Shropshire Star readers are forking out thousands of pounds on personalised number plates – so that they can stand out from the crowd on county roads.

A major motoring event near Whitchurch which attracted 75,000 visitors in 2011 is to return for its fifth year, organisers said today.

I have become severely disillusioned by the parlous motoring skills of some of those who make their living as taxi drivers.

Shropshire could get its first ever ‘car club’ in an innovative bid to end the misery of rush-hour gridlock by borrowing a pool car to make short journeys.

Two cars owned by former Judas Priest lead guitarist KK Downing have gone under the hammer for a total of nearly £63,000.

Good for Honda, letting motoring writers drive an old-style Civic on the same indifferent Spanish roads it had chosen to launch the new one, being delivered to eager owners from early 2012.

Bridgnorth company Classic Motor Cars which took 7,000 painstaking hours to restore one of the world’s most famous E-Type Jaguar’s has been given a top award.

Suzuki’s swiftest Swift proved a big hit with youngish owners looking for an affordable (to buy and insure) warm hatch.

It didn’t take long for the Bandit to steal my motorcycling heart: just a few miles with this latest 1,250cc model from the Suzuki gang was enough writes John Griffiths.

A poll by breakdown cover firm, GEM Motoring Assist reveals that more than 60 per cent of UK drivers believe it should be compulsory to restrain dogs in cars when driving.

Cars like the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra have dominated the British family car market for years: hatchbacks which have grown bigger and more sophisticated with each redesign.

Part of a major Telford road will be closed next month while resurfacing work takes place.