Features

Stories from Britain's roads, told in pictures and built from the official numbers.

• Out to play

  The cars taxed for summer and tucked up for winter, from Caterhams to Ferraris to hot hatches.

• The Bavarian battle

  BMW, Mercedes and Audi: who's winning on Britain's roads, on electric, and at the MOT.

• Where cars come from

  German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese: if Britain's cars were 100, where would they be from?

• Silver to grey

  Blue nineties, silver millennium, white and now grey: thirty years of car colours.

• Mini, year by year

  Every new Mini since 2001, peak Mini, the ones off the road, and where Minis live.

• The SUV takeover

  From 1 in 25 new cars to more than half: the SUV, and what it replaced.

• Peak diesel

  Half of all new cars in 2012, almost none now: the rise and fall of diesel.

• Plate days

  Every March and September, a new plate, and a rush to buy. Plus a plate decoder.

• The new arrivals

  BYD, Omoda, Jaecoo and MG: Chinese makes, on an arrivals board.

• The workhorses

  The cars doing the most miles a year, and the garage queens doing the fewest.

• Built to last

  Which cars still pass their MOT first time at 15 years or older.

• Endangered species

  The Focus, Astra, Mondeo and Fiesta: once everywhere, fewer every day.