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 Lamborghini special this week – the famed Italian carmaker pitted its simply stunning Reventon against a jet fighter in a bid to showcase the supercar’s aerospace-inspired credentials.
Credentials which also earned it the award of the World’s Most Beautiful Car.

The days of ’cat’s eyes’ on UK roads may be numbered, as new high-tech SolarLite light-emitting diodes have been installed on more than 100 stretches of road in the UK.

Years ago I worked with a woman who claimed to be a relative of Percy Shaw, the man who invented the reflective safety devices in 1933.
Then [...]

Trying to pull away when the car is still in neutral isn’t the brightest move to make during a mock test.

All the ‘under the bonnet’ questions went well, but stalling on a double mini-roundabout meant the rest of my mock test didn’t. Especially when it’s the dreaded Wilson’s Corner in Brentwood (which I have already [...]

Few arguments in the Auto Trader offices get as heated as the question over which is the top hot hatch.
Stuart is a big fan of the Ford Focus ST, but I’m not convinced. I always thought that the second generation Focus sapped all the style from the original, and the pumped-up ST looks like mutton [...]

Carrying on our music theme from yesterday’s post on singing in our cars, I received a CD in the post from Chevrolet, boasting ‘some all-time classic driving tunes’.
Now I like a bit of rock – Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix and Cream all make regular appearances on my in-car playlist – but the marketing [...]

Filming for the hotly anticipated series of Ashes to Ashes – follow up to the multi-award winning Life on Mars – has begun, with the first episode scheduled to air in early 2008.
As with Life on Mars, the cars driving the stars will be as much a part of the show as the actors [...]

My visit to the inaugural Cancer Research UK Race for Life had an amusing epilogue.
After watching 20 year-old GP2 star Javier Villa race to victory it was my turn to show the Spaniard some driving skills.
He was marooned in Hertfordshire and needed a lift to Luton Airport so I offer my Mondeo as a taxi. [...]

A new survey from Vauxhall has found 87 per cent of drivers admit to singing behind the wheel.
However – Simon Cowell take note – more than half of those questioned confessed to having poor singing voices.

An Italian panel has named the Lamborghini Reventon as the World’s Most Beautiful Automobile 2007.
The super-exclusive Lambo won the award for its sharp, angular looks and aerospace inspired ethos.

The Fiat 500 has been named as the European Car of the Year – we looked back at some of the competition’s previous winners.
Elsewhere in Europe, Alfa Romeo has announced the winner of its naming competition – the new B-segment hatch will be called ‘Furiosa’. Though don’t hold your breath – reports are now circulating [...]