Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Writer with a penchant for #FrenchTat. Owns 15 vehicles of varying degrees of terribleness. Also doing a passable impression of Cousin Eddie in an Italian-German beige motorhome. Doesn't get out much.

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2018 GQ Car Awards: the ‘next-level’ luxury winners

The GQ Car Awards 2018: a good excuse to get dressed up and celebrate the smartest and most sophisticated cars in town

10 new self-driving technologies – and how they work

Driving to an autonomous future: the self-driving technologies you can expect to find on a new car and how they work

Revealed: the cheapest cars to insure

Got you covered: Comparethemarket.com reveals the cheapest cars to insure, based on enquiries received from October to December 2017

Revealed: the cars most likely to be off the road

To mark the 20th anniversary of SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification), we identify the top 20 cars registered as being off the road

The Lister Thunder is a lightning-quick Jaguar F-Type

Lister reveals details of its F-Type-based 208mph Thunder ahead of its public debut at London's Historic Motorsport International

It’s back! Top Gear returns to our screens in the spring

The BBC releases a trailer for series 25 of Top Gear, featuring Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris, Rory Reid and The Stig

Revealed: Europe’s best-selling cars of 2017

Using data from JATO Dynamics, we reveal Europe’s favourite new cars of 2017

The most exciting cars heading to the Detroit Auto Show 2018

American dreams: the most exciting cars at Detroit 2018

Car insurance prices rise 35% in five years

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