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Sensory overload: If the modern car is all about safety, then why don't I feel safe?Regulation and a race to innovate means our cars are full of technology that we don't want, we didn't ask for, and in some cases can cause an accident. But most of all, it makes driving absolutely awful.
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The Aston Martin DBX707: A Bond car for all seasons, five days and Three PeaksScaling the Three Peaks of Britain is not for the faint of heart and neither is driving the powerful Aston Martin DBX707. Adam Hay-Nicholls tried his hand at both.
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Cooking baked beans in an Aston Martin, rubbing shoulders with Beyoncé and sneaking onto yachts at Monaco, with Adam Hay-NichollsThe motoring and travel journalist Adam Hay-Nicholls joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast this week.
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The not-so-definitive Country Life guide to buying a carNeed to transport a falcon to Scotland? Drive the kids to school? Cruise silently on a beach? Escape from James Bond? These are all important questions. We have some of the answers.
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The Legacy: Charles Rolls and 'the best cars in the world'Tragically killed at 32, Charles Rolls accomplished plenty in his short life, including founding Rolls-Royce.
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'I loved it like a best friend, and shed a tear when it was finally consigned to the great junkyard in the sky': Country Life's team on our first carsThe L-plates are off and it’s time to hit the road. Everyone remembers their first car, so James Fisher asked Country Life staff and friends to tell us about theirs.
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The Rolls-Royce Cullinan II: As smooth as a 'bubble bath with Roger Moore'The original was greeted with raised eyebrows, but, as Adam Hay-Nicholls explains, the latest offering is as much a Rolls Royce as any other.
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Rolls-Royce launch the Phantom Scintilla private collection, one of its 'most personal vehicles to date'Hot off the press: Rolls-Royce unveils a brand new, ten car private collection — inspired by the manufacturer’s iconic Spirit of Ecstasy figurine — at Monterey Car Show 2024.
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A single peat moor stores the carbon of 1,000,000 cars — and this 'climate-action trump card' needs urgent protectionRecent research has discovered that one moor in Yorkshire stores as much carbon as one million cars would release in a year, highlighting why we need to restore them.
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The F1 legend who hitched a lift on a victory lap, ten home Silverstone heroes and seven more things you should know about Formula 1To celebrate 75 years since the first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix at Silverstone, Rosie Paterson lists the thinks you probably didn't know about F1 and the British GP.
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Bentley sets new speed record, but underwaterThe new Continental GT Speed spooled up its mighty hybrid powertrain and flew through a tunnel some 292 metres below the sea level. Why? Because why not.
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Jeep Wrangler review: An iconic off-roader that’s stayed true to its rootsJeep Wrangler review: An iconic off-roader that’s stayed true to its roots
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The Aston Martin Vantage review: A fusion of love, joy and metalThe 2024 Aston Martin Vantage is the two seater sports car of your dreams. Or it is, if you're Toby Keel.
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Curious Questions: Who was the first person to take a driving test?For years, all you need to drive a car was to jump behind the wheel — but that all changed. Martin Fone traces the history of the driving test.
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The Queen's old Range Rover — one which she used to pick up the Obamas — has come up for saleThis SDV8 Autobiography model was specially prepared by Land Rover and used by the Royal Household, and could now be yours for £224,850.
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My 'Franken-Land Rover' has had three new chassis and using the indicators turns on the windscreen wipers. But I just can't get rid of it.Joe Gibbs pours his heart out about his classic Land Rover Defender, and the peculiar strain of nutty devotion it's inspired.
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The 'most beautiful car ever made' makes its debut on Country Life Frontispiece page alongside photographer Amy ShoreAutomotive photographer Amy Shore is the star of the Frontispiece page in this week's Country Life — and where better to take the pictures than the garage specialising in classic Jaguars which she helped to start. Rosie Paterson went along.
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The best outfits from the 2023 Goodwood Revival, the 'best weekend of the year'The period fashions are a huge part of the appeal for those attending the Goodwood Revival — here's a selection of some of the very best on display this year.
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Lexus RZ450e review: Viva la electric revoluciónLexus and its parent company Toyota were well ahead of the game on hybrid engines, but have lagged a little with electric vehicles — until now with the release of the RZ450e. James Fisher took a drive.
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The craftswomen who weave — and paint — their magic on Rolls-Royce's spectacular carsThe artisans at Rolls-Royce spend millions of hours each year producing the world's most exclusive cars, and personalising each one to fulfil the dreams of their well-heeled clients. To mark International Women's Day, Octavia Pollock visited the factory to meet some of the female craftspeople at the heart of the process, from the endlessly patient embroiderers to the steel-nerved artist who paints the coach line by hand on each vehicle.
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The Woodland Trust at 50: How a car nut with a yellow Ferrari helped save the trees of BritainThe Woodland Trust was set up as a Nature-conservation charity specifically concerned with trees. Clive Aslet visits its south Devon birthplace of 50 years ago and remembers its far-sighted and altruistic founder, Ken Wood.
