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Japanese cars top reliability poll
Thursday 26 July 2012
Japanese cars are the most reliable, according to a survey.
Something From The Weekend: Greece's giant-killing; Davidson's cruel break; Parma get shirty
Monday 18 June 2012
The Good, The Bad and The Odd
How to develop an engine fit for superheroes
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Rotary power has been a signature of Mazda innovation ever since the company launched the Cosmo 110S
Subaru XV
Thursday 12 April 2012
Engine: 2.0-litre four-cylinder boxer diesel, turbocharged
Transmission: six-speed manual
Power: 147 PS at 3,700 rpm
Torque: 350 Nm between 1,600 and 2,400 rpm
Fuel consumption (combined cycle): 50.4 mpg
CO2 emissions: 146 g/km
Top speed: 120 mph
Acceleration (0-62 mph): 9.3 seconds
Price: Diesel from £24,295 (1.6 petrol from £21,295)
Nissan announces new hatchback for UK production from 2014
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Nissan will begin producing an extra model at its Sunderland plant in 2014. The new car was announced during a visit by UK prime minister David Cameron to Nissan’s Japanese headquarters.
Being Modern: Electric cars
Sunday 11 March 2012
I like driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar. It certainly isn't. Cos it doesn't guzzle gas. Or petrol, as we have it in this alliteratively reticent country of ours. So what is this beast that isn't slurping down unleaded – which, incidentally, has just hit an all-time high of 137.44p per litre? That's right, it's an electric auto. And it's coming your way. At a pretty sedate pace, maybe, but it is coming... promise.
And the winner is: John Simister reveals the part he played in selecting the Car of the Year
Sunday 11 March 2012
For the 59 judges from across Europe, six of them from the UK (including me), this was shaping up to be a close contest. Last Monday, the European Car of the Year (COTY) winner was to be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show for the first time. Could Volkswagen's Up mini-car beat Vauxhall's electric-petrol Ampera? Or would high technology rule, as it did in 2011 when the electric Nissan Leaf won?
Geneva Motor Show 2012 round-up
Friday 09 March 2012
The Geneva Motor Show, held on neutral territory in Switzerland in the spring, always produces a bumper crop of new models, and this year's is no exception.
Lexus GS45OH F-Sport
Sunday 04 March 2012
Out of the shadows: Will a new model finally get the Lexus GS sports saloon noticed?
Volkswagen records 2011 sales increase
Monday 09 January 2012
German car giant Volkswagen said today that it saw sales of more than eight million vehicles last year, putting it ahead of Japan's Toyota.
Toyota gears up to move into the fast lane
Friday 23 December 2011
The Japanese car maker Toyota aims to step up a gear in 2012, increasing sales by a fifth to a record 8.4 million vehicles.
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Man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder victim of Woolwich machete attack, named as Drummer Lee Rigby
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
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Grace Dent: I’m not sure how these people can avoid being called ‘bigots’. And the more ‘civilised’, the worse they are
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Woolwich murder: They killed, then they performed - these men should be starved of our attention
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Woolwich attack: The EDL will seek to exploit this evil crime for their own evil ends
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