is what it looks (and sounds) like to hot-lap...


POV film is as close as most of us (and that means 99.99% recurring) will ever get to experiencing a Porsche 918 in all its hard-edged, high-tech...
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News: Pothole miracle machine offers a quick fix for...


Gone in nearly 60 seconds: meet the new pothole patching robo-lorry
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Beijing show: VW shades hot Golf R with scorching Golf...


IF THE 300bhp Golf R isn’t powerful enough for you there’s always this: the 390bhp Golf R 400. Or at least there would be, were it not a concept.
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New York show: Next Freelander will be called Discovery...


THE DISCOVERY Vision Concept, revealed at New York, has produced its first offspring: the new Freelander replacement.
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New York show: Mercedes reveals 577bhp S63 AMG coupé


THE WRAPS came off the hooligan in the new S-class family at New York: the S63 AMG coupé.
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New York show: Ford unveils refreshed Mustang ‒ and...


It has starred in more blockbusters than most Hollywood actors but now the Ford Mustang faces the toughest comeback of its career.
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New York show: BMW reveals Macan-baiting X4 coupé-SUV


Proof that there’s no such thing as a niche too far comes in the form of the BMW X4, writes Nick Rufford from the New York motor show.
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News: “Sniffer” dog unmasked as serial tyre biter


A dog that appeared to be sniffing the tyres of parked cars has been unmasked as a vandal after CCTV footage revealed it was instead puncturing them...
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New York show: Revised Mini Countryman goes even more...


The growing family’s favourite Mini, the five-door Countryman, has been given a rugged new look.
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New York show: Mercedes drops “Benz” name for its...


AFTER YEARS playing second fiddle to the great name of Mercedes-Benz, AMG, the car maker’s performance division, has been granted co-title of a...
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New York show: Mazda celebrates MX-5, teases next gen...


At the New York motor show this week, the Mazda MX-5 is celebrating 25 years as the world’s best-selling, two-seater sports car.