Breakdown cover: family’s costs rise by 30% after AA auto-renewal

Driver is charged non-refundable sum of £747 when basic cover for a new customer would be £170

Car tax mix-up led to us being stranded at the roadside

Our rescue service refused to help us with a flat tyre after it discovered that our vehicle excise duty had expired

Hiring a car in Europe is still something of a leap of faith, despite big improvements in recent years

Welcome Break’s Hartshead Moor on the eastbound M62 comes last out of 120 rest stops for second year running

Diesel up by more than 8p to 163p in September and petrol by 4.5p to 152p amid global oil production cuts

The forecourt cameras only monitor the time a car arrives and departs rather than what the owner does on site

Drivers who ditched petrol and diesel to help save the planet face huge price rises in premiums

Drivers have to use more costly post office or postal options because of online identity verification problem

Exclusive: Potential plan to restrict measures such as 20mph speed limits and levying fines from traffic cameras alarms travel groups

It failed to pass on my flight number, so Hertz’s office had closed – and I had to rent the last car on a competitor’s lot

PM accused of delaying vital work on transforming UK economy as car industry leaders also condemn plans

From vegetables to coffee and transport to recreation, how the cost of everyday items varies

All you need to know, from finding the right financing to checking the car’s history and taking it for a road test

We take rescue dogs to schools, care homes and prisons for therapy – but we can’t do it without a vehicle

RAC calls on government to boost council funding as data shows road maintenance dropped by almost a third