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Mini Electric review: We drive the new £24,000 green runaround

If 17-year-old eco-warrior Greta Thunberg were looking for her first car, the zero-emissions British-built Mini Electric could be just the job. We've been to Miami to get an early taste of the green Mini.




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This is the world's first 3D printed hypercar that costs $1.7m and has a top speed of 268MPH

Say hello to the 3D printed Czinger 21C. It's been created by the LA-based auto maker and just 80 will be produced. Everything has been developed in-house, including a 1,233bhp drivetrain.




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The £2.4m Pininfarina Battista Anniversario is one of the most expensive battery-powered cars ever

Just five examples will be built as part of a total run of 150 Battista models as the the legendary Italian styling house branches out into building its own cars bearing its name.




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The £1.8m Bacalar is the most expensive Bentley EVER - and it doesn't have a roof

The dozen hand-made cars have already been allocated to their super-rich customers ahead of delivery early next year, said bosses at the luxury car firm based in Crewe.




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Volkswagen's electric ID.4 SUV is destined to be a hit with a 311-mile range

The German car maker has confirmed the ID.4 SUV will be on sale later this year, with production in Europe, the US and China for each of the separate markets. Here's what we know so far...




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The V12 Speedster is Aston Martin's £765,000 TOPLESS supercar

Just 88 examples of the £765k V12 Speedster will be built ready for first deliveries to well-heeled customers in 2021, Aston Martin says. This example is designed on the F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet.




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Koenigsegg's new Gemera has four seats and the biggest scissor doors you've ever seen

The Swedish hypercar builder has coined it as the first 'Mega GT' car. It uses a plug-in hybrid powertrain packing 1,700bhp and can accelerate from standstill to 62mph in a mere 1.9 seconds.




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One man's £8MILLION collection of almost 100 classic cars up for grabs

Frenchman Marcel Petitjean, who is an ex-racing driver, is offering 96 prized motors that he has amassed over the last 50 years to the highest bidder at an auction in Germany on March 26.




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VW Golf GTI Mk1 with just 17,000 miles could sell for £42k

The iconic hot hatch is one of the first right hand drive models that ever arrived in the UK in 1979 and has been retained in 'museum quality' condition, having covered less than 17,000 miles from new.




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Battered 1982 Ford Fiesta XR2 'hot hatch' is tipped to sell for £22,000 following restoration

The Fiesta XR2 was popular with boy racers in the 1980s but is now a collectors' item. Auctioneers in Cheshire say the restored Fiesta is the best example they have ever seen.




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Popular Fords and VWs have 'serious security flaws' with connected tech

Hackers were able to remotely access safety features, such as traction control and tyre pressure warning systems.




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Millionaire wrecks $750,000 Porsche Mirage GT supercar while speeding round New York in lockdown 

Benjamin Chen, 33, lost control of the ultra-rare $750,000 Porsche Mirage GT at 7.30 am on Tuesday and plowed into a parked car in New York City, which remains under strict coronavirus lockdown.




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The 2020 World Car of the Year is a model you CAN'T buy in the UK 

The Telluride is an eight-seat SUV that's broadly based on Kia's smaller Sorento - but is only sold in the US and is not planned for UK showrooms any time soon.




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Classic motorcycle ridden by George Lazenby has emerged for sale for £30,000 

The actor bought the BSA Rocket III in 1969 and rode it on his 17-mile commute from Bayswater, London to Pinewood Studios during filming for On Her Majesty's Secret Service.




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'Sunday driver' effect causes more fatal accidents per head in rural areas

Researchers studied car accidents in England and Wales over a decade to see if the size of the city a crash happened in affected its severity.




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Spike in older drivers giving up licences since Prince Philip's Sandringham crash

Cases of motorists over the age of 70 surrendering licences rose from 6,612 in 2018 to 8,014 last year. That compared to a much smaller 10% rise in the 12 months previous.




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Council workmen are ridiculed after painting 'Britain's narrowest Keep Clear signs'

Residents were baffled after the markings appeared at the end of Horseshoe Road in Spalding, Lincolnshire over the weekend.




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Electric vehicles are 'almost THREE TIMES greener' than petrol or diesel cars

A new tool compares the CO2 outputs of petrol and diesel models and the environmental impact of electric cars using carbon emission for electricity production and mining and refining battery materials.




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Petrol prices at 'rip-off levels' even before huge oil crash this week

Howard Cox, founder of FairFuelUK, said the average prices of a litre of unleaded and diesel should be 98p and 106p respectively, but are around 10p higher on average at retailers.




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Land Rover's new plug-in hybrid Discovery Sport and Evoque

Its 4x4s have long been known for their thirstiness, but now Land Rover is launching two more frugal hybrids models.




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Admiral car insurance customers receive £25 automatic refund

Admiral says it is refunding its customers in recognition of the fact that there have been fewer cars on the road during the lockdown and it expects this to result in fewer claims.




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Beware the SORN sites charging £40 to take your car off the road

With people looking to reduce monthly outgoings during the lockdown, one cut back is to declare a car as SORN to avoid tax and insurance costs - however, drivers are being urged not to pay to do so.




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A fifth of motorists claim they'll drive LESS after lockdown

Once restrictions are scaled back, seeing family members unsurprisingly topped the list of first car journeys - though the second priority was to travel to a hairdressers to get a much-needed trim.




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Sheffield City Council's ANPR camera network left OPEN to hackers

Some 8.6m records of vehicles movements made by thousands of people that have been captured using 100 cameras around the city, were available to view on the internet.




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The 14 car makers that haven't introduced measures to block keyless car crime

Only two brands, Mercedes and Tesla, told the consumer association that they had issued a fix across their entire range of new and existing cars.




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Ford publishes 64-page 'playbook' for car factories following Covid-19

The document outlines new measures, including temperature scans for all staff, requirements to wear face masks, working stations separated by 6 feet, and the closure of on-site gyms and canteens.




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UK roads could become 'dangerous postcode lotteries' during lockdown

Nick Freeman said the decision by some police forces not to pursue low-level speeding cases will mean motorists in certain parts of the country will effectively have the green light to put their foot down.




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Boy, 5, who stole his parents' car is given Lamborghini joy ride by a fellow sports car lover

A fiive-year-old boy who drove off in his parents' car ended up being given a ride in a Lamborghini thanks to a friendly Utah resident who was encouraged by the Adrian Zamarripa's story.




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Old RAF airbase is packed with £35m worth of unsold cars amid covid-19 crisis

The brutal impact of the pandemic on the economy was laid bare yesterday by figures showing that fewer than 1,000 new cars were sold to private consumers last month. 




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Fishermen at Sydney's Curl Curl beach recall moment they were rescued by helicopter after boat sank

Tim Watson and his friend Guy were out fishing 12kms off Sydney's Curl Curl beach on Saturday when their bilge pump gave up and filled the boat with water.




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Richard Branson clears way to sell half his £1.6billion stake in Virgin Galactic

The Virgin Group boss came under fire last month for asking the UK government for £500million of support for his airline businesses, which have been paralysed in the pandemic.




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Elon Musk says Tesla HQ 'will move to Texas or Nevada immediately'

The disgruntled CEO took to a comment thread on Twitter to share that he was also planning to file a lawsuit against Alameda County.




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Man who filmed Ahmaud Arbery slaying claims he was only a 'witness' as he says he is getting threats

William 'Roddie' Bryan was seen for the first time since his cellphone footage exposing the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was leaked this week.




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Exhausted parents share hilarious stories about their 'lockdown confessions'

Exhausted Australian parents are sharing their hilarious stories about being stuck at home with their children during the coronavirus lockdown.




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Pauline Hanson slams purchase of Australian water by China as 'disgraceful'

One Nation founder Pauline Hanson said the ability of foreign owned companies to access water and set the market price was crippling farmers, and called on the government to step in.




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Tinder catfish scam saw 16 women show up to the same Sydney live gig to meet 'Ruby' 

Ruby, 27, told her Tinder matches she would meet them for a single date at Cafe Lounge for a live music gig at 7pm on Wednesday June 5.




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Sunrise host Matt Doran breaks down over his mother's battle with mystery disease

Weekend Sunrise host Matt Doran has broken down on air in an emotional tribute to his mother Paula for Mother's Day.




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McDonald's restaurant in Melbourne is closed after a SECOND worker tests positive for coronavirus

The staff member at the Fawkner McDonald's north of Melbourne was one of ten new cases of COVID-19 in Victoria on Saturday, which has caused the restaurant to close for at least three days.




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Liberal MP unloads on 'fear mongering Chairman Dan' Andrews for 'incredibly cruel' lockdown

Tim Smith, Liberal member for Kew in Melbourne's east, said the premier was 'fear mongering' despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison releasing a national roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions.




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Jenny Morrison reveals why she used to hate Mother's Day

Jenny Morrison, 52, has been in lockdown for six weeks at the Prime Minister's luxurious Canberra residence with her daughters Abbey, 12, and Lily, ten.




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Hundreds of anti-vaxxers clash with police during protest in Melbourne's CBD

Crowds broke social distancing laws to protest on the steps of Parliament House in Melbourne on Sunday in an effort to lift 'absurd' COVID-19 lockdowns and reopen the nation.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill urges the athletic's world governing body to take action over reports of vast scale cheating in the last 10 years 

Jessica Ennis-Hill called on athletics' world governing body to address a report in the Sunday Times which appears to show cheating has taken place on a vast scale in the sport.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill set for 'bonus' in Beijing but star admits that Rio is still her main aim 

Jessica Ennis-Hill will compete in the Bird's Nest stadium for the first time on Friday having missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a broken ankle. She was tipped for at least a silver medal seven years ago.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill crowned world champion as Brit canters to heptathlon gold in 800m 

MARTHA KELNER IN BEIJING: Jessica Ennis-Hill fell to the ground after winning the final event of two gruelling days of competition and briefly allowed the emotion to spill out..




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Jessica Ennis-Hill looks super-toned as she's named Sportswoman of the Year 2015

Taking the top prize at the Sportswomen of the Year 2015 ceremony on Friday, the Olympic heptathlon champion capped off a sensational year when she beat off the competition yet again.




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Toni Minichiello, coach of Jessica Ennis-Hill, demands Sebastian Coe reassigns medals from drug cheats after damning report on doping in Russian athletics 

Jessica Ennis-Hill's coach has told Sebastian Coe to immediately start drawing up a list of medals that should be taken from drug cheats and handed to the athletes they robbed.




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Andy Murray, Jamie Vardy, Tyson Fury or Jessica Ennis-Hill? Sportsmail gives our top 10 for Sports Personality of the Year 

With under a month until the BBC hand out one of the most coveted individual trophies in British sport, several of our top stars took their chance to put forward their names last weekend.




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Tyson Fury under fire for saying Jessica Ennis-Hill 'slaps up good'

New world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has appeared in an online video in which he says Olympian Jessica Ennis-Hill 'slaps up good'.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill surprises families with gifts from Santander's ATM (Astonishing Treat Machine) in bank Christmas stunt

World and Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill inspires kids to do the robot and a dad even to do the worm in a Barnsley shopping centre in Santander's 2015 Christmas commercial.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford claim top SJA awards 

Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford have been named sportswoman and sportsman of the year by the Sports Journalists' Association (SJA).