While police are currently able to issue £50 on-the-spot fines for noisy exhausts, 67% think these should be higher.

Almost seven million motorists are lying to their insurers, with fibs about where a car is parked most common. So, are you accidentally at risk of invalidating your insurance?

Paul Slowey, from the Blue Badge Fraud Investigation agency says the scheme is being 'thoroughly abused' by those wanting free parking.

While officer numbers are dwindling, dangerous driving convictions are on the rise.

Its latest accounts, signed off in May, paint an improving picture of its information security systems, which are described as being on a 'positive trajectory'.

The UK's biggest car maker says it is 'informing colleagues, retailers and suppliers that some sections of our manufacturing operations will resume' this week.

As many as 72 per cent of parents will be embarking on a car journey with their kids in the October half term or at Christmas. Pictured: File photo of summer holiday traffic

If you have found yourself beeping your car horn or shouting through the windscreen at other drivers a lot recently - you are not alone. Pictured: File photo

Fuel profit margins at supermarket forecourts ranged from 8 per cent to 9.1 per cent in the quarter to the end of June, and from 9.9 per cent to 10.6 per cent at other retailers.

Car production fell 10.2% in August, latest figures show. But future production issues from JLR's cyber attack won't be reflected until at least September.

Kia is taking on the Volkswagen Golf by launching its new, sleek K4 hatchback. The petrol-powered car will arrive later this year and likely be priced between £25k and £28k.

Nissan's is downsizing its London design studio, and shutting two international design centres as part of its ongoing cost-saving plan. It follows 20,000 job cuts and seven factory closures.

Statistics from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) show that a quarter of the tests taken in England, Scotland and Wales last year were done in automatic.

Ruthless private firms have already slapped drivers with 4.3 million tickets between April and June - an average of 2,000 every hour - as ministers face fresh calls to get tough on them.

Diesel sales have collapsed in the last decade new research found. In 2015 one in two new cars was diesel, but today just one in 17 are. And the main reason is the Dieselgate scandal.