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Road repairs solution
Honest John agrees that utility companies should be more responsible for the quality of road-mending.

Is extra insurance good value?
Honest John considers the merits of insuring against your car losing value.

Christmas gift guide: Motoring boy's toys and other paraphernalia
Great motoring-related Christmas presents for the car-obsessed person in your life.

Jenson Button snapped in Nissan GT-R
F1 world champion Jenson Button has swapped his race car for a Nissan. read more

F1 considers new points system
The points system for Formula One could be overhauled next season.

X-Factor judges' cars
As The X-Factor draws to its dramatic finale, we take a look at the cars driven by the star judges. Hint - Simon Cowell has quite a few... read more

The complete 2010 car tax guide
Find out how much car tax will cost from 2010 to 2011.

No UK decision on special 370Z
Nissan has still to decide whether its special 40th Anniversary edition of the 370Z will go on sale in the UK.

New Megane Cabrio spy pics
These are the clearest spy pictures yet of Renault’s new Megane coupe-cabriolet.

£1.2m Bertone Mantide sold
The second £1.

Budget Suzuki planned in India
Volkswagen will work with Suzuki on developing a new budget car for India, according to reports from the country.

US loses £18bn on car bailouts
The US government expects to lose $30 billion (£18bn) of its $82bn (£50bn) bailout of the car industry.

Range Rover Sport car review: Ten Point Test
Think of a Land Rover and images of mud and slowly rolling countryside spring to mind – not a snorting and bucking Range Rover Sport flinging itself towards the horizon. read more

Lego 'Ken Block' crashes
Should Ken Block be worried? Well, not really. Because these chaps are made of Lego, and by all accounts, aren't very good drifters... read more

Renault sold - but will stay in F1
Renault will continue in Formula One next season after a deal was reached to sell a 75 per cent stake to an as yet unnamed party.

Opel/Vauxhall plan postponed
General Motors' newly named head of European operations said the carmaker's announcement of a new business plan for Opel/Vauxhall, expected by mid-December, might slip...

A fork in the road
When the time comes to write the history of how the global car industry survived its worst year in recent memory - and recovered in the years that followed - a few...

Sentiment trumps higher taxes for China's car buyers
When is a tax increase really a tax cut? When Beijing says it is, apparently. China's official Xinhua news agency announced the good news that stimulus measures...

Mugen's Honda CR-Z revealed
Pictures of Mugen’s version of the Honda CR-Z have leaked out ahead of its official launch.

Toyota to launch budget car
Toyota will launch a new compact concept car at next month’s New Dehli motor show aimed at emerging markets.

Fry: 'Schuey return good for F1'
Mercedes GP CEO Nick Fry has described the possibility of Michael Schumacher returning to Formula One as “fascinating”.

GT-R v 911 Turbo v R8 V10
This is a grudge match showdown between the Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 Turbo and Audi R8 V10 - and you can see the hi-res pictures and video here.

Classic car sales rise
Classic car sales have risen in 2009, despite the downward trend among the rest of the automotive sector.

Shoppers get drink-drive warning
Shoppers will be reminded about the dangers of drink-driving as graphic adverts in supermarket aisles become the latest method of deterrence to be used by police.

Autocar's week in pictures
This week started with a read more

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