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Congratulations! You’ve aced your theory and passed your driving test. It’s a liberating feeling to finally tear off the ‘L’ plates and get out onto the road solo – but it can also be quite…

Autonomous car technology may be helping to save drivers’ lives, but it could be very damaging to insurance companies, with $20 billion worth of reductions expected in the next five years. As helpful technologies such…

Ford has tested a self-driving car that doesn’t need headlights and uses lasers to help keep itself on the road instead. The test, carried out at Ford’s test centre in the Arizona desert, used LiDAR,…

Aston Martin is responding to demands by purists by creating a manual V12 Vantage S. The V12-powered supercar is being offered with a full seven-speed manual transmission, featuring a ‘dog-leg’ first gear. The gearbox also…

Audi has revealed the latest incarnation of its popular Audi A3. Inside, the new A3 now features Audi’s impressive virtual cockpit, which provides information to the driver via a 12.3-inch diagonal screen mounted where the…

The Volkswagen Tiguan is a popular and well-sized compact SUV, delivering good levels of interior equipment and build quality. Popular with young families as well as those wanting a slightly raised driving position, the Tiguan…

  Tesla’s model S may be a pretty clever car in its own right, but technology experts in America have managed to outsmart the car and control it using just brain waves. App creator Touch…

The order books have opened for Volkswagen’s Golf GTI Clubsport Edition 40. The special edition hot hatch celebrates 40 years of the iconic Golf, utilising a powerful 2.0-litre turbocharged engine that produces 286bhp. That means…

Car firm Toyota and computing firm Microsoft have teamed up to expand connected-vehicle technologies, as well as receive help with research in telematics, data analysis and network security services. Toyota Connected will be based in…