Watch lovers come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some are sports nuts, always on the lookout for hard-wearing, features-stacked timepieces that can go the distance on a sweaty ten-miler.

But while automatics are the norm today – being found in everything from hatchbacks to hypercars – they are still more expensive to run and maintain than their manual counterparts. In this article, we ...

There are more types of automatic transmissions than ever before, including conventional torque-converter step-gear automatics, dual-clutch automatics (sometimes called automated manuals ...

But experts say the shift towards automatics is only likely to continue. Jess Herbert, 28, lives in Poole, Dorset and chose to learn to drive in an automatic car because she thought it would be ...

Indeed, the rise of electric cars – which are effectively automatics – means that small automatic cars are more common than ever before. Here, we've selected some of our favourite small cars available ...