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Motorists of all ages could benefit from graded licences
Stirling Moss explains that his suggestion that elderly drivers retake their tests was not a slur on their abilities.

Formula One diary: British GP and Le Mans
Great motorsport events as seen through the lens of a motorsport fan.

Car of the Year results revealed
Nominations for the first round of voting for the 2010 European Car of the Year have been announced.

Whining gearbox remedy
Whining gearbox in 2003 Vauxhall Agila need not be a disaster says Honest John.

How to obtain a 'Cat D inspected' stamp from VOSA
Honest John points reader to the FAQs section of his website to get information on how to get his Mercedes 'Cat D inspected'.

Driving tip: how to best utilise modern disc brakes
Reader is given driving tips by Honest John on how modern disc brakes work and bestpractice usage of them.

Diesel or petrol car for impoverised student
Honest John recommends a Seat Ibiza 1.9TDI to the reader; a fun car with plenty of the kind of oomph to satisfy a Golf GTi driver.

Car with pulling power wanted
Reader asks Honest John for a workhorse car for his nautical needs.

Manual or automatic transmission coordination in the key
Honest John's opinion of the Mercedes W107 and riskevaluation of switching between manual and auto transmission.

Six in 10 Aroads unsafe warns Road Safety Foundation
Nearly 60 per cent of the country's Aroads and a quarter of motorways are unsafe according to new research.

Hyundai worth taking to the Czech out
Hyundai has the newest car factory in the world in the Czech Republic and must manufacture them to keep promises made. Honest John says there are bargains galore for a good car.

Stolen car stitchup
Honest John sympathises with a reader's marathon attempt at getting sense and service from the police DVLA and his insurance company.

Ford blames weak pound for third price rise
Ford is to increase the price of its new cars by an average of 4pc in the UK despite a sharp fall in sales.

Speed humps and how you can fight back
Honest John's advises on fighting back against speed humps abd potholes.

Video: Review Jaguar XKR convertible v classic EType
Mike Rutherford testdrives both Jaguar's latest as well as its most famous model

British GP and Le Mans: it doesn't get much better than this
Two great events on consecutive weekends although it's not always plain sailing.

Scrappage sales hit 60,000
Over 60,000 new cars have been bought by buyers taking advantage of the £2,000 scrappage scheme ? and some are claiming even bigger discounts. read more

Scrappage sales hit 60,000
Over 60,000 new cars have been bought by buyers taking advantage of the £2,000 scrappage scheme – and some are claiming even bigger discounts. read more

"I scrapped A4 for Auris"
One Auto Trader reader saved £3,400 on a new Toyota Auris by scrapping his old Audi A4. We talk to him about how the scheme works. read more

Scrappage sales hit 60,000
Over 60,000 new cars have been bought by buyers taking advantage of the £2,000 scrappage scheme – and some are claiming even bigger discounts. read more

Mosley quits; FOTA split is off
Max Mosley will not stand for re-election as FIA president in October as part of a deal with the FOTA F1 rebels to remain in the sport next year.

Insurance fees on rise
Motorists who have taken part in the car scrappage scheme have paid up to £679000 in administration fees just to have their insurance policies amended.

Caterham takes Europe by storm
Homologation certificate for wild Seven sports cars paves the way for the company's expansion.

Transport minister outlines plans
New transport minister Lord Adonis has vowed to support low-carbon reasearch and development in Britain, as well as continuing progress in improving the combustion engine.

Toyota's eco credentials slammed
Toyota has been criticised in Japan for its plans to build a new research facility on mountains and 691 acres of 17th century rice paddies.

Tax funds for electric sports cars
The government's electric car funding will include investing £2.

BAIC to hold Vauxhall/Opel talks
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co.

Ford raises prices 4%
Ford Great Britain is to increase its prices by an average of four per cent from 1 July.

China questions Hummer sale
Hummer’s proposed sale to a Chinese machinery manufacturer has been met with continued derision among China’s media and car industry.

Citroen GT hits London
Awesome supercar concept touches down in the capital. But what’s under the bonnet?

Peugeot's scrappage warning
PSA Peugeot Citroen has warned governments that halting scrappage schemes could prove disasterous.

Ferrari buys F1 CAL plate
The first Ferrari California to arrive in the UK will carry the registration plate F1 CAL, after the Italian firm bought it from the DVLA.

BMW opens aero test centre
BMW has officially opened what it calls the 'most modern wind tunnel in the entire automotive industry'.

BMW's new six-pot engines
BMW has unveiled two new turbocharged straight-six engines that it expects to gradually replace V8 engines for most of its customers.

Cost-cutting and after sales boost Inchcape
The car retailer said pre-tax profits in the second quarter would be 'significantly ahead' of the £20m it reported in the first quarter, but still 'well below the same period last year'

Cost-cutting and after sales boost Inchcape
The car retailer said pre-tax profits in the second quarter would be 'significantly ahead' of the £20m it reported in the first quarter, but still 'well below the same period last year'

Electric cars to start British road trials
The £25m programme is intended to help the UK become a world leader in low-carbon vehicles and to help achieve the government's aim to cut emissions by 80% by 2050

Ford, Tesla and Nissan win US green incentives
The US is to make billions of dollars in cheap loans available to Ford, Nissan and Tesla, the California electric carmaker, so they can re-equip their plants to build...

Peugeot warns on loss of scrappage schemes
PSA Peugeot Citroën yesterday sounded the alarm over consequences for carmakers if governments abandoned the car scrapping schemes that have buoyed sales, with a...

Ford, Nissan and Tesla win green loans
The US is to make billions of dollars in cheap loans available to Ford, Nissan and Tesla, the California electric carmaker, so they can re-equip their plants to build...

Electric cars to start road trials
The world's largest co-ordinated trial of environmentally friendly vehicles will bring hundreds of electric vehicles on to UK roads for "real life" driving, starting...

US carmakers offered cheap loans to boost green vehicle production
The US is to make billions of dollars in cheap loans available to Ford, Nissan and Tesla, the California electric carmaker, so they can re-equip their plants to build...

Peugeot worried over future of scrappage schemes
PSA Peugeot Citroën yesterday sounded the alarm over consequences for carmakers if governments abandoned the car-scrapping schemes that have buoyed sales, with a...

State ointment allows German groups to avoid pain of cuts
When global car demand started to plummet last year, Hans-Jochen Beilke, head of ebm-papst, the southern German engineering company, was quick to react. The chief...

Peugeot warns on loss of car-scrap schemes
PSA Peugeot Citroën yesterday sounded the alarm over consequences for carmakers if governments abandoned the car scrapping schemes that have buoyed sales, with a...

Trustee hits at 'unreasonably rich' GM fees
General Motors' two key restructuring advisers are seeking to charge the carmaker exorbitant fees, the US trustee, the justice department agency that oversees...

Porsche Panamera on video
Want to know just how good the new Porsche Panamera is?Autocar.

BMW's next-gen fuel-saving
BMW will continue to develop its Efficient Dynamics system and will load up the new 1-series with the next generation of the fuel-saving tech as standard.

Full details: next BMW 1-series
BMW will increase the reach and appeal of the 1-series with additional body styles, a range of performance variants, frugal new petrol engines and advanced fuel-saving tech when it launches the second-generation model in 2011.

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