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First Drive review: Audi TTS roadster


A biblical deluge in Mallorca cramped this new roadster’s style but when the clouds parted, a proper sports car emerged...
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First Drive review: Audi R8 LMX (2014)


The Audi R8 was the future once. A prototype appeared in 2003 and was so modern-looking that it became the basis for Will Smith’s car in the film...
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First Drive review: Ford Mondeo (2015)


He helped Tony Blair to a landslide win in 1997 but while the archetypal Mondeo buyer may no longer have the same political clout the car itself is...
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First Drive review: Peugeot 308 GT (2015)


For all its hot-hatch pretensions, including its sleek looks and a faux engine growl, Peugeot’s 308 GT feels decidedly lukewarm
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First Drive review: Mercedes-Maybach S 600 (2015)


If you want to know who’s got money and how much, you could do worse than ask the Swiss bank UBS. It has published a report called, rather grandly...
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First Drive review: Volkswagen Passat (2015)


Volkswagen’s executive saloon joins the trend for taking jobs away from the driver with a system that parks trailers almost too well...
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First Drive review: Skoda Octavia Scout 2.0 TDI 4x4


Skoda's new off-roader lugs dogs, children and shopping in Audi-style comfort...
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First Drive review: Peugeot 208 GTi 30th (2014)


The hot hatch returned from rehab in a contrite mood. Subtle, practical and quiet, for the past few years it has been trying to rebuild its image...
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First Drive review: Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II (2015)


In the revamped baby Rolls cosseting reaches such heights that you may wish to ditch the chauffeur and drive yourself...
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First Drive review: Lexus RC F (2014)


The new sports coupé from Lexus combines leather-draped luxury with thrilling handling, courtesy of an innovative Slalom torque setting
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First Drive review: Mazda2 (2015)


Not only has the new Mazda2 gone upmarket, it stretches the boundaries of a supermini and its links to the digital world are cutting edge...
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First Drive review: Volkswagen Polo GTI (2014)


The new souped-up Polo may seem to be wearing its older sibling's clothes, but it emerges from the shadow of the Golf with a character all its own...