32 h. ago How This Car Gets Amazing Aerodynamics With Hidden Features!

The DS No. 8 is bold, built for range, and, well... quite posh! Steve Fowler gives his verdict on this striking new EV from France.

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48 h. ago Car expert reveals how much fuel you really have left when the warning light appears

Drivers have been warned that doing one thing continually can reduce the lifespan of their vehicle

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4 d. ago How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington

Yes, temperatures are rising. But more and more AC means more and more CO2 – and then more and more global heating. Let’s have some long-term thinking insteadIt’s way too hot. I’m cowering inside, curtains drawn, pale limbs clammily exposed, the sound of my overheated laptop fan drowning out the sound of an ancient, feeble desk fan. If it gets any hotter, I’ll stagger to my air-conditioned car and drive to the air-conditioned supermarket to stand in its chilly aisles, shamelessly fanning myself over the ravaged ice-cream cabinet in the freezer aisle. I’ve even become nostalgic for the summer when I shared an office with a man who insisted on having the AC set to 17C, meaning I had to wear a cardigan to work in August.Ah, air conditioning, the dream. Or the nightmare? Welcome to appliance culture wars, 2025 edition. You may recall, in 2023, the US debated whether induction hobs were a communist plot; then last year Republicans tried, in all apparent seriousness, to pass the Liberty i...

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6 d. ago Thousands of motorists hit with ‘do not drive’ order as popular car recalled

Hundreds of thousands of motorists have been left stranded as a major backlog grows

Transport

6 d. ago Man invents 'car bed' that can drive on stairs and cross water in new level of laziness

Gu Yupeng has made around 300 innovative vehicles while living in the mountains for seven years and says his 'bed car' was inspired from going to school as a child

Transport

1 week ago Lewis Hamilton plans talks with Ferrari over ‘hard car to drive’

The Briton had finished in the top three in all of his previous 11 appearances at Silverstone but could only manage fourth

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1 week ago Lewis Hamilton plans talks with Ferrari over car that was ‘so hard to drive’

The Briton had finished in the top three in all of his previous 11 appearances at Silverstone.

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1 week ago Major car brand issues 'stop drive' recall warning following deadly fault

If your car is one of the models subject to the 'stop-drive' recall, it can not be legally driven under any circumstances until the issue is fixed and verified by the manufacturer

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2 w. ago Nissan to cut 250 jobs at major UK car plant as electric vehicle sales flop

Nissan is cutting around 250 jobs at its Sunderland car plant as part of a major cost-cutting drive after the Japanese carmaker reported its worst financial result in a quarter of a century

Economics

2 w. ago Woman admits letting child under 10 drive car barefoot through dark village

Sophie-Leigh Gemmell, 32, from Crimond, Aberdeenshire, let a child under 10 drive a motor vehicle as she was seen peering over the steering wheel as music played in the background

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2 w. ago Less death, more social media: Formula One films decades apart reveal a changed world | Emma John

The new Brad Pitt F1 movie offers a glossy exhilarating ride but its 1960s predecessor Grand Prix goes beneath the bonnet‘Let’s try to get the season off to a good start, shall we? Drive the car. Don’t try to stand it on its bloody ear.”Have you watched the movie? It’s about a rule-breaking American Formula One driver, the kind who blows past blue flags and crashes into his own teammate. You must have heard of it. They shot it in real race cars, across some of the most prestigious circuits in the world. It even had contemporary world championship drivers making notable cameos on the track. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Brad Pitt says driving Formula One car 'a rush' as new movie hits cinemas

The Hollywood star, who plays F1 driver Sonny Hayes in the blockbuster film, was recently given the chance to drive McLaren's 2023 car around Austin's Circuit of the Americas.

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3 w. ago Brad Pitt got to drive real McLaren F1 car as new movie hits cinemas

The Hollywood star plays Formula One driver Sonny Hayes in F1: The Movie.

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3 w. ago How far can your car drive when fuel light comes on including Audi, Volkswagen, Vauxhall and Ford

When the fuel light pops on do you chance it or head straight to the petrol station?

Transport

3 w. ago Major car maker issues 'stop drive' recall on popular older models after lethal issue killed woman in France

The immediate 'stop drive' notice has been issued for all examples across Europe with outstanding recall notices for a well-documented fault.

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