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Citroën C3 Mk 2 review (2010-on)


Cheap to buy and run but outclassed dynamically by newer rivals
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The Clarkson review: Range Rover LWB 5.0 V8 supercharged...


IN AMERICA, people live in cities and drive to their ordinary jobs in ordinary clothes and ordinary saloon cars
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The Clarkson review: Aston Martin Vanquish Volante...


IT WAS the week before Christmas. Rush hour. Central London. And the weather was every American’s idea of what it’s always like in Britain...
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The Clarkson review: Volvo V40 T5 R-Design Lux (2013)


MANY YEARS ago, when Top Gear was made in the Midlands, I was sent some promotional bumf that said: “You are invited to the opening of Birmingham’s...
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The Clarkson review: Subaru Forester 2.0 Lineartronic...


When I was growing up, in the days before either health or safety had been invented, commercial breaks on the television were often filled with important...
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The Clarkson review: Dacia Sandero Access (2013)


IT'S STRANGE. Today there are far fewer car makers than there were 30 years ago. And yet choosing what sort of car you would like next has never been...
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The Clarkson review: Audi SQ5 3.0 BiTDI quattro (2013)


EVERY lunchtime on Radio 2 Jeremy Vine hosts a topical news and discussion show in which the “motorist” is always portrayed as a swivel-eyed...
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The Clarkson review: Kia Pro Cee'd GT Tech (2013)


PETER MANDELSON has been responsible for many important initiatives over the years. Though for the life of me I can’t actually recall off the...
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The Clarkson review: BMW 435i M Sport (2014)


WHEN I first moved to London, during the war — with Argentina, that is — Knightsbridge was a quite genteel place full of old ladies and...
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The Clarkson review: Mercedes-Benz S 500 L AMG Line...


Because I spend pretty much all of my life at airports, I’ve learnt a great deal about the human spirit
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Top 10 supercars


In a world made of mortgages, wet roads, heavy traffic and speed cameras, the supercar is every motorist's escapist dream.
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The Clarkson review: Alfa Romeo 4C (2013)