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First drive review: Skoda Octavia estate (2013)

There was a time when you wouldnt have got 10 yards in a Skoda, for all sorts of reasons, some relating to social stigma, others to the durability...
Published 30 May 2014
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First drive review: Peugeot 308 SW estate (2014)

This estate has all the cockpit wizardry and fun of its hatchback sibling but deep down it knows its true home is more earthbound
Published 19 May 2014
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First drive review: Volkswagen Golf SV 2.0 TDI SE (2014)

Giles Smith reviews the Golf's larger brother and replacement for the Golf Plus
Published 12 May 2014
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First drive review: BMW M3 and M4 (2014)

Gavin Conway attempts to tame BMW’s hot new 3-series and 4-series derivatives at a particularly hairy race track.
Published 12 May 2014
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Captain Slow has hung up his slippers. Now I’m Brigadier...

Driving recruited James May, that bloke off Top Gear, to drive Ferrari's ferocious yet beautiful hybrid hypercar.
Published 11 May 2014
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First drive review: Jaguar XFR-S Sportbrake

Jaguar has turned its XF Sportbrake into a super-estate by shoehorning a 5-litre supercharged V8 engine under its bonnet and calling it the XFR-S...
Published 07 May 2014
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First drive review: BMW i8 (2014)

The new BMW i8 hybrid supercar is so easy on the eye and the road that not even Jennifer Lopez and her entourage could upstage its launch, says Giles...
Published 05 May 2014
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2014 Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 review

Its name conjures up rage and fury, and its cabin makes you feel you are in Top Gun, but Lamborghini’s new Huracan offers a surprisingly civilised...
Published 04 May 2014
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First drive review: BMW 335i Gran Turismo Modern (2013)

This all-new derivative is intended to sit aloof from the latest version of the esteemed 3-series saloon and its covetable estate spin-off, and merge...
Published 28 April 2014

First drive review: Nissan Leaf Tekna (2013)

By now, everybody knows what the two scariest aspects of electric car ownership are: not knowing exactly when you are about to run out of range or...
Published 28 April 2014
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First drive: Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC

One normally has to part with a great deal more than the 18,995 that Renaultsport is asking for its new Clio 200 Turbo to acquire the services of...
Published 28 April 2014
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First drive review: Citroën C4 Picasso (2013)

There are reasonable grounds to think of Citroen these days as two companies.
Published 28 April 2014