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Oh crumbs, the Terminator has a crush on me


Arnold Schwarzenegger’s decision to start flattening things in a tank reflects a love of bruiser cars that could make even his macho film characters...
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News: BMW reveals plans for Mercedes GL-rivalling X7


The new X7 will be BMW’s answer to the Range Rover and Mercedes GL.
WHEN DANIEL Witte paid nearly £70,000 for his dream car he wasn’t taking any chances with security. The Sunday Times reader from the West Midlands fitted the Audi RS 4 Avant with a top-rated alarm and parked it on his drive, monitored by two clearly visible CCTV cameras.

Gone in 90 seconds: How thieves hack keyless cars


Thefts of supposedly impregnable keyless-entry cars are on the rise, thanks to devices available on the internet.
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New smarter speed camera on British motorways


POLICE ARE considering enforcing the national speed limit on motorways with a new camera that requires no telltale white markings on the tarmac and...
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Top UK driving roads (part 2)


We've driven the length and breadth of the country to find the UK's best driving routes. Here's part two of our top ten picks.
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Top UK driving roads (part 1)


We've cornered every bend and cruised along every road to find the UK's best driving routes. Here's part one of our top ten picks.
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My mum drove one of those


A new survey has found that mothers, and not just dads, figure in our collective memories of adolescent motoring.
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Fuel figures get real


DRIVERS WHO complain that their car does fewer miles per gallon than the brochure claims are to be vindicated at last.
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News: Mechanic rolls customer's Lamborghini on test...


Austrian spannerman Niklas Schwartz , 29, was test driving a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, worth £130,000, when he lost control of the car on a wet...
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Video: Mike Ryan draws circles with a Freightliner...


To a frequent M25 driver there’ll be nothing unusual about this video.
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News: London mayor's limo is a £500 Toyota Previa...


MOST MAYORS have an expensive limousine to convey them to engagements but in typical, idiosyncratic style, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, favours...
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Goodwood Festival of Speed: new Honda NSX crowns vintage...


TWENTY-ONE YEARS since 10 Honda NSXs sprinted up the famous hillclimb at the first Goodwood Festival of Speed in 1993, the hotly anticipated hybrid...