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First Drive review: 2016 Jaguar F-type SVR

First Drive review: 2016 Jaguar F-type SVR

Jaguar’s F-type was given the tough gig of following the E-type, the 1960s two-seater generally regarded as a timeless classic...
Published 12 July 2016
Hyundai Ioniq hybrid first drive review by The Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: Hyundai Ioniq hybrid

If you can hear a faint whining and whistling in the background, don’t start Googling tinnitus and resist the urge to waggle your fingers in your...
Published 05 July 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Volvo V90 estate

First Drive review: Volvo V90

How do you know you’re getting old? Going upstairs and then not remembering why you did? Or going upstairs in the fully conscious knowledge that...
Published 29 June 2016
First Drive review: Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2

First Drive review: Lamborghini Huracán LP 580-2

Few sports cars have divided opinion quite like the Lamborghini Huracán. Take the styling. Some say it looks a million dollars, others, like Jeremy...
Published 28 June 2016
Ford Fiesta ST200 review

First Drive review: 2016 Ford Fiesta ST200

It wasn't that long ago that hot hatches were rare beasts. Today, we can barely cross the road without being mowed down by one. Well, not quite, but...
Published 23 June 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Audi A3 Sportback

First Drive review: 2016 Audi A3 Sportback

For 20 years the Audi A3 has been offering the executive pleasures associated with the brand — including quiet but unignorable status enhancement...
Published 13 June 2016
First Drive review: 2016 McLaren 570GT

First Drive review: 2016 McLaren 570GT

Most supercars are really only super for the driver. Passengers cheer as the turbo spins to life, or extol the virtues of electronic damping...
Published 06 June 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Coupé Edition One

First Drive review: 2016 Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Coupé...

Before we get to those unavoidable matter of those yellow stripes, let's explain exactly what we have here. This is the Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Coupé...
Published 03 June 2016
2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio review by James Mills for The Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio

The saying goes that you can’t call yourself a true car enthusiast unless you’ve owned an Alfa Romeo. That being the case, it’s high time countless...
Published 31 May 2016
2016 Nissan GT-R review by Will Dron for The Sunday Times

First Drive review: 2016 Nissan GT-R

How hard would it be to mess up the Nissan GT-R? In most experts’ books, it’s been pretty much the ultimate super saloon money can buy.
Published 27 May 2016
2016 Ford Edge review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times

First Drive review: 2016 Ford Edge

What’s edgy about the Ford Edge? In some ways, "Ford Throwback" would be more like it. This is a European version of a car that Americans have...
Published 20 May 2016
2016 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S review

First Drive review: 2016 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S

A four-wheel-drive Porsche? That would be the big, plug-ugly and somehow enraging Cayenne SUV, right? Well, yes, sometimes it would be — but not...
Published 19 May 2016