Isn't it a little early in The Rock's screen career to be going for the cuddly Kindergarten Cop moves of family entertainment? I preferred it when he was just bashing heads in Walking Tall.

It's all about sharing. That's what I said to one of the junior Millards as I whizzed him up the road to Cubs in my immaculate silver Streetcar Golf, which I'd hired from the mean streets of Islington for about the cost of a pizza. Two hours later, we returned "our" Golf to its bespoke parking spot, for the next user to whizz around N1 in. What a fantastic system.

I woke up in a cold bath. My neck was stiff and hurting, but it soon became clear that I wasn't dead. This wasn't supposed to happen. On the third go, I thought I had assured my demise by drinking as much vodka and smoking as much heroin as I could manage, and then getting into a hot bath. This time was supposed to be IT

Cadillac's first station wagon is not bad, but it lacks soul and authenticity, says John Simister

The devastating impact of climate change, mainly caused by ballooning carbon emissions from rich Western nations, will hit hardest in Africa, a United Nations report has warned.

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It will take some classic finals in Grand Slam tournaments before their rivalry can be compared to that of Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, but the early signs are promising. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, Nos 1 and 2 in the world, contested their third final of the year in the Rome Masters here yesterday and served up an absolute thriller.

The soft-top version of Chrysler's PT Cruiser suffers from all the original's faults, plus a few more all of its own, says Michael Booth

The latest VW Golf GTI is more exciting than you'd imagine, says Sean O'Grady

Size is everything in the niche-obsessed car world, and VW's latest `experiment' lets its stalwart model walk tall in a crowded market, says John Simister

We know what goes on behind our own net curtains, yet can't resist speculating on what makes other people's relationships tick. Shane Watson presents a field guide

For years I have been conducting a one-woman war against the prejudice levelled at women drivers. It's not a verbal campaign so much as a practical, hands-on demonstration of the fact that it is perfectly possible for a person with XX chromosomes to corner like a racer, to drive up the bumper of tourists and, above all, to reverse her car into a tiny space. Given a choice of parking slots, I will always choose the one in which it is hardest to fit my unwieldy Fiat Stilo.

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