January 2014 Archive
31st January
- New BBC Brit channel to rival Dave with endless re-runs of Top Gear
- Man asks police to pull him over for marriage proposal
- Government allocates £9 million to improve electric vehicle infrastructure
- The Little Tikes toy car you can legally drive
30th January
- Vauxhall Astra VXR Extreme concept image teased
- Porsche Boxster and Cayman GTS promise improved performance
- Police catch learner driver being supervised by a parrot
- First ever Porsche found in a warehouse
29th January
- Audi Q3 receives new engine and trim level
- Ferrari SP FFX one-of-a-kind is a Marmite machine
- Tesla Model S vs Corvette Stingray drag race is closer than you think
28th January
- 2014 VW Polo details and images
- Meet the Nissan 1.5-litre with more power per kilo than an F1 engine
- Warning issued after driver assaulted by police impersonators
- BMW: ‘No plans’ for M3 and M4 CSL
27th January
- Labour to ban smoking in cars when a child is onboard
- Driver in trouble after splashing school children
- Felino cB7 is a 525bhp Canadian sports car
26th January
24th January
- Audi S1 230bhp pocket rocket rumoured
- Audi Q7 S line Style and Sport Edition models focus on styling
- Russian drink-driver given 106-year ban
- Ryno one-wheeled electric motorcycle defies gravity
- American electric car owners get into fisticuffs over unplugged vehicles
23rd January
- Justin Bieber arrested for drunken street racing
- What’s it like in a driverless car? We test Honda’s autonomous Accord
- Man faces court after driving through puddle and splashing school children
- Apple ‘iOS in the Car’ screenshots appear on Twitter
- Pregnant woman was three times over the drink-drive limit when she was stopped by police
- Man traverses frozen river to avoid road toll
- Kia VR7 models endowed in the spec department
22nd January
- Sony Xperia Z2 camera to record 4k and slow-mo video
- Mercedes C-Class AMG Sport Edition unveiled
- Fiat Panda 4×4 Antarctica images, price and specs
- Jaguar unveils XK Signature and Dynamic R models for the discerning hooligan
21st January
- 2070 will see the death of the petrol car, Shell predicts
- Skoda Octavia GreenLine is one green machine
- Audi R8 V10 vs motorbike in real life chase video
- Disabled parking available for the obese
- Parrot tells police owner is drunk
- First motorway pub opens in the UK
- Jeremy Clarkson in trouble for gay slur on Twitter
20th January
- Motorist drives across frozen Yellow River in China to avoid a 50p toll bridge
- New British car manufacturer teases classic sports car
- Police ‘spitalyser’ to catch those who smoke weed and drive
- Google Glass driver case dismissed
- BMW Park Assist blamed for parking blunder
17th January
- Lotus C-01 motorbike is a carbon fibre beauty
- Qoros 3 Sedan crowned the safest car of 2013
- Vehicle tax won’t transfer to new owner
16th January
- New parking app could help London drivers find their parking space
- Angry elephant caught overturning VW in Kruger Park
- One in five motorists is aged over 65
- Bowers & Wilkins unveils Maserati Edition headphones and speakers
- 1 in 5 motorists name their car… pass us a bucket
- Toyota FT-1 concept approved with help from Gran Turismo
- Electric shuttle is the first driverless ‘car’ to go on sale
15th January
- Cadillac ATS Coupe is a BMW 4 Series rival
- Subaru WRX STI revived
- Majority of M25 cameras switched off
- Man doing 98mph in a 30mph zone avoids jail
- Behold the flat packed ‘Ikea’ car you can build yourself
14th January
- London airport car parks are the most expensive
- Woman kills own sister as they both overtake lorry
- Citroën Grand C4 Picasso images, pricing and specs
- Bosch app parks your car while you watch
- Man powers home using a Toyota Prius during storm blackout
- Bentley Birkin Mulsanne Limited Edition turns the luxury dial to 11
- Britain’s fastest police car is a McLaren 12c Spider
- Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge is the devil in red paintwork
13th January
- Mercedes S600 flagship is top of the Benz food chain
- VW Beetle Dune concept off-road buggy hits Detroit Show
- Kia gets sporty with GT4 Stinger concept
- Porsche 911 Targa is back with a bang
- Toyota FT-1 wants to be ‘the ultimate sports car’
- Asian man let off drink-driving after judge says alcohol affects Asians differently
- Audi Allroad Shooting Brake offers ‘glimpse of the near future’
- Control your BMW i3 with a Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch
- Short-sighted motorist who killed pedestrian is not charged with murder
- Chevrolet Corvette Z06 images leaked online
- Drunk woman takes a bite out of car roof
- Spies are given “licence to speed”
10th January
- Sway Motorsport three-wheeler is a lean machine
- PSCO caught drink-driving by police
- Qualcomm wants to turn your car into a smartphone
- VW Beetle Dune concept returns
9th January
- Hearse attempts KFC drive-thru with coffin onboard
- Kia Sportage images, pricing and specs
- Clarion and SwiftKey to make typing in cars easier
- Lexus RC F is a BMW M4 competitor
- Kia Soul will charge your mobile phone wirelessly
8th January
- Exclusive Lamborghini Veneno Roadster features $100,000 Monster sound system
- BMW self-driving car is the ultimate drifting machine
- Volvo Concept XC Coupé hints at new XC90
- Audi Smart Display is an Android tablet for the road
- Seat Leon Cupra 280 out for VW Golf GTI blood
7th January
- Toyota to sell hydrogen-powered cars by 2015
- Motorway speed limit could drop to 60mph
- Mercedes GLA 45 AMG is a seriously fast compact SUV
- Man accumulates record-breaking 45 penalty points
- Qualcomm snubs mobile for TVs and cars
- Nearly half of men fall asleep while driving
- Pebble goes premium at CES with the Pebble Steel smart watch
6th January
- ZTE unleashes Grand S II, Nubia 5S, phablet, smartwatch and projector-hotspot on the world
- £160,000 for a Peugeot 508? We’ll take two, thanks
- Meet the new Nissan black cab
- Audi Sport quattro laserlight concept makes standard headlights seem dim
3rd January
- Could cycle lanes in the sky make London safer?
- Ken Block’s Gymkhana 6 recreated using remote control cars
- Ice pick-up truck is as cool as it gets
- Designer Bugatti belt buckle costs more than your car