US Car News
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NHTSA Opens Defect Petition on Camshaft Claims in 54,787 Ford 7.3L Trucks and Vans
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened defect petition DP26011 on October 23, 2026, covering an estimated 54,787 Ford vehicles with the 7.3L gasoline V8.The agency’s file counts one incident and zero crashes, fires, injuries or deaths, and the camshaft and lifter claims remain allegations.Owners of 2021 and 2022 E-350, 2021 F59 and 2021 F-750 models…
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2027 Fiat Topolino Adds Open-Air Roof and Free Street-Legal Kit From $13,995
The 2027 Fiat Topolino holds its $13,995 MSRP before destination and adds an Open Air body style with a soft-top rollback roof next to the Topolino and Dolce Vita editions. Current owners receive a free conversion kit that turns the Topolino into a street-legal low-speed vehicle, and later 2027 shipments reach dealers already street legal.…
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Washington Requires Free Work Zone Course for First Licenses Under 25 From Nov. 1
Washington’s Department of Licensing will not issue a first driver license to anyone under 25 on or after Nov. 1, 2026, until the applicant passes a free online work zone and first responder safety course. The course takes about an hour, ends with a test, runs in 14 languages and costs nothing; a license issued…
UK Car News
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Every Driver Missing a ULEZ Payment Faces £180 as TfL Accepts 72% of Challenges
TfL issued 1,683,552 ULEZ penalty charge notices between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026, one every 19 seconds in the words of What Car?, though the total fell 13.9 percent from 1,956,441 the year before. TfL accepted 117,275 of the 162,842 challenges it decided, which is 72 percent, and rejected 45,567. Each notice costs…
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How to Check a Used Car for Hidden Finance (and Whether You Keep It)
A history check that reports outstanding finance costs from 10 pounds (about $13) to 30 pounds (about $40), and a buyer can run one before paying anything. Section 27 of the Hire Purchase Act 1964 lets a private buyer who acts in good faith and has no notice of the finance keep the car, but…
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Bentley Torcal EV Battery Must Withstand Two Hour Fire Test and Over 100mph Projectile
Bentley has run its first electric car, the Torcal, through more than 1,000,000 kilometres of prototype testing, from minus 38C in Sweden to over 40C in desert heat. The Torcal battery, about 625 kg, must stay free of fire propagation and explosion for at least two hours in a thermal incident and face a 30…
Car Maintenance Tips
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A Heat Pump Is Worth About Ten Degrees of Winter, and Most Owners Never Knew They Had the Choice
On Peugeot’s own figures for one of its electric SUVs, a car with a heat pump at zero degrees loses the same share of its range as a car without one at plus 10. The same gap holds at every temperature the company lists. One piece of equipment, fitted or left off when the car…
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Can a Car Fail Its MOT for an Oil Leak? Not the Leak You Are Worried About
An engine oil leak can fail an MOT in principle, but the test record shows it rarely does. In 2024, an excessive engine leak was noted as an advisory on 1,557,417 tests, the sixth most common advisory of all. The same item does not appear among the most common reasons cars fail. Key takeaways: Where…
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Do Starter Motors Fail Suddenly? Usually Not, and the Warning Gets Missed
Most starter motors give weeks or months of warning before they fail. The trouble is that the warning sounds just like a tired battery, which is why so many starter failures feel as though they came from nowhere. One internal fault really is instant, and it has a habit of stranding the same owner twice.…
Car Reviews
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Volkswagen ID.Polo review: VW’s found its EV mojo with this classy supermini
We get behind the wheel of the first all-electric VW Polo supermini The rise of multiple Chinese car brands may be grabbing the headlines, but it’s worth remembering that venerable Volkswagen has been the UK’s biggest-selling brand for the past five years. The Polo celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025 and more than 20 million…
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I travelled down the Champs-Élysées and around the Arc de Triomphe in a self-driving car
Do you think a semi-autonomous vehicle is capable of taking on one of the most chaotic traffic experiences in Europe? Way back in 2014 I drove to the Paris Motor Show. The last bit of the journey took me to the Champs-Élysées and involved circumnavigating the iconic Arc de Triomphe. With 12 converging avenues, no…
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BYD Dolphin-G review: UK’s first plug-in hybrid supermini is a winning package
We get behind the wheel of the BYD Dolphin G DM-i – the UK’s first plug-in hybrid supermini BYD is building up its range of cars at a remarkable rate, but the Chinese brand’s latest model shows that isn’t just plugging gaps – it’s creating new opportunities. The BYD Dolphin G DM-I (Dolphin G for…
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