Emergency pull-off areas on sections of smart motorway with no hard shoulder are set to be painted bright orange in a drastic attempt to make them more visible. Highways England kick-started the trial on a stretch of the M3 near Camberley, Surrey, on Friday after research found that 52 per cent of motorists didn't know what an emergency refuge area was on the routes where hard shoulders were used as active lanes.

The most expensive UK airport parking costs three times more than the cheapest, while simply dropping off a passenger can set a driver back £8.50, a study has found. The most expensive parking was found at Luton airport, where a two-week stay in their standard on-site car park came in at £191, the online investigation by Admiral insurance revealed. Exeter was the cheapest, where an equivalent space cost just £65 for the same amount of time.

Gerry McGovern (left with Victoria), 61, design director at Land Rover, which makes the cars, has accused the former Spice Girl-turned-fashionista of exaggerating her role at the launch of a special VB Evoque, where she claimed: ‘I’ve designed a car that I want to drive, a car I think [husband] David wants to drive.’ But Mr McGovern said at a publicity event last week: ‘She didn’t design the car… I’ve forgotten more than that woman will ever know about [car] designing – to be a car designer takes years.

It's the only surviving prototype three-door Mini with a hatched boot door. Marples reportedly bought it from Austin's Experimental Department as he wanted a Mini that could fit his golf clubs and wine cases in the back.

The devices – installed by lenders offering loans to those with poor credit scores – mean customers can be left stranded. But law and finance experts say the firms may be breaking the law. Drivers on kill-switch deals typically set up standing orders to pay every month. When the lender is paid, it sends the customer a code to enter by remote control into a GPS device behind the dashboard. If drivers miss a payment, the code for that month is not sent and the car stops working. Concerns have been raised that vulnerable drivers could be stranded overnight or unable to get to an emergency. Office worker Julia Martin said she often had to eat cereal for dinner so she can afford car payments.

They're usually quite luxurious while neatly balancing decent power and performance with economy. Add in a fair bit of space, lots of kit and often a premium badge, and you have a desirable car that is usually out of reach. But not here. For a budget of £10,000 you could have any of these, our top 10 choices.

A brand new baby Jaguar leapt into the record books tonight, as the British car maker took the wraps off the E-Pace at a star-studded launch. A record-breaking James Bond-style barrel roll jump was performed, as Jaguar revealed the new E-Pace family-sized SUV – a car designed more for mums and dads on the school run than parking at the golf club.

Lennon's is one of seven historic Rolls-Royce Phantoms belonging to influential figures being brought together to celebrate the launch of the new eighth generation car. Originally the Rolls-Royce Phantom V was in Valentine Black, but Lennon had it customised in true rock-star style to turn it into the psychedelic luxury car pictured above.

The wraps were taken off the new British-built electric London taxi today as the Chinese-owned firm behind the 'green' cab said first export orders were also in. It is promising cabbies an average weekly fuel saving of £100 compared with the outgoing diesel model – or around £25,000 over five years.

Elon Musk finally revealed the first photos of the new Tesla Model 3 (pictured) late on Saturday night. The eco-friendly car is affordable at $35,000 and can go 215 miles on a single charge. Although the vehicle is much more affordable compared to the other models, those looking to buy the car may be waiting months before they can get behind the wheel.

Think of it as a secret Batcave of high-end cars, but instead of being concealed beneath the grounds of Wayne Manor it's cocooned by high-rise buildings and the M4 motorway. It's the undercover hub of luxury car franchise HR Owen's VIP Services division that allows those with deep pockets to rent anything from a 600bhp Lamborghini to a swanky Rolls-Royce for a day, week or even months at a time. You can even choose the chauffeur that comes with it. Rob Hull paid it a visit.

Volvo has announced that all new models it launches from 2019 will be fully electric or hybrid. The Gothenburg-based brand said it will launch five new electric-powered models between 2019 and 2021. It is unquestionably the biggest commitment made by a mainstream manufacturer to shift away from traditional diesel and petrol cars before 2020.

Jaguar's E-Pace is due to be shown for the first time on July 13. It will sit beneath the bigger F-Pace in the range - a car that's been a monumental success for the British marque. The teaser footage shows the new-for-2018 sport utility vehicle undergoing a variety of tests in extreme temperatures and environments, from the circuit to the desert.

Fiat's original car - then called the Nuova 500 - first emerged from the Turin production line in July 1957. Six decades later and the re-introduced model is one of the best-selling small cars around the world, with motorists buying into Fiat's dinky retro re-make of Italy's most iconic motor. We take a look at the 500 through the ages and Fiat's celebratory video.

The sheer number of new cars - and fact most people don't have a spare £30,000 to spend on one - means the finance boom won't have escaped many people's notice. But if buyers can't afford it, that's their problem isn't it? So why has the Bank of England joined the list of people worried about all this The clue is that it's not the borrowers it's concerned about, it's the lenders.

Williams has taken technology that keeps its Formula One drivers protected in 200mph crashes and re-engineered it into a 'Babypod' that will be used to transport sick new-born babies so they can receive specialist treatment. The hi-tech unit shares materials and design features with the race team's F1 cockpits and will be used to safely carry critically ill infants by car, ambulance or helicopter.

Until Saturday, only Euro 1 emissions vehicles - those first registered before 1997 - were not allowed access to the city during peak hours on weekdays. However, an update to the new laws have seen the restrictions extended to pre-2001 Euro 2 diesel cars as of July 1, meaning they can't be used from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 8pm.

Rolls-Royce's Dawn may carry a name that evokes light, but the British luxury car maker has extended it's dark 'Black Badge' to include the convertible - as part of a mission to attract younger affluent customers. If your pockets are deep enough, expect to pay a £35,000 premium on top of the £264,000 you'd normally need to hand over for one of the open-top Rollers, but every £1,000 does buy you almost one extra horse power.

Young drivers are being tempted into dangerously high levels of debt by car dealers offering them new vehicles for no money up front, a Mail Investigation has found. Ruthless salesmen are offering customers Audis, Vauxhalls, Suzukis and Fords worth up to £20,000 for no deposit - even if they admit they are unemployed, on low wages or have a poor credit rating.

A 3.8-litre flat-six bi-turbo petrol with 700 horse power - a spokesman for Porsche confirmed that this is 'the fastest and most powerful road-approved 911' to ever go on sale. The Porsche Design 911 GT2 RS Chronograph watch is pretty nice, too.

It has been described as 'the most important Aston Martin ever produced'. And in August this 1956 DBR1 could become the most expensive British car ever when it goes under the hammer at one of the year's biggest auctions. If it achieves more than £17 million ($27.8 million) it will surpass the 1955 Jaguar D-Type that sold at the same auction last year to become the highest-valued British motor of all time.

Jaguar has unleashed its most powerful ever road car with the ability to accelerate from rest to 60mph in just 3.3 seconds. It has taken the wraps fully off its new £150,000 XE SV Project 8, which turns a compact family four-door Jaguar XE saloon into a roaring pocket supercar. The XE SV Project 8 isn't cheap though - it costs £150,000. Ray Massey had an exclusive early preview of the British brand's hyper saloon.

'Air Marshals' patrolling Westminster can now issue central London motorists with an £80 fine if they leave their engines idling when they pull up at the side of the road. It's part of a new campaign called #DontBeIdle, which will target delivery drivers, taxis and members of the public who fail to turn their engines off as they wait for customers and passengers.

It's famous for its quintessentially British sports cars favoured by a certain Mr Bond, but now Aston Martin has confirmed a high-tech all-electric four-seater to take on US tech star Tesla. It revealed it has approved the move to build a new £230,000 zero-emissions plug-in supercar called RapidE, developed in partnership with Williams Advanced Engineering.

These are the first images of the new MTS Vehicle Dynamics Simulator that McLaren will sell to other car makers so they can develop their own road cars. Rob Hull took a trip to the brand's high tech home in Woking to speak to the technical directors behind it and have a go in the F1 version for himself.

Forget chocolate bars and cans of Coke - this 150-foot vending machine serves up a selection of supercars. Customers can choose from one of 60 models to view at the press of a button and the 'Automotive Inventory Management System' will cherry pick the vehicle and bring it to the buyer on the ground floor in 2 minutes.

Welcome to Jaguar Land Rover Classic's new headquarters in the UK - a Willy Wonka-style factory for car enthusiasts. Over 500 iconic British models will be kept at the cutting-edge facility where high-skilled specialists will service cars, restore historic vehicles and build remastered versions of legendary models.

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.

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.