The latest driving news and comment from TimesOnline en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:12:12 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Ben Webster, Environment Editor Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-12-01T08:35:04Z A superlorry, which is 24ft longer than a bendy bus and as heavy as a fully armoured Challenger 2 tank, will take to the roads for the first time today. Joseph Dunn Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:15:14 GMT 2009-11-27T04:32:32Z They say it will change the face of car design: a vehicle conceived and built, not by highly paid consultants with slide rules, but by thousands of ordinary people with nothing more than an email address or a Twitter account. Jason Dawe Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:21:33 GMT 2009-11-27T04:28:06Z The Nissan Qashqai is an illusion, and a pretty successful one at that. Designed to appeal to consumers who can’t quite bring themselves to live with the social stigma or financial burden of driving traditional 4x4s, it replicates their best features — assertive styling, high driving position, family-friendly cabin, generous ground clearance — while doing away with the weight and thirst of some large 4x4s. Andrew Frankel Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:56:10 GMT 2009-11-27T04:25:21Z Here is an apparently not too difficult decision facing someone looking for a new family hot hatch. You can buy this new Mazda3 MPS for £21,500 or choose instead a five-door Volkswagen Golf GTI. By the time you have fitted the Golf with the sat nav, bi-xenon headlights, 18in wheels, leather seats, cruise control and metallic paint that are all standard on the Mazda, you’ll be writing a cheque for the best part of £30,000. And should you ever be unlucky or unwise enough to find yourself involved in a traffic-light grand prix with the Mazda, remember that your 207bhp VW powerplant will not hold a candle to the 256bhp Mazda engine. In fact, you might as well concede defeat. John Arlidge Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:15 GMT 2009-11-25T07:40:52Z Shai Agassi climbs onto the roof of his prototype white Nissan electric car, flings his arms out and shouts: “I’m king of the world!” The 41-year-old Israeli-American isn’t backward about coming forward. He describes himself as a cross between Henry Ford, the inventor of modern motoring, and Steve Jobs, the most successful modern consumer electronics entrepreneur. He insists he’s going to “flip” the car industry from the internal combustion engine to electric power and, for good measure, “end oil”. Giles Smith Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:01:46 GMT 2009-11-27T04:40:34Z I’m not saying the night I spent on an Italian aircraft carrier was the worst night’s sleep I’ve ever had. (I’ve slept more poorly in a VW camper van. And then there was that time in a small, double-glazed seaside hotel room with three vomiting children ... ) So, not the worst, then, but right up there. Ben Webster, Environment Editor Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-27T11:24:53Z Street and motorway lights should be dimmed or switched off to save energy and let people see the stars, the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution says. Tony Halpin in Moscow Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-27T09:41:08Z They endure awful roads and corrupt police, and their cars are the butt of jokes the world over. Now Russia’s drivers are gearing up to fight for their rights. Sue Mott Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:00:45 GMT 2009-11-27T04:42:22Z There is an old-fashioned maxim about choosing a career, of which Tony Hawk would probably approve: “Earning a living is easy. Work out what it is you like doing and get someone to pay you to do it.” Jeremy Hart Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:18:27 GMT 2009-11-30T10:27:20Z “Afternoon,” chirrups the bloke at the next pump, startling me. I did not hear him pull up.