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One For The Road: A student car that can cope with long trips

12 February 2012 12:00 AM

Glen Disbury is a second-year university student who needs a car that can cope with a regular 400-mile round-trip to see his family. His budget is £3,500.

One For The Road: A roomy student car that eats up the miles

05 February 2012 12:00 AM

Sam Vigo's Renault Mégane has died. Although he is 21, the usual student-friendly Ford Ka won't do: he needs space and does motorway miles. He has a budget of £2,000 including insurance.

One For The Road: A fair way to replace a Rover that's hit the rough

22 January 2012 12:00 AM

Charles Hooper has a Rover 75 to replace. It must have room for golf clubs and an electric trolley, be automatic and smaller than the 75. He covers just 6,000 miles a year.

Test drive: An early design for the Vauxhall Ampera

Vauxhall's Ampera is spearheading the rejuvenation of its tired electric car range

19 January 2012 12:00 AM

Getting an electric car right depends on making driving long distances viable. Jamie Merrill goes behind the scenes – and under the bonnet – of a new model.

One For The Road: A replacement for a broken-down Mondeo

15 January 2012 12:00 AM

Valerie Checkers paid £800 for a Ford Mondeo, which has gone badly wrong. She needs to replace it with something cheap but reliable and has £500 to spare.

One for the Road: An off-roader that's good for the school run

08 January 2012 12:00 AM

Adam Hinton wants to tow his large horsebox. He does 50 miles a day on the school run for his three children, shopping and his commute, and has up to £4,000 to spend.

Darren Lee Powell, a former traffic warden has written about his experiences

Confessions of a Traffic Warden

07 January 2012 12:00 AM

A Chelsea parking attendant claims he has been sacked – for being too nice. But is he just the exception who proves the rule? Rob Hastings gets his notebook and joins a warden on patrol...

The Ideas Factory: Can a credit card-sized, £20 computer change the world?

05 January 2012 12:00 AM

It's not quite the season for raspberry pie but a small technological charity hopes it might be the time for Raspberry Pi.

One for the Road: A comfy compact for an arthritis sufferer

11 December 2011 12:00 AM

Jane Ballantyne has arthritis and needs a comfortable car. It must be automatic, economical, have a firm, high driving seat, be compact but have five doors. The budget is £15,000.

It's good to walk: the redesigned Exhibition Road in west London is a 'shared space' for pedestrians and cars

Walk on the wild side: Pedestrians could soon be given equal footing with cars

08 December 2011 12:00 AM

Traditional planning put cars at the centre of our streets but a radical rethink of how modern cities work could change all that.

One for the road: A family runaround with room for the kids

04 December 2011 12:00 AM

Robin Lawrence is 42, married, with three young children. He needs to replace his 1999 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T and has £2,000 to spend on a family runaround that will also cope with longer trips to visit relatives.

Infrastructure programme: Beware - major roadworks ahead

30 November 2011 12:00 AM

Britain's road and rail networks are to get a multibillion pound upgrade as George Osborne attempts to build his way to economic recovery.

One For The Road: A first car – at the age of 70

27 November 2011 12:00 AM

Congratulations to Mrs Rosemary Gault, who has passed her driving test at age 70. She has a flexible £4,000 to spend and is not bothered about mileage or age, but most of all needs five seats. Oh yes, the licence is for automatic cars only.

One For The Road: Smaller car, same high seating

20 November 2011 12:00 AM

Orna Kustow is thinking of replacing her 2007 Renault Grand Scenic for a smaller car but does not want to lose the Scenic's high seating position. Could we suggest a super-mini or small family car?

One For The Road: How to downsize

13 November 2011 12:00 AM

Rob Knight wants to economise from two cars to one. It will have to fit three teenagers in comfort, plus be cheap to run and have decent boot space. Ideally he does not want a people carrier or a 4x4. His budget is up to £15,000.