The rare 8,000-mile Datsun 260Z 'barn-find' in fantastic condition

In many cases the term 'barn find' describes a model of significant worth, hidden away and neglected for years, potentially subjected to the elements and sometimes occupied by a family of wild animals during years without use. However, after 21 years in storage, this 1978 Datsun 260Z looks to be in incredible condition and it's tipped to fetch £22,000 at auction.

A reader arrived in the US after a nine hour flight only to be told the Ford Focus he and his family had booked was not available. Avis offered an upgrade instead. Only Mr Turnbull thought it would be free.

Land Rover released front-on images of the more rounded and streamlined Discovery ahead of its official world premier on the eve of the Paris Motor Show

Meet the OX: World's first flatpack vehicle can be built in 12 hours

Three people can put together the OX in 12 hours using all the parts which are packed together - many inside one another - in a clever compact kit form. It is designed to bring more transport to Africa and expected to cost between £10,000 and £15,000. The innovative British vehicle has been created by F1 and supercar designer Prof Gordon Murray in conjunction with entrepreneur, philanthropist and former pilot Sir Torquil Norman.

The best discounts on a new car

Motor dealers absolutely adore this time of year as people flock through the door to put a deposit on a car adorned with the latest number. But that doesn't mean the salesman has to be in the position of strength when it comes to negotiating the price you pay. We've teamed up with car buying site CarWow to tell you which models have the biggest savings.

The FTC says many cars will store a user's personal information when they connect a smartphone - including their text messages and even home and work addresses.

Earlier this year I received a vehicle tax demand for £0.00 for my super-green little car. I have now been forced to stump up an £80 fine or face court action for failing to pay this tax.

Special Edition Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Spitfire 80

There are fewer things in this world more British than the Spitfire and Aston Martin. And now you can have the two combined with this £180,000 model built to commemorate 80 years since the plane first took off.

The most fuel-efficient car tested is the Vauxhall Astra 1.6 CDTi 110 Ecoflex, which returned 56.3mpg. Even this, though, is a long way short of the 83.1mpg the official figures say you'll get.

The 5 best small cars with automatic gearboxes

Back in the day, automatic gearboxes were the preserve of big cars with big engines. But these days, you can get them in more or less every segment of the market. Here are the best choices.

The report suggested that while they were small rises, they cancelled out the fall in the average price of both fuels that took place in July.

A former car dealer tells us why the plate change, Budget statements and the World Cup can severely reduce the amount of money you get for a car you have for sale.

Is the new 2016 Porsche Panamera Turbo the ultimate family car?

This second-generation Panamera is new. Not as in 'tweaked a bit new' but 'new chassis, new engines, new transmission and everything else new'. Is it enough to make it the ideal school-run weapon?

The 24-hectare site, which is also receiving £10 million support from a local enterprise partnership as well as district and city councils, will be linked to the existing Jaguar Land Rover engineering centre.

Would Britons really want to buy one? The last C5 - Citroen's answer to the BMW 3 Series - was purchased by just 2,000 UK drivers a year on average during an 8-year production run.

Budget-friendly family SUV group test

With over 60,000 sales last year alone, it will take a lot to dethrone the Nissan Qashqai from the peak of the compact family SUV sector. Do these two latest pretenders have what it takes to steal the title? We pitted three diesel versions, all costing around £27,000, against each other to find out.

They might be based on the same platform, but the Mazda MX-5 and Fiat 124 Spider are no mere exercise in badge engineering. They are, however, quite similarly priced. So which is best?

The '66 six-monthly registration plate arrives on Thursday, followed by the new Sportswagon - an affordable, good-looking, stylish, economical and smooth family estate.

Lamborghini reveals extreme £2million 760bhp Centenario Roadster

Just 20 of these open-top missiles will be made, all featuring a 6.5-litre V12 motor. But you might as well hang up on your account manager now because Lamborghini has already sold them all. If that's the case, you might want to consider a Ford GT - the carmaker has promised to double production of its 600bhp supercar to appease the massive demand for the vehicle.

A spot-check of 100 vehicles carrying children in a car seat has revealed that 32 were not installed as recommended by the manufacturer, raising concerns about child safety.

According to the SMMT, 126,566 units left UK car production lines last month. This took the official tally for the year to 1,023,723, which is the highest output at the end of July since 2000.

Le Mans winning Jaguar D-Type and first ever Shelby Cobra set auction records

There were some extremely deep pockets in California at the weekend. That's because two iconic cars set new records as the most expensive British and American motors of all time. The Jaguar, which won the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans, sold for $21.8 million while the original Shelby Cobra was bought for $13.8 million.

The carmaker revealed that plants had been 'interrupted as a result of a halt in component deliveries by external suppliers', now known to be a seat maker and gearbox-parts provider.

The DVSA will close its consultation on proposed changes to the driving tests at 23:45 on Thursday. Improvements to the test have been requested to improve new-driver safety and reduce road deaths.

Aston Martin reveals Vanquish Zagato Volante that costs over £500k

We said it could be the most stunning cars ever built when it was revealed in June, but just two months after the gorgeous Vanquish Zagato hit our screens Aston Martin's already outdone itself. Like the coupe, just 99 Volante convertibles will be produced. And they'll cost over half a million each.

A total of 4.18 million vehicles have changed hands between January and the end of June this year, which is an increase of more than 300,000 on the same period in 2015.

Car emissions take longer to disperse in built-up areas and end up accumulating in the air at traffic lights and junctions, researchers from the University of Surrey found.

A ride in a multi-million pound Jaguar D-Type

A sister car to this one runner-up in the 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans is up for auction in America this weekend with an estimation of $25million. That makes this experience one extremely expensive flying lap.

Elon Musk confirmed the arrival of new 100kWh battery packs, an improvement on the 90kWh batteries currently available - and said the firm's ludicrous mode was now even quicker.

With each luxury car costing north of £420,000, the hamper alone will be around £50,000 or the price of a decent sports car

Boycie's Jaguar E-Type for sale at auction

'It's only E-Type Jaguars and Sebastian Coe that make me feel proud to be British today'. Boycie's words from the series hit are even more fitting with the Rio Olympics closing a week before the car he was describing goes under the hammer.

Motorists across the country have seen car insurance costs accelerate by a huge 14% in just one year, according to latest data crunching more than three million quotes.

The German firm Opel Group, which produces Vauxhall cars such as the popular Corsa, said working hours would be cut at its factories in Eisenach and Russelheim over the UK vote.

Five of the best modern classic convertibles

A drop top gives any car added glamour but for the love of cars not just any old motor with the roof removed will do. If you appreciate style over sterility, passion over practicality, we have been looking at five of the not so usual suspects. Meet some modern classic convertibles with charisma for less than £10,000, or half the price of a boring family car.

 

Team GB Olympic cyclist Chris Hoy gets back on two-wheels in car stunt video

Not to be out-done by cycling compatriot Jason Kenny who matched his five Olympic gold medal haul in the velodrome on Tuesday night, Chris Hoy decided it's time he got back on two wheels, but this time in a Nissan Juke crossover. Hoy, who has turned to racing cars now that his Olympic endeavours are behind him, was challenged by Nissan to learn to drive a car on two wheels with just two days of training, as this video shows.

The car will initially be used for commercial ride-hailing or ride-sharing services; sales to consumers will come later, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced.

You've heard of 'Airplane Mode' but now there's a call for smartphone manufacturers to add a 'Drive Safe' mode feature to help reduce the number of road fatalities.

Three new numbers and two fewer cylinders: Porsche 718 Boxster on test

With stricter emissions regulations, a switch to a smaller engine and the addition of turbocharging was an inevitability. For a lot of drivers, this will all be welcome since it makes the new Boxster so easy to drive. So is it still the 'affordable' sports car to have? We put it to the test to find out.

The compact two-berth Bailey Approach Compact motorhome is based around the popular Peugeot Boxer van cab, engine and low-slung chassis and costs £38,000.

The 11 best new motorbikes of 2016 picked by experts

Whether you're looking to commute in the city, enjoy globe-trotting adventures offroad, or graze a kneeslider at a trackday, one of these 11 motorcycles will be right for you, according to the review team at Auto Trader. The selection has been made as part of its Best Bike Awards for 2016. But don't think it all comes down to outright speed - the overall winner is about as far from a superbike as you can get.

The impact can push premiums as much as £450 higher than the national average, regardless of the driver's own ethnicity, the report suggested.

The Government and insurers must take radical steps to help residents of rural and urban communities reclaim their neighbourhoods from the lorries, the lunatics - and the car thugs.

Peugeot 205 GTI sells for record £31k: Six of the best modern classics

Identifying which cars will become modern classics sky-rocketing in value is something of an art form but, as the owner of this French hot hatch (left) will tell you, it pays off when you get it right. To make life a little easier, we asked an expert in the field of classic cars to hand pick his six future classic predictions, including (top to bottom) the Lotus Elise, Audi TT and Porsche 924.

We've teamed up with the review team at AutoCar magazine to list the worst seven motors of the last two decades - those that are better off destined for the crusher than a classic car collection.

Dihedral doors, a three-seat 'arrowhead formation' layout and 0 to 62mph in less than five seconds - there's a lot to like about Nissan's latest electric car unveiling. But will the Japanese brand make it?

Aston Martin's gorgeous new 200mph DB11 is here and we test it

From any angle the DB11 displays gorgeous proportions and a beautiful but faintly menacing stance that says 'don't mess with me.' The DB11 is a worthy successor to the outgoing 13-year-old DB9 and follows the styling route set by the DB10 which starred in the last 007 movie Spectre but never went into production. We put it to the test.

After placing a new-car order three months ago, a reader discovered the dealership had requested a more expensive version by mistake and increased the balloon payment on the agreement.

The forecast for an overlap in demand in four year's time seems somewhat optimistic. For every 'Alternative fuel' vehicle sold so far in the UK in 2016, 30 petrol or diesel cars are registered.

Bicester Heritage brought a 1920s RAF base back to life as a classic car hub

There's a good reason why former 1920s RAF base Bicester Heritage looks like a historic motoring fan's idea of heaven, it's a classic car business centre dreamt up by one. Bicester Heritage, with its 30 businesses on one elegant site, is the brainchild of businessman Dan Geoghegan, who believed that the fragmented but highly-valuable British classic car industry needed a new way of working. We paid it a visit.

The nation's roads are falling into a state of disrepair and it means more drivers are relying on their breakdown provider to dig them out of trouble.Or could it be to lift them out of potholes?

There are few more nerve-racking moments than taking your driving test. And if you live in the London and plan to sit yours any time soon, look away now.

Aston Martin reveals its £2.5m AM RB 001  hypercar

What happens when a supercar maker and a Formula 1 team put their heads together? This, the ultra-limited and exotic, £2.5million Aston Martin AM-RB 001, built in conjunction with the Red Bull F1 team. Unveiled at the iconic British carmaker's Gaydon headquarters today, the extreme AM-RB 001 is said to be capable of lapping Silverstone in the same time as an F1 car.

Renault has a heritage of ballistically quick Clios, dating back to 1993 when the Williams F1 team created a sports-car-terrifying hot-hatch. We test the latest, the 220 Trophy.

Ford's V8 Mustang is brutishly brilliant

Ford's new Mustang (right) is available as a fully-fledged UK car for the first time since the original launched some 50 years ago. It comes in right-hand-drive, warranty and all. This means you can pick up an icon that will hit 60 in less than five seconds, for just £35,000. We spent a week with the 5.0 litre V8, to see if it can cut it in Britain.

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Still think Honda's boring? Think again. The Japanese car giant is aiming to blow the socks off the opposition with its stunning new two-seater NSX.

Wing mirrors that have to be adjusted by hand; wind-down rear windows; no air-con: Our Dacia Duster wasn't what we'd call luxurious. But does that mean it's worth avoiding?

With the smaller Model 3 not even due in the US until the end of 2017, the new Model S 60 is likely to be the most affordable Tesla on sale in Britain for the next two years.

You can't always rely on the fuel efficiency figures that manufacturers are reproducing. But these are the most economical cars based on tests carried out on real roads.

10 common cars from the 70s and 80s that are now almost extinct

They were the among the most-derided of their eras, but could now be a fantastic investment due to their rarity. Cars such as the Austin Metro, Morris Marina and Ford Sierra, that once dominated Britain's streets and driveways until relatively recently are now on the verge of extinction, according to classic car insurance specialist ClassicLine. The firm has now kickstarted a campaign to save a number of cars that were once responsible for transporting a nation, even if they were mocked by some users.

More affordable motors feature heavily in a list of top risers as new investors buy classics, but the Fiat Dino, pictured, which tops the table with a 113% gain is rapidly moving out of reach.

They were poster boys in the 80s and 90s and now two iconic supercars, a Lamborghini Diablo and Porsche 911, are on sale having barely been run in since the days when they adorned bedroom walls.

The run to the Le Mans Classic where the world's most iconic cars race

There are owners whose classic cars are kept wrapped in cotton wool - and then there are those who drive their pride and joy hundreds of miles to race round Le Mans. The French racetrack is famous for its annual 24 hour race, but every two years it also runs the Le Mans Classic, where historic cars - some of which are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds - also race through the night. Simon Lambert joined the British pilgrimage to the race and back

The carmaker dragged out all seven generations of the record-breaking model to parade in convoy with owners on a 70 mile dash from its Dagenham plant to Brighton racecourse.

Under all this Aston Martin's flaking paint is a post-war endurance racer that's been almost untouched since it last completed a 24-hour marathon almost 70 years ago.

How to get the cheapest car insurance: Ten tips for cheaper car cover

One in three motorists pay over the odds for their car insurance - and the worst thing you can do is simply renew. We reveal ten tips to get the cheapest car insurance deal and show you the places to go to compare car cover and potentially save hundreds of pounds.

   

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