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A limited edition DBS Superleggera, the DBS 59, has been created to honour Aston Martin’s legendary 1959 Le Mans 1-2 finish. Aston Martin Cambridge has commissioned a collection of 24 DBS 59s – one for every hour of the iconic endurance race. Created by Aston Martin’s bespoke service, Q by Aston …

Audi is claiming to have designed the first concept car for an animated movie with the RSQ e-tron for Twentieth Century Fox’s Spies in Disguise. The all-electric model, created by Audi Design in co-operation with Blue Sky Studios, “combines automated driving with artificial intelligence and transformational technology”. Driven by super …

Engineers at Ford have come up with a modern twist on a technique used by medieval blacksmiths to help protect knights in armour from the crashing blows of their opponents. Using giant furnaces, robots and 3,000 Degrees C lasers, the first fully automated ‘hot-forming’ process is shaping and cutting parts …

New research has unearthed a crypt of ‘zombie cars’ – models that are no longer in production, yet are still being bought in healthy numbers on the used car market. The Jaguar X-Type, Land Rover Freelander and Vauxhall Vectra top the list of obsolete motors still hugely popular, according to …

The world’s only full-scale Bugatti Chiron built entirely from LEGO Technic has arrived in London, marking the start of a UK tour. The one-of-a-kind car was created by LEGO master builders entirely from LEGO Technic, and is made up of morer than one million elements and is powered exclusively using …

A unique Land Rover Defender Works V8 is now on permanent display in the new Designer Street Room at Selfridges’ flagship department store in London. Having been craned into the store’s first floor as a kit of parts, a team Land Rover Classic technicians hand-built the Defender in full view …

New research by the RAC has revealed that motion sickness doesn’t just affect children with the equivalent of 7.3m people (18%) not growing out of it and continuing to suffer as adults. Sitting in the back seat of a car appears to be the worst place for car sickness and …

Motorists on ‘lower’ incomes are being priced off the road by record-breaking fuel costs, claims new research. Drivers who earn between £5,001 and £10,000, such as part-time sales or customer service workers who are likely to have other commitments such as young families or other dependents, are paying a significant …

Lamborghini has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of its iconic Espada model, taking a 1976 example owned by the Lamborghini Museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese on a tour to London. First stop for the Series III, chassis #9090 Espada was the historic headquarters of the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) in Pall …

New research suggests that 71% of drivers around the world believe they can purchase a self-driving car immediately. The #TestingAutomation study, commissioned by Thatcham Research, Euro NCAP and Global NCAP, discovered potentially dangerous false impressions around the apparent self-driving capability of new cars and the safe usage of highway assist …