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The Clarkson review: Aston Martin Vanquish (2012)


I’m a fiddler. Whenever I get the furniture in a room arranged just as I like it, I sit down and decide immediately that I don’t like...
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The Clarkson review: Citroën DS3 (2010)


My review this morning is powered with hindsight. When I first drove the new Volkswagen Beetle, I thought it was a very clever idea: to clothe a Golf...
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The Clarkson review: Citroën DS3 Racing (2011)


Over the past few years, the sort of people who find recycling exciting have predicted the end of the internal combustion engine and said that 2011...
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The Clarkson review: 2011 BAC Mono


The biggest problem with really fast cars these days is that they are way too fast. I was made aware of this recently when driving the Lotus T125...
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The Clarkson review: BMW 640i SE convertible (2011)


Have you actually stopped for a moment and looked — really looked — at the new BMW 5-series estate? All things considered, I would say that this...
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The Clarkson review: Bentley Continental Supersport...


Blackpool out of season is not very nice. Everything’s shut, apart from a few forlorn amusement arcades that are populated only by a handful of...
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The Clarkson review: Fiat 500 TwinAir (2011)


I spent most of last week playing with the new McLaren MP4-12C and I must say that, in a technical, mathematical, commonsense, add-up-the-numbers...
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The Clarkson review: BMW 640d (2012)


After the recent and very sad deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan, questions were immediately asked about the worthiness of the Warrior...
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The Clarkson review: BMW X1 (2010)


Buying a book to read on holiday is very much like buying a car. There’s a huge and bewildering choice and you are torn about what it is, exactly...
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The Clarkson review: Citroën Berlingo Multispace (2012)


Eleven years ago I had the most brilliant idea for a new car-related television programme. It would be based in a hangar, it would be presented by...
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The Clarkson review: Audi Q3 2.0 TDI quattro SE S tronic...


It is extraordinary how often a room full of well-qualified adults can discuss a subject in their chosen field and arrive at a conclusion that’s...
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The Clarkson review: Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG (2012)


Ever since it minced into the marketplace 16 years ago, Mercedes’ little SLK has been the world’s only transgender car