Automotive
Bloodhound supersonic car heading to South Africa for high-speed tests
The Bloodhound supersonic car is heading for high-speed tests on its specially prepared race track in South Africa. The project, which aims to hit speeds of 1,000mph, will take to the Hakskeen Pan track in October this year. More than 300 members of the local Mier community have moved 16,500 tonnes of rock for the 12-mile desert track. Bloodhound reached speeds of 200mph at Cornwall Airport Newquay in 2017 and aims to hit 500mph in South Africa. The vehicle will...
Car becomes unlikely tourist attraction at beach – after spending the six days stuck in MUD
The owner of the car claimed not to have seen warning signs on the beach
BMW stops UK production of engines for South Africa factory due to Brexit
BMW stopped producing engines at its Warwickshire factory for cars built in South Africa because of fears over post-Brexit tariffs, a senior figure at the firm has revealed. Production chief Oliver Zipse, who has been tipped to become the company’s next chief executive, said the decision was implemented in early 2018 and is “bad for the UK”. BMW has built petrol engines at its Hams Hall plant in Coleshill for use in several factories around the world since 2001. But...
Fully electric version of Mini launched at Oxford factory
The first fully electric Mini car has been unveiled at the car-maker’s Oxford factory. Mini claimed the car could be a “tipping point” and encourage motorists who have been considering switching to an electric vehicle to “take that step now”. Manufacturing of the Mini Electric will begin at the plant in Cowley, Oxford, later this year, with deliveries beginning in spring 2020. The zero-emission vehicle will be fully integrated into the production process at Oxford, running down the same lines...
Police mock drunk driver who crashed into car park while 4.5 times legal limit
Police say the Citroen driver lost control and ended up balancing on top of a mound of earth
Watch the bizarre home-made carts people flew along Alexandra Park’s Red Bull Soapbox Race in
All the thrills, spills, wacky costumes and vehicles from the North London soapbox rally.
Abandoned flip-flop cordoned off after driver ‘legs it’ from police
Officers placed four cones around the flip-flop as they tried to track down the Ford Fiesta driver who hot-footed it.
Pics show allotment has been turned into car graveyard
Dozens of vehicles have been abandoned in the long grass in the centre of a housing estate
Man and woman arrested after girl, 12, dies in hit-and-run on M61
A man and a woman have been arrested over the hit-and-run death of a 12-year-old girl on a motorway. The victim, named by police as Sana Patel, of Blackburn, died at the scene on the M61 in Lancashire. She was a passenger in a Nissan Qashqai, which was involved in a collision with a Vauxhall Corsa on Saturday at around 10.45pm. A 23-year-old woman, from Mirefield, Yorkshire, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, Lancashire Police said...