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The Clarkson Review: 2017 Maserati Levante SUV

The Clarkson Review: Maserati Levante

I’m sure you will have noticed, people have started wearing trousers that are deliberately torn across both knees. Does this mean that...
Published 12 April 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2017 Ford Mustang 2.3 EcoBoost

The Clarkson Review: Ford Mustang 2.3 EcoBoost

The right-hand-drive Ford Mustang has been on sale in Britain for a little while now, but I’m still always a bit surprised when I see one...
Published 05 April 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2017 Renault Scénic

The Clarkson Review: 2017 Renault Scénic

In the olden days, cars were made from steel, and that’s only right and proper. Steel is as manly as Tarzan’s scrotum...
Published 17 March 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2017 Volvo V90 estate

The Clarkson Review: 2017 Volvo V90 estate

According to my television colleague James May, buying a Volvo is like going to the dentist’s. It’s something you have to do one day, so...
Published 27 February 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2017 Honda NSX

The Clarkson Review: 2017 Honda NSX

Back in the days when you could walk from Calais to Dover and wattle was a popular building material, Honda decided it would like to build...
Published 13 February 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Audi RS 7

The Clarkson Review: Audi RS 7

EVEN IF you are in a very good mood, and you are wearing a pair of rose-tinted spectacles, you have to accept that the original Audi quattro was
Published 31 January 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Mercedes-Benz E-class estate

The Clarkson Review: Mercedes E-class estate

If you are an old person you will remember that in the 1970s mid-sized Mercedes-Benz saloons and estates were wilfully sensible...
Published 10 January 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Aston Martin DB11

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Aston Martin DB11

People like Aston Martins. And what’s more, people like people who drive them. They’re seen as cool and intelligent and refined...
Published 19 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Civic Type R

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Civic Type R

In one of the Grand Tour television programmes I have a bit of a rant, saying that the world’s car makers have shifted into neutral...
Published 13 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Jazz

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Jazz

Once, Honda attempted “the impossible dream” with its slightly weird, slightly fabulous cars. The new Jazz, however, is a nightmare
Published 05 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed

The Clarkson Review: Bentley Mulsanne Speed

People who live near a busy road often moan about traffic noise, and they have my sympathy. I’d rather listen to a wounded hare than a motorway..
Published 25 November 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2017 Audi SQ7

The Clarkson Review: 2017 Audi SQ7

James May has decided he doesn’t like Audis. I recently had to transport him in the back of the new SQ7 and he chuntered away constantly like...
Published 15 November 2016