The end of the road for British motorists

As the cost of petrol hits another new high, the British family is being forced out of its beloved motor. It’s just the latest affront to long-suffering drivers.

The dream is turning into a nightmare. The car, the one mechanical object that offers unlimited personal freedom plus the rapture of ownership, has become a millstone that is dragging us down to despair. There is a classical, Faustian symmetry to the story of Britain’s relationship with the car over the past 50 years


With the price of crude oil topping $135 a barrel, a litre of diesel costing