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A row has broken out over which cars best represent Bond – Aston Martins or Bentleys.
While James Bond has been seen driving Astons in recent films like Casino Royale, the books have a slightly different legacy.
Ian Fleming’s original novels depicted Bond’s personal cars as Bentleys.

Alfa Romeo has just announced a hotter version of its stunning Brera coupe – the Alfa Romeo Brera S.
Alfa handed the keys to the gorgeous Brera over to British tuning gods Prodrive – who own Aston Martin – to fettle the new coupe for UK roads.

The new ASIMO is the latest in Honda’s 22-year evolution of its amazing robot.
The 1986 model called ‘E0’ took five seconds to take a single step.
It’s moved on since then but, as this video shows, there have been some mis-steps along the way.

If there’s one thing worse than returning to you car to find a clamp on the wheel - it’s returning to your car to find it’s not there.
It happened to me within 24 hours of moving to London. I hadn’t sorted out a resident’s parking permit and figured I’d get away with sticking my car [...]

Are you selling your car? You may be interested in reading our car advertising guides for tips on wording your advert and preparing your car for sale.
We know you want to sell your car as fast as possible, and our hints and tips will help you find a buyer in no time.

It’s official: Ferrari has just announced a completely new model!
This is the all-new Ferrari California - a two-seat drop-top tourer built to cruise through continents at crushing speeds, and brings back the legendary name from the 1960s Ferrari 250 GT.

I’ve driven a tank and thrashed a Jaguar racing car around but meeting Sir Stirling Moss is definitely one of the most exciting things I’ve done for Auto Trader.
Moss was a British sporting hero in the days when the motor racing was immeasurably more dangerous than it is today.
There were no acres of tarmac run-off, [...]

It’s big, it’s black, and it’s got a 5-litre V8 engine. This should be fun.
Auto Trader has just taken delivery of an all-singing, all-dancing, brand-new Lexus IS-F – the car Lexus hopes will tempt buyers away from the German trinity of the BMW M3, Audi RS4 and Mercedes C63 AMG.
First impressions? Awesome.

Video slideshows are a new addition to selected classified ads – allowing you to see cars in more detail than ever before.
If you see a ‘Play Video’ icon on an Auto Trader classified ad, you are one click away from a presentation of the advertised car in all its glory.

Last week we took a trip to the Alton Towers theme park and were catapulted to high speed by the roller coaster Rita – Queen of Speed.
We wanted to know what Bugatti Veyron-bettering acceleration felt like – fun, shocking and awe-inspiring were our lasting memories.