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AT THE 1973 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX AT MOSPORT, history was made: the first use of a safety car during a Formula 1 race. When a heavy crash littered the track with debris, a Porsche 914 with yellow flags

‘ARTIFICIAL intelligence’ and ‘driverless cars’ – terms that tend to make people excited and uncomfortable in equal measure. Both go hand-in-hand, with AI powering the most advanced self-driving vehic

Spare a thought for the MPV, won’t you? The multi-purpose vehicle, as it was known, was a big, boxy thing sometimes described back in its heyday as a people carrier. As opposed to what I never knew: w

RISK ASSESSMENT IS A VITAL ELEMENT OF high-performance driving. If we are aware of the hazards that surround us every time we get behind the wheel, we can adapt how we drive to minimise the danger, ma

I must take exception to the opening of your article ‘Are warranties warranted?’ (8 October), specifically the claim that our cars are 2.5 years older on average due to perceived reliability and the c

They’re not fast, quiet, smooth, desirable or – in many obvious ways, at least – remotely ‘nice’. They don’t have enticing engines or inviting interiors. They’re not always easy to fit into a parking