Giles Smith

First Drive review: 2017 Citroën C3


A video camera with a car attached captures Giles Smith’s attention...
First Drive review: 2016 Fiat Tipo Hatchback

First Drive review: 2016 Fiat Tipo Hatchback


Given the spectacularly powerful grip that the Fiat 500 has on our imaginations and on our roads — and given how there are certain parts of...
Tesla Model S 60D review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Tesla Model S 60D


It was while I was Autopiloting up the M4, just west of Heathrow, that the conclusion became inescapable. The Tesla Model S 60D is...
First Drive review: 2016 Seat Ateca

First Drive review: 2016 Seat Ateca


In an ideal world, a Seat is a maverick’s VW. It’s the place where the coldly calculated products
First Drive review: 2016 Volvo S90 executive saloon

First Drive review: Volvo S90


We didn't have long with Volvo’s new range-crowning battleship
First Drive review: 2016 Mercedes C-class cabriolet

First Drive review: Mercedes C-class cabriolet


The reviews are in for Mercedes’ new C-class cabriolet, and the critics are unanimous. The ones I’ve come across are, anyway. “Nice car,”
First Drive review: 2016 MG GS crossover

First Drive review: 2016 MG GS


Time and again, life has dealt MG blows that would have felled a lesser mortal. And every time this honoured British institution has got up again
First Drive Review: 2016 Abarth 695 Biposto Record

First Drive review: 2016 Abarth 695 Biposto Record


At some point we’re all going to have to gasp in unison at the price of this car, but perhaps we’ll do that at the end of the article ...
Mini Convertible John Cooper Works review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Mini John Cooper Works convertible


These pages have already hymned the latest generation of the popular Mini convertible, celebrating its admittedly quite pricy comforts...
First Drive review: 2016 Jaguar F-type SVR

First Drive review: 2016 Jaguar F-type SVR


Jaguar’s F-type was given the tough gig of following the E-type, the 1960s two-seater generally regarded as a timeless classic...
First Drive review: 2016 Volvo V90 estate

First Drive review: Volvo V90


How do you know you’re getting old? Going upstairs and then not remembering why you did? Or going upstairs in the fully conscious knowledge that...
First Drive review: 2016 Audi A3 Sportback

First Drive review: 2016 Audi A3 Sportback


For 20 years the Audi A3 has been offering the executive pleasures associated with the brand — including quiet but unignorable status enhancement...
2016 Ford Edge review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times

First Drive review: 2016 Ford Edge


What’s edgy about the Ford Edge? In some ways, "Ford Throwback" would be more like it. This is a European version of a car that Americans have...