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First drive review: Toyota Rav4 Mk 4 (2013)


Back in 1994 Toyota introduced a new type of car to the world. The Rav4 was the first compact SUV.
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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...
Vauxhall Adam review

First drive review: Vauxhall Adam (2012)


When Mini decided to cash in on the modern retro look pioneered by the likes of Volkswagens Beetle, it had the cutesy 1950s original to ape. Vauxhall...
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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...
Jeremy Clarkson BAC Mono review

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...