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Back-to-back road test: VW v Volvo estate cars

Both are comfy, both have massive luggage space and both have amazing green credentials. But which of these two smooth customers comes out best? >

The new Kia Rio: a surprise package

It's so ultra-green and economical that it doesn't qualify for road tax or London's congestion charge – yet, finds Sean McGreevy, the new Kia Rio still packs a surprising punch >

British rocket-car enters construction phase

Bloodhound SSC invites tenders for 1000mph world land speed record vehicle >

Gallery: 100 Years of Ford UK

Classic photographs from the Ford archive >

Travel

A breath of fresh air

Jenny Bliss enjoys mountain walks, breathtaking scenery and Michelin-starred dumplings in the secret valleys of north Italy's Ladin region  >

Keysy living

Jo Cooke winds down the window for a laidback road trip down through the 100 islands of the Florida Keys  >

In the News: Boris Island

Everything you need to know about the debate surrounding London's proposed new airport >

A Cool Customer

Debbie Lewis enjoys Stockholm's cosy restaurants and stylish shops >

Lifestyle

Oz Clarke: "I taste up to 250 wines a day… You have to keep reminding yourself this is a serious job"

The UK's best known wine critic on saving pubs, ending wine snobbery and his former life as a star of the West End  >

David Coulthard: "I'd rather have been second to Schumacher than champion in an average period"

Former Formula 1 ace on near-death experiences, his place in history and the value of keeping your home clean >

Charley Boorman: "I was a quivering, shivering wreck"

The TV adventurer on his love of motorbikes - and his nervous attempts at mountaineering  >

Nick Mason: "Le Mans was the one thing I really, really wanted to do"

Pink Floyd drummer and collector of classic racing cars on band squabbles, driving at Le Mans and Coco the Clown >

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Editor's Blog


Are you starting to look like your car?

...or is it, possibly, the other way round?, asks Motoring Correspondent Charis Whitcombe

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