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EU cars will get automatic emergency call device from 2018

New cars and light vans will have to be fitted with devices that will automatically alert rescue services when a vehicle crashes from 2018. It

28/04/2015

Cinema

'Furious 7' a fitting homage to Paul Walker says cast

Set to hit cinema theatres in 60 different countries, the latest installment of the ‘Fast and Furious’ saga is one of the widest releases of all

02/04/2015

United Kingdom

Jeremy Clarkson suspended from BBC's Top Gear after 'punching producer'

11/03/2015

Switzerland

Driving the future: the highlights of Press Day at the Geneva Motor Show

03/03/2015

Next Series

Elastic road surface reduces motorway noise pollution

A new type of road surface, partly made from old tyres, can help reduce road noise and is a cheaper option than noise barriers.

23/02/2015

Next Series

Do you know: how to get to the road of the future?

23/02/2015

United Kingdom

Driverless cars piloted across UK

From summer 2015, Britons will be joined on the roads by driverless cars. The UK government gave the go-ahead for the vehicles to be tested on public

12/02/2015

Culture news

Record prices expected at sale of Baillon car collection in Paris

Last year, after half a century of gathering dust in a remote property in the West of France, 60 collectors’ automobiles belonging to French car

06/02/2015

Sport

Formula One: Lotus release images of 2015 car

It has been hailed as a ‘massive step forward’ by its technical engineers. Lotus will certainly hope so. The British stable presented their new car

26/01/2015

United Kingdom

Operation launched to salvage car container ship off southern England

Coastguards say a major salvage operation has been launched to free a large container ship carrying cars that ran aground in the Solent, near the

04/01/2015

United Kingdom

Formula One: Fernando Alonso comes home to McLaren

Formula One’s McLaren team have announced that next year’s drivers will be Spain’s double world champion Fernando Alonso and Britain’s Jenson Button

11/12/2014

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Pakistan: Vintage car rally

23/11/2014

USA

Crash-test dummies go up a size to help save obese drivers

31/10/2014

Explore

The people who make Monaco special

13/10/2014

My Europe Series

Disabled and driving in the EU: where can you park?

25/07/2014

My Europe Series

Renewing your driving licence within the EU

20/06/2014

USA

General Motors CEO grilled in Congress again over safety scandal

18/06/2014

Focus

Inside Bloodhound SSC: the 1000 mph car

01/05/2014

My Europe Series

Something in the air: tackling traffic pollution

04/04/2014

Cuba

Raul Castro's Cuba lets citizens buy new cars for first time since 1959 revolution

19/12/2013