April 2015 Archive

30th April

• Traffic warden gives parking ticket to crashed taxi
• Skoda Superb review: First drive
• Tesla Model S shows the combustion engine who’s boss (again)
• UK government ordered to take action against air pollution

29th April

• Flying is two times more efficient than driving
• BMW M135i review: First drive
• Volkswagen is making a 395bhp Golf
• BMW 1 Series back with a vengeance
• Apple Watch may not fully work with tattooed users and dark skin

28th April

• BMW 116d ED Plus review: First drive
• LG G4 vs Galaxy S6, iPhone 6, LG G3 preliminary camera shootout
• VW Golf R vs Scirocco R: Which is best?
• Blackberry set to launch three new phones for 2015
• Stop! Nearly half of Brits ignore traffic laws

27th April

• The new Ford Mustang performance figures you’ve been waiting for
• Dacia Sandero RS on the cards?
• Vin Diesel confirms Fast & Furious 8
• Land Rover Discovery Sport Ingenium engine promises improved efficiency

24th April

• Fuel for thought: Majority of new cars failing to achieve claimed mpg
• Xiaomi’s new phone can make you white
• Renault Megane GT 220 video review: Rapid, not tepid
• New Mazda MX-5: UK price revealed

23rd April

• McLaren 540C vs Audi R8 V10: Sub-£130,000 showdown
• James May rules out return to Top Gear without Jeremy Clarkson
• Brits shunning telematics insurance over privacy concerns

22nd April

• Amazon to deliver parcels straight to your Audi
• VW Scirocco R review: First drive

21st April

• Alfa Romeo 4C review
• Beyoncé gets an exclusive gold Apple Watch strap because she’s famous

20th April

• LG wants you to consider the G4’s camera the professional’s choice
• Jeremy Clarkson rocked by cancer scare two days before ‘fracas’
• VW Scirocco GTS takes us back to 1982
• McLaren 540C Coupe is ‘the most attainable McLaren yet’

17th April

• Alfa Romeo 4C video review: You’d sell your kidneys for one
• VW GTI Supersport Vision Gran Turismo is a digital supercar we wish was real
• Peugeot 308 R HYbrid is a 500hp environmentally-friendly monster

16th April

• Renault Megane GT 220 review

15th April

• Apple set to destroy DSLRs with iPhone 7 camera tech

14th April

• The new Vauxhall Corsa VXR is here
• 700bhp Shelby-tuned pick-up, anyone?
• Check out the ferocious Skoda Fabia R 5 rally car

13th April

• Apple’s hoping artist exclusivity justifies Beats Music’s higher price tag

10th April

• Ripsaw EV2 makes the Hummer look like a pansy
• Ssangyong Tivoli wants to show the Nissan Juke who’s boss
• Barclays Apple Watch banking app doesn’t let you do much actual banking
• Samsung Galaxy S6, HTC One M9, iPhone 6, Galaxy Note 4 camera shootout
• Aston Martin confirms electric and plug-in hybrid future

9th April

• ‘Pastafarian’ accuses DVLA of discrimination after it rejects colander headgear photo
• The bane of self-driving cars? Motion sickness
• Your next Jaguar could be powered by Nokia
• You need to see this Polish Fast & Furious 7 parody

8th April

• Jeremy Clarkson returns to the BBC
• Say hello to the Tesla Model S 70D
• Citroen Aircross: Chunky, funky and impossible to miss

7th April

• Ultima Evolution is 1,020bhp of British insanity
• Meet the 330hp, 162mph Fiat 500
• ‘Alpine Climb’ ice buggy racing could become a thing
• Top Gear: Watch the first episode of the world-conquering show
• New LG G4 features including improved camera revealed

5th April

• Every new BMW to get a hybrid version

2nd April

• Sex in the car is more popular than you think
• Brave McLaren salesman pulls stockbroker from burning 650S after test drive crash
• Top Gear Live show lives on as ‘Clarkson, Hammond and May Live’
• The Kia concept with a fingerprint scanner

1st April

• April Fool: The best motoring spoof stories 2015
• Range Rover SVAutobiography is an off-roader fit for a king
• 2015 Porsche Boxster Spyder is a motoring purist’s dream
• Apple Watch open to all developers from today