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First Drive review: 2016 Fiat Tipo Hatchback

First Drive review: 2016 Fiat Tipo Hatchback

Given the spectacularly powerful grip that the Fiat 500 has on our imaginations and on our roads — and given how there are certain parts of...
Published 22 November 2016
First Drive review: 2017 Skoda Kodiaq

First Drive review: 2017 Skoda Kodiaq

If you own a Smeg fridge, Roberts radio or Gaggia coffee maker, the chances are the new Skoda Kodiaq isn’t for you. This is a seven-seat SUV for...
Published 22 November 2016
Tesla Model S 60D review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Tesla Model S 60D

It was while I was Autopiloting up the M4, just west of Heathrow, that the conclusion became inescapable. The Tesla Model S 60D is...
Published 08 November 2016
New 2017 Peugeot 3008 SUV review by John Evans for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2017 Peugeot 3008

As the lazy stereotype goes, the French certainly know a thing...
Published 11 October 2016
First Drive review: 2017 Audi Q5

First Drive review: 2017 Audi Q5

Donald Trump will not be happy with the new Q5, not happy at all.
Published 07 October 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Seat Ateca

First Drive review: 2016 Seat Ateca

In an ideal world, a Seat is a maverick’s VW. It’s the place where the coldly calculated products
Published 05 October 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Volvo S90 executive saloon

First Drive review: Volvo S90

We didn't have long with Volvo’s new range-crowning battleship
Published 20 September 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Porsche Panamera 4S

First Drive review: 2016 Porsche Panamera 4S

Porsche would like people to think of it as a company that cares about the environment as much as it does about making fast cars
Published 15 September 2016
First Drive review: 2017 Renault Scenic

First Drive review: 2017 Renault Scénic

Twenty years ago the Renault Mégane Scénic started a trend for cars that were about the size of a VW Golf, but taller and practical...
Published 14 September 2016
First Drive: 2016 BMW 740Le xDrive iPerformance review

First Drive review: BMW 740Le xDrive

If you've come into some money and need to save tax, don’t move the cash to the Cayman Islands – your local BMW dealer has just the answer
Published 12 September 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Mercedes C-class cabriolet

First Drive review: Mercedes C-class cabriolet

The reviews are in for Mercedes’ new C-class cabriolet, and the critics are unanimous. The ones I’ve come across are, anyway. “Nice car,”
Published 06 September 2016
First Drive review: 2016 MG GS crossover

First Drive review: 2016 MG GS

Time and again, life has dealt MG blows that would have felled a lesser mortal. And every time this honoured British institution has got up again
Published 30 August 2016