Volvo V90 Cross Country review (2017 on)


Volvo knows that not all drivers in need of a large family car want a big, bulky SUV. For the past 20 years, it has sold a large, four-wheel...
Move over boy racers: Dad's got a new Skoda Octavia vRS 245

The new Skoda Octavia vRS 245 is for dad racers


There are plenty of hot hatches for the boy racer to choose from. Skoda's sporty new number isn't one of them
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First Drive review: Skoda Superb Estate (2016)


If there was ever a car that didn't really need any more space, it is the Skoda Superb...
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First Drive review: Seat Leon ST Cupra 280 (2015)


There was a time when an estate car marked out its driver as either an antiques dealer hauling a Victorian burr walnut credenza about the place, a...
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Shanghai show: Audi Prologue allroad is the world’s...


We recently tested the Audi Prologue in the diamond-studded streets of Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills. The experience was slightly nerve-racking: being...
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News: Three come along at once as VW launches R, GTD...


If you’re thinking of buying an estate car, then three might just be the magic number: Volkswagen has revealed three new versions of its popular...
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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...
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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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I want a sporty estate that's fun but practical for...


Q. With a two-year-old child, I can no longer get away with a Porsche 911 as our only car. I want to be let down gently. I’m considering a sporty...
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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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Five fast, affordable estate cars for under £10,000


A family estate car doesn't have to be dull to drive, and neither does a fast estate have to be small. Here, we at Driving scratch our collective...
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News: Peugeot reveals new 508 family saloon for 2015


Peugeot hopes that a facelift, an improved range of engines and a host of new technology can help its 508 family saloon and estate tempt buyers of...
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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.