The new Porsche Boxster is the stuff of dreams. With added oomph.

In the Eighties, being banned from driving was quite funny. But times have changed

LAURA IS sipping her first morning coffee with all the gaiety of someone who's been told their bonus has been cancelled. "Oh, hello," she says limply, as I flop into my chair next to her. "Want to have a guess at the happy news?"

I'VE HAD some of the world's worst cars in my driving career, which has included all the usual exploding Metros. It is funny, though, because my best and worst car is the one that I'm driving now

AN ELDERLY motorist was killed when two Porsche drivers, racing each other along a country road at up to 100mph, crashed head-on into his car, a court was told yesterday.

There should be no strategy that doesn't include an understanding of technology. You mustn't take your eye off developments

IF YOU are a real car enthusiast, then a Porsche 911 is something that you really ought to drive, or at the very least own once in your motoring life. The design is timeless, although the handling borders on the suicidal in the hands of a novice.

There's a whole new generation of ultra-designed vacuum cleaners on the market. The big question is, which ones are most likely to get grown men sucking the carpet?

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A SCHOOLBOY who killed two elderly sisters while driving a Porsche given to him by his "indulgent father" had his four-year sentence cut by a year at the Court of Appeal yesterday.

German rival condemns proposed pounds 200m of state aid for BMW's ailing UK subsidiary

You might find the acceleration exciting, but the insurance will turn you off, writes Tim Collison

THE TWO top executives who yesterday resigned from BMW were very different, both in temperament and in management styles.

Porsches recalled for airbag faults