On the road

ourworldindata.org A century ago, all you needed to get behind the wheel of a car legally was a paper licence, which cost the equivalent of about 25p today, says Hannah Ritchie. No driving lessons or

This week marks the the MoT test’s 65th anniversary. We look back on the seismic changes that it brought to British roads and motorists alike

There is something rather special about driving a car built in the 1800s. This 1899 Wolseley 3.5hp Voiturette’s single-cylinder motor first burst into life when Queen Victoria was on the throne and pr

The first bearer of perhaps motoring’s most famous brand name and widely regarded as the first modern car, thanks mainly to its low-mounted engine. “The manner in which the gear lever is moved to obta

With the average waiting time to take their driving test standing at 22.2 weeks, there’s huge pressure on new drivers to pass first time. Test dates are released on Monday mornings and there is fierce

The average car in the UK is the oldest it has ever been. That’s the headline from the RAC Foundation, which has found that, as of the end of last year, the average car in the UK was nine years and 10