Features

Ford shows next Focus at Detroit Motor Show

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Ford is showing the next version of its best-selling Focus at the Detroit Motor Show. The new car, which doesn't go on sale until the beginning of 2011, will be crucial to Ford's continuing recovery.

Making of the fast and the famous

Monday, 4 January 2010

You’d be brave, or mad, to try and remake a movie great like The Great Escape. Likewise, trying to remake the most cultish of cult car movies, Rendezvous, made nearly 25 years ago when Claude Lelouche shot a high speed dash across Paris at dawn, would be petrolhead and cinematic suicide. ‘The Run’, shot by a Hollywood film crew and stunt drivers, using Nissan 350Z’s on closed Prague roads, showed how big bucks do not create a better sequel.

Road to nowhere: Retaking your driving test

Monday, 4 January 2010

So you think you're a bit of a whizz behind the wheel? Rob Sharp did – until he had the chance to retake the driving test he passed 12 years ago

Can electric cars reinvent Britain's motor industry?

Tuesday, 15 December 2009

New models mean new investment, if the UK can win the business. Sarah Arnott reports

The parking race: Clever alternatives to pay-and-display and multi-storeys

Monday, 14 December 2009

With more cars on our roads than ever, we need clever alternatives to pay-and-display and multi-storeys – and designers are getting in gear. Jonathan Weinberg reports

The ten best large eco cars

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Big cars will never be as green as the best small cars but some big cars are greener than others.

Dinky car revolution: Why more drivers are swapping their gas guzzlers for cute compacts

Thursday, 29 October 2009

There's a terrible secret that the car-makers don't really want you to know about, or at least properly appreciate. You don't need a big car.

Ten best SUVs

Friday, 2 October 2009

If you think big is beautiful, then these are the cars for you.

Car choice: This Family Robinson needs to be lost in space

Sunday, 20 September 2009

The man who saved a million lives: Nils Bohlin - inventor of the seatbelt

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Few of us have heard of Nils Bohlin, but whenever we take a car journey his invention makes us safer. As the seat belt hits its half-century, Sean O Grady celebrates his legacy