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David Coulthard will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season.
The Red Bull Racing driver will contest his final British Grand Prix on Sunday.
Coulthard made his F1 debut in 1994 for Williams following the death of Ayrton Senna. Since then he has won 12 races including the 1999 and 2000 British Grands Prix.

Its official: the new Volkswagen Scirocco is back.
After a 15-year absence from showrooms, one of the most anticipated motors of 2008 has launched.

What’s the most important part of your car?
Give yourself a pat on the back if your answer was ‘tyres’.
They are the only part of your car in contact with the road, so it doesn’t matter if you own a Fiat or a Ferrari – it will only ever be as good as the quality of [...]

After months of rising fuel prices things could be about to get worse for drivers as a group of fuel tanker drivers are planning to strike this weekend.
The Shell tanker drivers are planning a walk out between Friday and Tuesday in a dispute over pay. Shell operates one in ten of Britain’s petrol stations.
Are you [...]

Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has rejected proposals to introduce longer ‘Superlorries’ on to British roads.
Some motoring bodies hoped the ‘Superlorries’ would cut CO2 emissions by reducing the number of HGVs required on Britain’s roads.
But, Ruth Kelly has announced: “Super-lorries are not compatible with British roads.” Is this the right decision?

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is to let cyclists ride in the opposite direction to cars down one-way streets.
The borough is allowing cyclists to ride the wrong way through six one-way streets to see if their journey times can be cut without an increase in collisions.
If there is no significant increase in collisions, the move [...]

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.

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 [...]

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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.