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Skoda Octavia Mk 3 review (2013-on)


Forget badge snobbery – the new, third-generation Skoda Octavia is quite simply one of the best family cars money can buy, full stop.
Honda Civic Mk 9 review (2012-on)

Honda Civic Mk 9 review (2012-2017)


The Civic is a distinctive car, although there are penalties to be paid for its individuality
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BMW 1-Series Mk 2 review (2011-on)


The 1-series is the gateway to the BMW range and unless you go used, it's the only way in for less than £20,000.
Audi A4 Mk4 review

Audi A4 Mk 4 review (2008-2015)


The smallest saloon in Audi’s line-up is the automotive equivalent of a relaxing shoulder-rub.
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Top 10 hot hatches and coupés


In a land before time — well, the 1980s — hot hatches ruled the road.
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Geneva show: launch day highlights


IT’s PRESS day at the Geneva show, a frantic few hours of reveals and launches. But you don’t have to be there to see all the best bits ‒ they're...
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Top 10 family and estate cars


An estate car is never going to attract a crowd of onlookers. A brown saloon will never turn another driver’s head.
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Buying guide: Best used coupés for half the price...


BMW 4-series coupé is a desirable car but what if you don't want to spend over £40,000 on a coupé? Here are some cut-price alternatives.
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LA show round-up: How La La land turned Motown


Its only major car maker is Tesla up the road near San Francisco but this week, California gave every impression of being at the heart of the world’s...
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The Clarkson review: BMW 435i M Sport (2014)


WHEN I first moved to London, during the war — with Argentina, that is — Knightsbridge was a quite genteel place full of old ladies and...
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Car clinic: Supermarket parking dispute, sensitive...


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Top-spec new cars that become used-car bargains


THERE ARE people alive today for whom the letters VP are like a knife through the heart.