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 …

Find out how Land Rover and the Red Cross are helping people in remote areas of the world prepare for natural disasters… Watch this special film focusing on the life-changing threats of natural hazards and the humanitarian work to help vulnerable people in isolated communities.  For more information about …

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 …

New research has revealed the cost of learning to drive is wildly different depending on where in the world you live, but Brits don’t have it too bad. The study by learner driver insurance specialist Veygo by Admiral found that costs range from just over £300 in Malta to more …

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 …

Once in a while a new car comes along with relatively little fanfare, yet it’s so good that it literally blows you away. The all-new Volvo V60 is one such vehicle. Obviously it’s not special in a supercar kind of way – it’s just that it does everything it’s meant …