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It’s like playing Abba at 78rpm

Giles Smith's first drive review: Volvo V60 Polestar (2014)
Published 28 April 2014
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Currently on the blink: faulty chargers strand electric...

The number of points at which drivers can recharge their vehicles is rising fast, but as Dominic Tobin discovers, many of them do not work properly
Published 23 April 2014
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First drive review: BMW i3 Range Extender (2014)

I'M IN an electric BMW i3 at some point in the future, to be more specific, last Wednesday. Im on the A2 wafting almost silently towards Kent, the...
Published 22 April 2014
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Who are you calling Silk Pants?

First drive review: Jeep Grand Cherokee V6 Summit
Published 21 April 2014
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Look out, Lewis. I’m hard on your heels

What is it really like to be a racing driver? Over the next six months, with the assorted ranks of hobbyists and dreamers, Alistair Weaver is going...
Published 20 April 2014
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Giles Smith's First Drive: Porsche 911 Targa 4S

ODD TO think, but without the much-derided “health and safety” mentality, we may never have had the Porsche 911 Targa.
Published 14 April 2014
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News: Bungling council workers introduce UK to the...

NO, THIS isn't the result of new European legislation to get Brits driving on the right; it's the inept work of north London's Haringey Council
Published 08 April 2014
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Hot rod hooligan battles with the blitzkrieg banana...

It’s the ultimate comparison test: two dangerously desirable sports cars lined up at Brands Hatch. Nick Rufford rides the Jaguar while James Mills...
Published 08 April 2014
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First drive review: Peugeot 208 GTi (2013-on)

Giles Smith's first drive review: Peugeot 208 GTi (2013-on)
Published 07 April 2014
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BMW X5 E53 review (2000-2007)

For years BMW used the advertising slogan “The ultimate driving machine”, so when it introduced the X5, its first SUV, in 2000, many enthusiasts...
Published 03 April 2014
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The Clarkson review: Subaru WRX STI 4-door (2010)

Over the years, I have driven a car up to 17,200ft in the Andes. I’ve also driven to the North Pole, and over the spine of Africa.
Published 03 April 2014
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The Clarkson review: Volkswagen High Up! (2012)

You don’t need an iPad. You can watch films on your laptop, you can store data on your phone and for taking pictures it’d be easier to set up...
Published 03 April 2014