Investigation: Dacia

Dacia’s high profile launch into the UK market with a low price and no discount policy is set to shake up the industry. Simon Heptinstall investigates whether important corners have been cut to keep prices so low.

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McDiesel

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If you spend much time on the road you will almost certainly have seen a colourful truck carrying ingredients for McDonald’s with the slogan, “We recycle our used cooking oil into Biodiesel for our trucks”. Can it be true? Is there enough chip fat in McDonald’s fryers to fuel a truck fleet?. And how do they do it?

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Monte Carlo or bust: Vauxhall Cascada

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Monte Carlo has such a glamorous ring about it. Sun, sea, mega yachts, cabriolets galore and the most famous grand prix circuit in the world. It was the perfect starting point for our long-distance first test of the Vauxhall Cascada.

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Car of the Year 2013: Best estate car

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Car of the Year continues and today we reveal the winner of Best Estate Car.

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Triskaidekaphobia: The fear of 13

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With this year’s ‘13’ plate representing bad luck for some people, there are a good number of reasons for and against buyers taking the plunge.

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Disqualification dilemma

Q. I am due in court soon on a motoring offence charge and I have been advised that I am likely to be disqualified from driving. The court is not easily accessible by public transport, so I wondered whether I

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Overcoming the impact of a driving conviction on your insurance

When you’ve been convicted of a motoring offence, the cost of your car insurance cover will inevitably go up as you are now seen as a higher-risk customer by insurers.

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Blast from the past – Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 HSE

It’s here! Lisa Curtiss takes the much hyped Freelander 2 for a rather sandy desert spin in Morocco and adds one to her letter to Santa, promising of course to be a very good girl… Ok boys, the Range Rover

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The global economy is slowing down, yet car makers are still churning out new motors at a terrific rate, and they all need to find buyers. As demand lags ever further behind the available supply, the deals just keep getting hotter

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Tow Car of the Year

38 cars competing in five price categories and two 4×4 categories, all chasing the prestigious title of The Caravan Club Towcar of the Year

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