With the swept-back door design, it was pretty easy to nail your noggin on the sharp door frame before you stepped into one of the GM minivans.

The Honda Ridgeline beat Ford's Maverick in Consumer Reports' Best Cars Made in the USA list, becoming the top-ranked midsize pickup.

The 0-to-60 test is an accepted industry standard, but it doesn't always replicate typical driver behavior. That's where the 5-to-60 test comes in.

'Bilking', the action of not paying for fuel at a filling station, increased by 13 per cent in the 50 days following the outbreak of conflict.

Brits filling their tanks more often was largely responsible for a 0.7 per cent surge in retail sales in March.

Cars still dominate the roads, with 36.7m in total. Incredibly, five models represent one in seven cars - can you guess which ones?

With 402bhp and 500Nm of torque, the 400 Supersport is the most powerful Morgan to leave its Malvern factory, which employs around 200 staff and turns out 800 hand-made vehicles per year.

Some of the features Chinese car makers are revealing are light years ahead. One premium SUV lifts up to protect passengers if another vehicle ploughs into it.

Boasting the most powerful computer software ever in a Volvo, clever tech ensures super-efficiency, with lots of 'green' and recycling credentials, too.

Last year, councils across Britain paid out nearly £20 million - a 30 per cent increase over the previous year - to replace tyres, alloys and suspension that were mangled by crumbling roads.