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The race for a racing licence

Lotus Club raciung at Snetterton race circuit.

In a crash course at the home of British motor sports, Nick Rufford gained a licence to go racing - one of two areas in which every man ought to excel

A brand new car? I'll take two please

For anyone wanting to buy a new car, the credit crunch presents an opportunity to save a small fortune. We hunt out the best deals

This is too much to stomach

Stuart Prebble, creator of TV’s Grumpy Old Men, rages at motorway service stations

Seat's new Ecomotive. It's so fuel-efficient, it's practically a scooter, says Giles Smith
A 15 year old Lewis Hamilton drives on a skid pan.

Young Lewis on the skids

A 15-year-old Lewis Hamilton proved he would be a star the first time he drove a car, says Emma Smith

Car illustration

Japan Car: designing the drive of your life?

Japanese designers may hold the key to the future of motoring. Nigel Kendall kicks the tyres of next year’s models

Robbed in the nightmare zone

Stuart Prebble, creator of TV’s Grumpy Old Men, rages at the congestion charge

The flying car

A British engineer has invented a fan-powered flying car - and to prove the Skycar works, he’s off to Africa in it

Pocket rocket showdown. We put the Ariel Atom head to head with the savage Caterham R500
Car clamp

Justice just got towed away

Stuart Prebble, creator of TV’s Grumpy Old Men, rails at the iniquities of impounding cars

Jay Leno on James Bond and the new DBS

The new 007 movie probably has the best Bond car since Sean Connery’s DB5, says Jay Leno

The 1,000mph jet car

A British team aims to smash the land-speed record with weird science

Pushed over the edge by pedestrians

As a rule of thumb, you should spend 10% of the cost of your bike on a decent lock. And then use it

Green world speed record. We put three hybrids on a racetrack - and spank them
Exhaust emmissions from a car in central London

A boyhood dream smoothered by exhaust fumes

We dreamt of adventure. We dreamt of carefree days on the unending road. What we got was gridlock

A traffic warden

Baying for blood: more fines for drivers

Local authorities have developed a lucrative way to fleece drivers: loading-bay fines

Mini happy returns

The Mini is 50 years old — so the Beatles’ image-maker Alan Aldridge has turned one into a unique work of art, just as he did in the psychedelic ’60s. Photographs by Alex Howe

A decent proposal

Warren Pole takes Jaguar’s XKR on a run to the sun to pop the big question. But did his girlfriend fall for him or the car?

The cab ride from hell. Watch Steve Bent speed through Baghdad with a gun-toting security aide
Actor Paul Newman during a break in filming the 1969 Movie Winning. 1969

Jay Leno on Paul Newman

Jay Leno and Paul Newman were friends until they hit the track - then the actor got ruthless

Holly Valance

On the Move: Holly Valance

The Australian actress tells Garth Pearce of her early passion for driving, which she began when she was underage

The Can-Am Spyder: a 125mph trike

It’s not a motorbike and it’s not a car, but this will get you noticed like nothing else on the road

Richard Hammond on racing a dogsled to the North Pole

Racing a dogsled against a truck to the North Pole was never going to be easy, writes Hammond in his revealing new memoir

Driving Photo Galleries. Stunning pictures of the newest and most beautiful cars in the world
The 100 foot

The Bransons' big adventure

The billionaire Richard and his children, Holly and Sam, are preparing for a record-breaking transatlantic sailing challenge

Steve Burgess driving his Land Rover across the Bering Strait

England to America, by car...

Steve Burgess drove from across the Bering Strait in an adapted Land Rover, on the way from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Horn

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport

The world’s greatest supercar has gone topless with no loss of speed or acceleration. And a set of tyres still costs £12,000

Bullet bikes take a spin on the wild side

Low-slung recumbent cycles can hit 75mph - backwards. Paul Grogan meets Britain's top female rider