US Car News
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Why Subaru Is Telling Owners of Brand New Crosstreks and Foresters Not to Drive
Subaru is telling the owners of eight brand new 2026 Crosstreks and Foresters to stop driving immediately: a front suspension bolt was never tightened on the assembly line.The left front lower control arm ball joint could separate with no warning, which Subaru says can cause a loss of control while the vehicle is moving.Dealers are…
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How Water Pooling in Nearly 94,000 Range Rovers Could Blind the Backup Camera
Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 93,997 Range Rover SUVs from the 2022 through 2026 model years: water pools inside the tailgate and ruins the rearview camera, leaving drivers with a distorted or blank image. JLR says drain holes in the tailgate trim do not let enough water and moisture escape, and the company has logged…
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Toyota Recalls 105,794 Land Cruiser Hybrids Over Fuel Line Fire Risk
Toyota is recalling 105,794 Land Cruiser Hybrid SUVs built between 2024 and 2027: a fuel tube connection near the tank can come apart and leak gasoline. A leak that reaches a hot engine part or spark is a fire risk, and the fix is either a supplemental clamp or a full fuel tube replacement, done…
UK Car News
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Every Electric Car Driver Faces a New £240 Mileage Tax From April 2028
A pay-per-mile charge of 3p for every mile driven in a fully electric car, and 1.5p for a plug-in hybrid, starts in April 2028, stacked on top of existing road tax. The DVLA will work out what you owe from an annual mileage reading given at tax renewal, not from GPS or a tracking box,…
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CMA Has Sent 1,166 Fuel Price Letters to Forecourts and Fined Nobody Yet
The CMA Has Written to Forecourts 1,166 Times Over Fuel Price Reporting and Fined Nobody The Competition and Markets Authority has written to forecourt operators 1,166 times about the national Fuel Finder scheme and has issued formal compliance notices covering 53 petrol stations, yet it has imposed no financial penalty on anyone. The figures come…
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Diesel Drivers Pay £105.88 per 55 Litres as ONS Puts Fuel Up 29.8 Percent
Filling a diesel car now costs about £105.88 for 55 litres, and a petrol car about £93.23. Those figures come from the average pump prices in the Office for National Statistics consumer price inflation release for September 2026, published on 21 October 2026. Diesel averaged 192.5p a litre and petrol 169.5p, and motor fuel prices…
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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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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Aion V review: Promising debut EV from a new brand to the UK
We get behind the wheel of the Aion V – the first model from another Chinese brand new to the UK
Latest News
Every Driver Fitting LED Headlight Bulbs Risks a £54.85 MOT Fee Under New DVSA Rules
Why Subaru Is Telling Owners of Brand New Crosstreks and Foresters Not to Drive
How Water Pooling in Nearly 94,000 Range Rovers Could Blind the Backup Camera
Toyota Recalls 105,794 Land Cruiser Hybrids Over Fuel Line Fire Risk
Ford Recalls 102,159 Super Duty and F-150 Trucks Over Faulty Speedometers
Someone Used AI To Turn A Car Creator’s Drag Strip Video Into A Different Woman, And It Should Be Banned
English Councils Banked a Record £1.1 Billion From Every Driver’s Parking Fines Last Year
How DVLA Promises 99% of Licences in Three Days After Admitting Services Fall Short
What to Do in a Motorway Breakdown (and When to Stay Inside)
How to Jump Start a Car Safely (and What a New Battery Costs)
Every Driver Gets Five Minutes Grace as Government Freezes Parking Charges at £100
How a Pothole Claim Now Costs UK Drivers £5,380 on Average This Year
Every Electric Car Driver in London Could Pay TfL Up to £3,780 a Year
What a Flashing Engine Management Light Means Before a £700 Catalytic Converter Bill
Why a Grinding Noise From Your Wheel Could Cost You £250 and Fail Your MOT
What a £10 Per Kilogram Car Tax Could Cost Drivers if Treasury Adopts It
What the Frozen £40,000 Car Tax Threshold Means for Almost a Million UK Drivers
DfT Asks Whether Fake Number Plates and Untaxed Cars Should Mean Points and Seizure
Every Driver Faces Higher Crash Risk After Clocks Go Back as AA Claims Jump 8%
