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Short, plain-English explainers on the topics behind the posts.

Why a recall can mean a dealer visit or just an overnight software update, and why the headline rarely tells you which.

The four common ways to pay for a new car in the UK, and what each one means at the end of the deal.

Depreciation figures are easy to skew. Here's how to make a like-for-like comparison.

Driver-assistance and driverless robotaxis get mixed up in headlines. Here's how to tell them apart.

A five-minute routine for spotting when a headline leaves out the context.