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News: James Dean killed in his Porsche Spyder 59 years...

Fifty-nine years ago today (September 30), a promising young Hollywood actor gunned his nine-day-old Porsche 550 Spyder, a car he nicknamed the Little...
Published 30 September 2014
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News: Hyundai launches salesman-free dealership in...

Arthur Daley would spin in his grave. Hyundai is opening a retail centre where customers can choose and by their new car without once speaking to...
Published 30 September 2014
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News: Tewkesbury celebrates having roundabout of the...

It is the location of an impressive road bridge designed by Tomas Telford and the theatre where Eric Morecambe died, and now Tewkesbury has a third...
Published 30 September 2014
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Faster than Bullitt: 1968 Ford Mustang vs 1968 Dodge...

Steve McQueen made the Ford Mustang a movie star, but could it really hunt down a Dodge Charger? Nick Rufford and Ben Barry hit the track to find...
Published 29 September 2014
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News: "Starter interrupt" device disables cars on loan...

Is this the end of the repo man? Drivers who fall behind with repayments on a car loan are discovering lending companies have a more effective —...
Published 29 September 2014
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News: Vauxhall recalls 3,000 Adam, Corsa and Corsavans...

Vauxhall is recalling 3,000 Adam, Corsa and Corsavan models registered since May 2014 after it identified a fault that could lead to a total loss...
Published 29 September 2014
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News: Wireless charging for S-class hybrid just 18...

A CAR that can be charged like an electric toothbrush will be sold in Britain in about 18 months.
Published 29 September 2014
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News: Drivers risk workers’ safety dodging bin lorries...

True, a bin lorry will always be blocking the road when you’re running late for work on a wet Monday morning in rush hour, but there’s surely...
Published 26 September 2014
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News: Green indifference costing drivers dear, 6 tax-friendly...

Despite car tax rates that are linked to a vehicle’s emissions, and schemes such as London’s congestion charge that rewards motorists who drive...
Published 26 September 2014
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Test your knowledge: With what other event does the...

The Paris motor show, or Mondial de l'Automobile as it has been known in the French-speaking world since 1988, opened its doors for the first time...
Published 26 September 2014
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News: Abolition of tax disc angers boy with 12,000...

From next Wednesday the tax disc is no more, but while most people will be rejoicing about no longer having to carefully tear out the flimsy circle...
Published 26 September 2014
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News: Pensioner flies 10,000 miles to UK to ride in...

To most people, Bean and cars mean a rubber-faced comic driving a bashed-up Mini, but to one pensioner living in Australia, they mean a trip down...
Published 26 September 2014