The TelegraphAutos (UK) Great British Drives: Audi e-tron in the long-lost county of WestmorlandThe Telegraph - By Martin GurdonThe place where I first holidayed no longer exists. This was the county of Westmorland, which vanished in 1974 when Cumbria ate it, thanks to boundary changes. My mother and her sisters, who were born
The TelegraphMotoGP MotoE: how electric motorcycle racing could be the biggest threat to the MotoGP status quoThe Telegraph - By Adam WheelerAt 8.30am on the Saturday morning during the Austrian Grand Prix, the media centre is coming to life as more journalists and photographers file in. “You’d never know that MotoE is on, would you?” comments
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Mazda3 Skyactiv-X review: petrol refinement with diesel economy – too good to be true?The Telegraph - By Andrew EnglishIf ever a special internal combustion engine has started in a more deserving place than in the Mazda3 then I’d like to know. When we favourably reviewed the current, fourth-generation family hatchback
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Honest John: how can I stop spider webs forming on my car?The Telegraph - By Honest JohnIf your car has developed a fault, or for consumer advice, turn to Honest John by emailing honestadvice@telegraph.co.uk How can I stop spider webs repeatedly forming in my door mirror? GM Leave them alone.
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Volvo XC40 Recharge: all-electric power for Telegraph readers' favourite car, due in 2020The Telegraph - By Paul HudsonVolvo has released the first details of its battery-powered XC40, the Swedish company’s first fully electric car and the first model of its Recharge line-up of solely plug-in cars. Based on the 2018 European
The TelegraphAutos (UK) MG HS review: is a £6,000 saving on a family SUV 'affordable quality' – or just cheap?The Telegraph - By Andrew EnglishPsst, do you want to save £4,000? How about £6,000? Those are the sort of savings Daniel Gregorious, MG’s sales and marketing director, claims customers can make by buying this new family SUV/crossover
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Is it worth complaining to the ombudsman about your car insurer?The Telegraph - By Dr Ken GermanThere are many stories of dissatisfaction with insurance such as that for motors which is compulsory but what can anyone do if, for instance, a theft claim has been rejected by an insurer because they
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Toyota Yaris: will all-new hybrid achieve 100 miles per gallon?The Telegraph - By Andrew EnglishToyota has revealed its fourth-generation Yaris supermini, claiming that more than 80 per cent of buyers will purchase the petrol/electric hybrid version rather than the 1.5-litre petrol-only model that
The TelegraphAutos (UK) 2020 Bentley Flying Spur review: nowhere near as special as it should beThe Telegraph - By Andrew EnglishIt sounds as exciting as soup; the saloon version of anything isn’t usually something to stir the blood – although you might have to make an exception in this instance. Bentley introduced the Flying Spur
The TelegraphNissan 2020 Nissan Juke review – the worst car Nissan made is now one of the bestThe Telegraph - By Alex RobbinsIf ever there was a Marmite car, the first-generation Nissan Juke is it. You either love it, or you hate it. And with its googly eyes, chubby cheeks, oddly sloping roofline and bulging haunches, plenty
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Increasing speed limits is a terrible idea – we can't afford to drive any fasterThe Telegraph - By Ed WisemanNews that the motorway speed limit could soon be increased to 80mph was enthusiastically welcomed by the British moron community, which for years has been campaigning for the right to drive faster, wherever
The TelegraphAutos (UK) 2020 BMW X3 M Competition review: fun for five minutes, but pointless thereafterThe Telegraph - By Alex RobbinsOne little prod of the throttle; a simple flexing of the right foot. That’s all it takes in the BMW X3 M Competition to invoke an involuntary chortle. The sheer silliness of it all; a car better known
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Life in the sloe lane: hedgerow foraging in a Morgan Plus SixThe Telegraph - By Ed WisemanI leave the M20 at sunrise, a soft peach glow pushing lazily through the gunmetal clouds above. It’s October, but extremely mild, and despite the drizzle I’ve driven all the way from Blackheath to rural
The TelegraphAutos (UK) You don't need a GT to have a grand tour – when it comes to great road trips, cheaper is betterThe Telegraph - By Charlotte WhiteheadI jump at the opportunity of a road trip. You could call me a road trip aficionado. I have been lucky enough to explore some amazing places by car, both at home and abroad; I love the simplicity of driving
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Audi Q3 Sportback review: this coupé-style SUV is good-looking and refined – but beware the premium priceThe Telegraph - By Andrew EnglishThe march of Audi’s indecipherable model naming system continues. This, the Q3 Sportback, is a sort-of coupé version of the Q3 SUV; these coupé SUV/crossovers are a mainly German sub-model niche chasing
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Honest John: why do I have to wait so long for parts to come from Japan?The Telegraph - By Honest JohnIf your car has developed a fault, or for consumer advice, turn to Honest John by emailing honestadvice@telegraph.co.uk I took my CX-3 to the Mazda dealer and was told an air-conditioning tube needed be
The TelegraphAutos (UK) UK’s rarest cars: 1963 Vauxhall Cresta PB, one of only five left on British roadsThe Telegraph - By Andrew RobertsSomeone has to save the cars that were once ubiquitous. “I’ve always liked cars that other people have overlooked,” says Ed Herridge of his 1963 Vauxhall Cresta PB. When new, it was an object of desire
The Telegraph Honest John's car advice – your motoring questions answeredThe Telegraph - By Honest JohnIf your car has developed a fault, turn to Honest John by emailing honestadvice@telegraph.co.uk My wife has inherited some money. On her bucket list is a four-seater convertible with automatic transmission.
The TelegraphVolkswagen Volkswagen Passat GTE review: a classy plug-in hybrid for those who don't want a dieselThe Telegraph - By Alex RobbinsIt’s out there, the Volkswagen Passat. You know it is. It’s Volkswagen’s longest-serving model, having been launched in 1973, and there are thousands of them on our roads. VW sold 12,450 of the things
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Volvo XC90 B5 review: mild hybrid technology makes this seven-seater hard to beatThe Telegraph - By Alex RobbinsMild hybrid. If you hadn’t heard the term already, you have now. And you can expect to hear an awful lot more of it in the coming years, as mild hybridisation – the art of tacking on a very small electric
The TelegraphAudi A8 Audi A8: the cutting-edge luxury limo with 'modern classic' status guaranteedThe Telegraph - By Alex RobbinsIt isn’t often, in this preposterous excuse for a job, that a press car arrives on the back of a transporter, sparkling clean and in immaculate condition, only for you to start the engine and be greeted
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Range Rover Velar SVAutobiography Dynamic review: great luxury and towering performance – but what else do you get for £87,000?The Telegraph - By Andrew EnglishThere was one parked at the junction at the Frankfurt motor show in October. The setting was like one of those bloodless architect’s models: tiny trees, no people, litter, or dogs and all glossy glass-fronted
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Ford Capri at 50: why 'the car you always promised yourself' is still a classic car to covetThe Telegraph - By Alex RobbinsIt’s 1972. I’m a well-to-do businessman who likes to look a bit flash, but I need something I can also fit my wife and kid in. Naturally, I drive a Ford Capri, and it’s my pride and joy. The car I always
The TelegraphBMW BMW 118 review: does petrol power make this the pick of the premium hatchbacks?The Telegraph - By Alex RobbinsThe BMW 1 Series is a car that simply can’t help being heretic. In 2004, when it first appeared on our streets, dyed-in-the-wool BMW enthusiasts were aghast. A proper BMW was a saloon or a sports car,
The TelegraphAutos (UK) A journey through Sussex to England's former capital city in a future British classicThe Telegraph - By David WilliamsOverseas visitors – especially from the US or Canada where ‘ancient’ often means early 20th century – are often astonished at the tangible richness of Britain’s history. Us? We take it for granted, never
The TelegraphPeugeot 2020 Peugeot 208 review: can this beautiful French supermini really change the way we drive?The Telegraph - By Andrew EnglishIn the 36 years since the Peugeot 205 was launched, more than 22 million of it and its successors found owners. That's more units than Ford has shifted of its Fiesta since 1976, and a higher rate of sales
The TelegraphAutos (UK) Honest John: do I need an International Driving Permit if we leave the EU before I take a holiday in Greece?The Telegraph - By Honest JohnIf your car has developed a fault, or for consumer advice, turn to Honest John by emailing honestadvice@telegraph.co.uk What personal paperwork do I need to take to Greece to cover the hire car that I
The TelegraphAutos (UK) The day 'blonde bombshell' Jayne Mansfield opened the Chiswick FlyoverThe Telegraph - By Andrew RobertsOn Wednesday, September 30th in 1959, the famed US actress Miss Jayne Mansfield arrived in Chiswick, west London, by Ford Zephyr Mk2 Convertible. The occasion was the opening of the capital’s first major
The TelegraphPlug-in Hybrid EVs Mercedes A250e PHEV review: a cultured plug-in hybrid spoiled by a few bad mannersThe Telegraph - By Andrew EnglishLast year’s plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) sales were riding high, spurred by generous Government grants, benefit-in-kind tax sweeteners and write-down allowances. Then last November the Government slashed
