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First Drive review: Audi RS 3 Sportback (2015)

What is the perfect car? Parents of young children pretend it’s the latest people carrier with power-sliding doors – while secretly daydreaming...
Published 16 April 2015
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First Drive review: Vauxhall Corsa VXR (2015)

Like high-top trainers, fluorescent T-shirts and questionable facial hair, the small but potent hot hatch seems firmly back in fashion. This is good...
Published 15 April 2015
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First Drive review: Audi Q7 (2015)

While Surrey’s tree-lined roads may be the toughest test many new Audi Q7s will face, the SUV can cope with far worse including the sand and potholes...
Published 14 April 2015
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First Drive review: Ford C-Max (2015)

MPVs have always had an image problem. Even in their early days they were seen as boring; a sign that the driver
Published 13 April 2015
Guy Martin drives Aston Martin Vanquish Carbon Edition (2015)

Guy Martin drives Aston Martin Vanquish Carbon Edition...

I have a bit of history with Aston Martins. I bought a brand-new V12 Vantage in 2009 — the first privately owned one in the country, I was told...
Published 07 April 2015
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First Drive review: Mercedes-Benz C 350 e Sport (2015)...

The new Mercedes plug-in hybrid is as slick and comfy as you would expect but is fighting a losing battle with its bulk
Published 07 April 2015

First Drive review: Jeep Renegade (2015)

Jeep has an illustrious military history but its new Renegade crossover suffers a demotion with its Fiat underpinnings
Published 30 March 2015
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First Drive review: Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake (2015)

Nerveless, those people at Mercedes. Utterly nerveless. In a marketplace in which the term “estate car” has long since come to seem drudge-like...
Published 23 March 2015
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First Drive review: Mazda CX-3 (2015)

Mazda takes aim at the Nissan Juke with this compact crossover
Published 19 March 2015
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First Drive review: Porsche Cayman GT4 (2015)

Anyone seeking a sports car simply to pose in should steer well clear of this road-hugging, bend-devouring, sugar rush of extremes
Published 17 March 2015
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First Drive review: Nissan Juke Nismo RS

The new hot version of Nissan’s shrunken SUV promises ‘excitement for everyone’. Well, someone’s been overlooked
Published 09 March 2015
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First Drive review: Tesla Model S P85D

Tesla’s Model S P85D can park itself and take control on the motorway. With 691 horsepower and two motors, you just won’t want to let it...
Published 02 March 2015