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An 86 Year Old Widow Was Convicted of a Crime Because an Insurance Agent Pressed F Instead of S
Edna Nightingale read her registration number out correctly over the phone. The Swinton Insurance agent typed one letter wrong. The DVLA's computer flagged her as uninsured. A court convicted her without her present. She spent weeks unable to sleep, convi...
Lyme Regis Residents Say Their Town Has Been 'Grotesquely Vandalised' by 20mph Road Signs
Dorset Council painted dozens of large speed limit roundels across one of England's most loved coastal towns. Some have appeared three in a row on the same stretch. Two have been painted on a riverside footpath where only the occasional delivery van passe...
The Smart Fortwo Is Coming Back. This Time It Is Electric, Chinese Built and Possibly More Expensive Than You Remember.
After two years away, the most recognisable tiny car in history is returning as the Smart #2. Designed by Mercedes-Benz, engineered on a new platform jointly developed with Geely, and unveiled as a concept this week in Beijing. Production debut at Paris i...
The Same Week Europe's EV Sales Surged 51%, America's Were Down 27%. Same Planet. Different Governments.
In March 2026, one in every four new cars sold in Europe was electric. In America that same quarter, the number heading the other way was just as stark. Two economies. Two governments. Two entirely different decisions about who pays for the energy transit...
A Cop Was Doing Her Makeup. A Man Died Under Her Wheels. Nobody Will Be Charged.
A New York police officer ran over a sleeping man in a park while applying lip gloss at the wheel. Witnesses screamed warnings. A fellow officer tried to flag her down. She dragged him ten feet at 7 miles per hour. He died in hospital 37 minutes later. Th...
BYD: The Company That Brought the Car Industry to Its Knees ... and May Be Doing the Same to Itself
In less than a decade, a Chinese battery maker humiliated Toyota, Volkswagen, Mercedes and Ford. It did it with superior technology, relentless pricing, and roughly $4 billion in state money. Now its profits are falling, its debt may be eight times what i...
China's Range Rover Copycat Has a Chinese Copycat
The Jaecoo 7 knocked off the Ford Puma and became the UK's number one car by borrowing liberally from Range Rover. Now a sister brand is arriving with a car that borrows liberally from the Jaecoo 7.
Rolls-Royce Project Nightingale: 100 Cars, Invite Only, Already Sold Out
The British marque's first electric convertible is as long as a Phantom, seats two, and costs the same as a small apartment block. Every single one is already spoken for.
The Surgeon, the Side Hustle and the Clerk Who Noticed
A Georgia doctor faces 19 charges after authorities say he built a rental car fleet from at least 13 stolen vehicles. A single suspicious title brought it all down.
James May Bought a Ferrari as a Joke. It Made Him £170,000.
The Top Gear presenter called his orange 458 Speciale a gamble. The market proved him right.
A Lamborghini Got Impounded in Birmingham. It Wasn't the Only One.
West Midlands Police seized a Huracán Performante Spyder last week for driving without insurance. They also seized 15 other vehicles the same day. Last year, UK police seized 160,000 cars. That is a 17-year high ... and it is rising.
Uber Is Spending $10 Billion to Replace Its Own Drivers
The company that disrupted the taxi industry is now spending $10 billion to disrupt itself. The target this time is the army of drivers whose labour built it.
This Chevy Owner Hasn't Bought Gas in Three Years Thanks to Sawmill Scraps
Wood gasification technology from the 1940s is making a comeback as drivers convert pickup trucks to run on lumber waste instead of premium fuel.
Jensen Interceptor GTX Returns With Screaming V8 After 47-Year Wait
The British muscle car legend is back with 600 horsepower and a quarter-million-pound price tag.
They Left a Porsche 911 on a Los Angeles Street. It Took a Moment to Realise That Is What It Was.
LA thieves stripped a 992-generation 911 Cabriolet to its bare chassis on a public road. Passersby thought it was a Mazda. The parts they took are worth more than the car.
Ford's Mustang Design Chief Joins McLaren as British Supercar Maker Eyes Electric Future
Kemal Curic, architect of the current Mustang's aggressive styling, takes creative control at McLaren during pivotal transition to electrification.
