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Europe's road train technology ready for testing

Work is accelerating at Europe's project to let clusters of cars drive together in convoy on motorways - with no input from the driver. The so-called Sartre project today issued a new video showing how its work is developing. Ah, that'll be the Europe-wide Sartre road safety project. It stands for Safe Road Trains for the Environment and is part-funded by the European Commission.

Study finds teen drivers need more time in adverse conditions

Practice might make perfect, but not if the drills never change. In a study organized by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Study and the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, participating teen drivers averaged about an hour and a half of supervised driving each week--mostly on routine trips along the same roads. At the end of the year-long study, 47 percent of parents said there was at least one driving condition they felt their student wasn't prepared to handle.

Audi RSQ3 (2014) CAR review

Skip to content Audi models, news & reviews Click Thumbnails to Enlarge Statistics How much? £43,000 On sale in the UK: Now Engine: 2408cc 20v in-line five-cyl, turbocharged, 306bhp @ 5200-6700rpm, 310lb ft @ 1500-5200rpm Transmission: Seven-speed dual-clutch, all-wheel drive Performance: 5.2sec 0-62mph, 155mph (limited) 32.1mpg, 206g/km CO2 How heavy / made of? 1655kg/steel Need to know CAR's rating 4 Handling 4 Performance 4 Usability 4 Feelgood factor 4 Readers' rating 3.5 By Ben Pulman First Drives 19 December 2013 06:30 The first performance 4x4 built by Audi’s Quattro tuning division was the unhinged Q7 V12 TDI, a lofty two-and-a-half-tonne leviathan with a 493bhp twin-turbo 6.0-litre diesel engine.