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Petrolhead spiders cause Mazda recall

Mazda has had to recall 42,000 vehicles in the US after it emerged that a species of spider had been weaving webs in fuel vent hoses, increasing the risk of fuel leaks and fires. The yellow sac spider’s curious domestic activities cause a build-up of pressure in the evaporative fuel vent that – in theory at least – could result in a cracked fuel tank and therefore an increased risk of fire. This isn’t the first time that the Mazda 6 has received the unwanted advances of a gas-guzzling arachnid, either – three years ago Mazda had to recall over 50,000 cars for precisely the same reason.

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee revealed!

It's coming in June, and now we finally know what it looks like: Chrysler released images of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Wednesday afternoon. The Grand Cherokee is pretty much as expected--a modern take on the iconic flagship off-roader with an edgier grille and headlights, more sculpted door panels and updated wheel wells. The 2011 Grand Cherokee was first shown at the New York auto show a year ago, and since then, the Jeep has been touted as one of the most critical vehicles for the new Chrysler, which emerged from a brief bankruptcy last year.

Tax discs will be scrapped in October: do you know the rules?

Paper tax discs will soon be scrapped forever, but a survey of drivers has found that a half are clueless about the new rules. The survey, of more than 1,000 people, suggests that the DVLA has failed to efficiently inform motorists of the changes – despite them coming in from the 1 October 2014. Click on the image above to find out more about the new tax disc rules