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Used blue cars bought seven-and-a-half months ago are the unluckiest cars, according to new research. Bad ‘carma’ is an all-too-common curse among Britain’s 30m car owners with more than two-thirds (68%) of motorists claiming to have had at least one vehicle which has been dogged with bad luck. While one …

Volvo is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the classic Amazon. Named after the female warriors in Greek mythology, it is still one of the most iconic models in the Swedish car giant’s history. The new four-door model was revealed during the first weekend of September in 1956. Its bold design …

A Batpod from The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises movies is to be auctioned for the first time. Batman’s hi-tech motorbike was custom designed for the blockbusters and is expected to be one of the highest selling lots in Prop Store’s September 27 auction in London with an estimated sale …

The new Ford Mustang is the UK’s most popular high-performance sports coupe. Ford has done some number-crunching and based on the sales of rivals with 250PS (247bhp) or more for the first half of 2016, it’s comfortably ahead of competitors from Porsche, BMW, Jaguar and Mercedes. More than 4,000 right-hand …

Renault’s famous ‘shooting star’ gas turbine-powered car has returned to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah – 60 years on. The Renault Etoile Filante (“shooting star” in French) established four new world land speed records – two of which still stand to this day. On September 5, 1956, the whistle …

Ford plans to mass-produce a fully autonomous self-driving car without a steering wheel by 2021. Company president Mark Fields outlined the bold plan at an event in Palo Alto, California. Ford said it would double its investment in its research centre in the city, as well as collaborating with four …

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has named his “top 10 drives of the past year (or so)”. The star of the upcoming Amazon Prime show, The Grand Tour, listed his favourites in his The Sunday Times Driving column. Here they are, in no particular order… Mazda MX-5 2.0 Sport …

Iconic British marque Aston Martin and upmarket menswear retailer Hackett have announced a new, long-term global partnership. One of the first fruits of the new partnership is an exclusive capsule collection for Autumn/Winter 2016 entitled ‘Aston Martin by Hackett’, available from September 5, 2016. Hackett’s relationship with Aston Martin stretches …

Land Rover has announced the introduction of the Range Rover SVAutobiography Dynamic for 2017. It’s the most powerful (and dynamic) Range Rover ever thanks to the addition of the bonkers 542bhp, 5.0-litre supercharged V8 petrol engine lifted straight from the Range Rover Sport SVR and Jaguar F-Type. Land Rover says …

More than 10 million UK motorists could drive a vehicle with an illegal and dangerous tyre during 2016, according to new research. The survey of Survey of some 340,000 replaced tyres by TyreSafe in partnership with Highways England at 819 retail outlets revealed that more than 27% of tyres were …