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Pick-ups do poorly in latest Euro NCAP tests

By Mark Nichol Motor Industry 26 February 2008 11:54 Euro NCAP released its latest crash test results today, and it’s bad news for pick-up drivers. Only three picks-ups were tested, but they achieved some appalling results, with the Nissan Navara registering just one star for adult crash protection. Pick-up registrations increased by 7.2 percent in Europe last year and are increasingly being used as family transport.

80mph limit plans 'to be revisited'

SHELVED PLANS to raise the motorway speed limit to 80mph will need to be revisited, a transport minister said as he declined to say whether he ever broke the current law to drive at that speed. Stephen Hammond said ministers were split on the move - which was unveiled with a fanfare by Philip Hammond in 2011 but then axed from the agenda by successors as transport secretary. Polling suggests a 10mph increase in the maximum allowed on the network would be extremely popular among motorists - and the transport minister recognised "a lot" already drove at the higher speed.

Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix Yas Marina – The Track +video

Yas Marina F1 Circuit Abu Dhabi All the real meat has now gone from the Formula 1 season after Jenson Button won the world championship in Brazil last Sunday. But there is one more treat left for F1 fans – and drivers – in this year’s season, and that’s the inaugural race at the new Yas Marina track in Abu Dhabi. The Yas Marina track on Yas Island is a towering monument to the creativity – and financial muscle – of the UAE.