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Mr Money: a range of tests for the electric car
Telegraph Motoring's money saving expert Mike Rutherford prepares to put Nissan's Leaf electric car to the test.

Top Gear drives the Mercedes Zetros
Benz's weapons-grade lorry is quite possibly the most sensible family runabout ever created...

Does diesel cost more in the long run?
Honest John hears from the concerned owner of a VW Golf diesel.

Why is diesel so expensive?
Honest John explains why diesel costs so much more than petrol.

What is the best small estate car?
Honest John helps a reader in search of a small estate car.

First baby on the way, now all we need is a car
Honest John helps a family choose a car to transport their young baby.

Brake problems with Ford Fiesta
Honest John hears from a reader who needed to fix the brakes on their Ford Fiesta after 4,500 miles.

Simple fix for Ford speedo failure
Honest John tells a reader that repairing the speedo on their Ford Focus won't be an expensive job.

Is Honda Jazz i-Shift a good idea?
Honest John explains how Honda's i-Shift transmission works in the Jazz.

The Coalition’s battle over tax cuts hots up
The prospect of tax changes in next week’s Budget is causing frantic manoeuvring within the Coalition. Leaks today suggest that Customs and Excise’s study on tax revenues from the 50p top rate of income tax, due to be published next week, will show that the top rate on those making more than £150,000 brings in far less than hoped — hundreds of millions rather than billions of pounds. If true, that will bolster the Chancellor’s case for a cut in the top rate. But it will also put him under further pressure from the Liberal Democrats, who will push for a quid pro quo in the shape of a “mansion tax” or some other measure targeted at the wealthy.

Subaru Forester prototype scooped
This heavily disguised prototype is the new Subaru Forester, which is at least 12 months away from being launched.

The best Formula One apps
Keep up with all of the Formula One action on your smartphone with our pick of the best F1 apps.

Dictators repel but we nurture their avarice
Nothing is more personal than a shopping basket. At the supermarket you can learn more about someone’s intimate habits than you might think: what brands they favour, how much alcohol they consume, even their choice of loo paper (quilted or bog standard). So President Assad must be feeling painfully exposed, having his shopping habits exposed to the world via a cache of leaked emails.

Caterham's new line-up
Caterham heads to the track with its new Formula One car, SP300.R track car and, of course, the Seven.

Caterham's new road and race car line-up
Caterham heads to the track with its new Formula One car, SP300.R track car and, of course, the Seven.

New Kia Sorento: first pics
Kia’s revised Sorento SUV has been pictured for the first time ahead of its UK launch later this year.

British schoolboy among 22 children killed in Switzerland bus crash
Sebastian Bowles, 11, was among the victims of a bus crash which killed 22 children in Switzerland.

Brian Sewell: Cameron is wrong - gays can't be allowed to marry
Fifty years ago, homosexuality was outside the law, the legal punishment imprisonment, the social punishment disgrace. To be caught in flagrante was to end a man’s career, to ruin him and sully his family. The generous, class-changing Swinging Sixties witnessed both the most spitefully destructive trials and the first tentative moves towards homosexual equality.

Hot Kia Cee'd planned
Kia is expected to unveil a warm hatch version of the all-new Kia Cee’d when it launches the three-door version of the car in 12 to 18 months time.

Formula One season preview
As the Formula One season begins this weekend in Melbourne, the big question is who can prevent Sebastian Vettel scoring a hat-trick of world titles.

Formula 1 season preview
As the Formula 1 season begins this weekend in Melbourne, the big question is who can prevent Sebastian Vettel scoring a hat-trick of world titles.

Brazil and Mexico end cars battle
Mexico has agreed to cut car exports to Brazil to keep a decade-old trade treaty with Latin America's largest economy alive

Driven: Vauxhall VXR8 Maloo
A Vauxhall in badge only, Holden's barely anglicised ute is as raw, pointless and brilliant as ever

SOTW: Saab 900 Turbo
Splash a grand on a leggy, 23-year-old Swede!

PH Blog: PistonHeads takes to the skies
Dan gets an unusual view of Goodwood with a little help from Abarth

Recession? What recession?
Luxury brands coin it in while mainstream ones flounder - what the heck is going on?

POTW: Jag XJS at Goodwood
Picture Of The Week celebrates Jaguar's most spirited getaway award at Goodwood

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