August 2014 Archive

29th August

• Insurance fraudster faces 20 years after deliberately crashing Bugatti Veyron
• Suzuki recalls 19,000 cars due to fire-starting spiders
• New Vauxhall Corsa: Engine specs revealed
• David Coulthard reveals his top 3 F1 drivers in exclusive interview

28th August

• The Volvo XC90 is almost here, but we want one now

27th August

• Shell V-Power Nitro+ vs supermarket fuel: Which is better?

26th August

• Nissan 370Z Nismo ready to be unleashed

20th August

• MG celebrates 90th anniversary with limited edition MG3 and MG6
• Renovo EV Coupe looks like a V8, goes like an electric bat out of hell
• You’ve never seen a motorcycle crash video quite like this
• Oi, fatso! Ditch the car and lose half a stone

19th August

• Three women arrested for taking selfies on a motorway
• Man who interrupted race in girlfriend’s car faces charges
• Scotland’s worst speeders revealed

18th August

• Can you drive a real car with a Grand Theft Auto camera view?
• 2014 Renault Twingo pictures, price and specs
• McLaren P1 GTR concept pictures and specs

17th August

• Beats Studio Wireless headphone review

15th August

• Watch these drag racers explode in gratuitous slow motion
• Watch The Stig bungee jump in a Lotus F1 car
• Meet the scarecrow policeman forcing speeders to slow down in Lincolnshire
• Police to prosecute rubberneckers after M5 motorway accident
• iOS 8 Camera Features Review
• Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat is the fastest four-door saloon on the planet
• ‘SUB8’ Performance Pack makes the Seat Leon 280 even lairier
• 2015 Audi A7 Sportback pictures, price and specs
• Meet the Lexus RC F, the most powerful production V8 Lexus coupe ever
• What do Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and their F1 rivals get paid?
• Volkswagen Touareg pictures, price and specs

14th August

• German lorry driver shot at bad motorway drivers over 700 times
• The Toyota FT-1 is almost too awesome for real life

13th August

• Nissan Pulsar Nismo out for hot hatch blood
• New UK Tesla Superchargers let you drive from London to Scotland with one stop
• You can now drive a Formula E electric race car in Forza 5

12th August

• Rolls-Royce Wraith available for download in Forza 5
• Jaguar Lightweight E-type recreation is so beautiful we could marry it
• Nab yourself a free electric car home charger thanks to Chargemaster
• This Forza Motorsport video about a disabled race driver is really inspiring
• VW e-Golf review

11th August

• £200,000 McLaren 650S Sprint is for the track only
• Want a BMW i8? Form an orderly queue. For nearly a year
• New Hyunda i20 pictures and specs
• Range Rover Sport SVR pictures, price and specs

10th August

• Average number of in-car sex romps revealed
• Man arrested for having sex with driveway

8th August

• One in three Brits takes selfies while driving
• 2015 Audi TT Coupé pictures, price and specs
• Timex teams with Qualcomm for sleek, powerful smartwatch

7th August

• When cars and games collide: The strangest crossovers

6th August

• New Bugatti Veyron ‘too fast to test’
• 2015 Aston Martin Rapide S and Vanquish pictures and specs
• Mercedes-Benz cars coming to Mario Kart 8

5th August

• Beats PowerBeats2 Wireless Review
• Council to fine drivers who keep their diesel engine running
• Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review
• Nürburgring claims legendary BMW Ring Taxi
• One million UK motorists drove while on drugs in 2013
• Hennessey Venom F5 wants to hit 290mph

4th August

• Tesla Model S UK review
• Electric car sales more than doubled in 2013
• Men in their twenties most likely to be banned from driving
• Man builds 365-metre toll road after facing diversion

3rd August

• Woman kills fellow motorist after using two phones behind the wheel
• Jaguar F-Type R Coupe video review

1st August

• Mercedes E-Class to get a 9-speed automatic
• Driving under the influence deemed more dangerous than using a mobile
• Citroen DS 3 Cabrio DStyle by Benefit pictures, price and specs