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First Drive review: Seat Ibiza (2015)

The launch of this revised Seat Ibiza is not about a stylish new look or a radical line-up of engines that will go easy on the planet and a driver's...
Published 09 June 2015
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First Drive review: Renault Kadjar (2015)

The Kadjar purports to be a socially acceptable crossover but is so beefy and capable it is more like a road-monstering SUV.
Published 08 June 2015
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First Drive review: Honda Civic Type R (2015)

If the simplest ideas are often the best ones, it’s little wonder the hot hatchback has caught on. Take the most popular type of car – the hatchback...
Published 02 June 2015
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First Drive review: Ford Focus ST (2015)

I am spending quite a lot of time at the moment driving schoolchildren to exams: A-levels, AS-levels, GCSEs — you name it
Published 01 June 2015
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First Drive review: Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4...

Slighty tired of your 2011 Lamborghini Aventador? Feeling that its 690bhp engine doesn’t quite cut the mustard for you the way it used to?
Published 26 May 2015
First Drive review: 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

First Drive review: Porsche 911 GT3 RS (2015)

Slip on a pair of fireproof racing boots and reach for the leather driving gloves – the 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS is here.
Published 20 May 2015
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First Drive review: Mini Challenge 210 (2015)

For the past few years there’s been a one-make race series called the Mini Challenge, which, as you might guess, is for Minis
Published 18 May 2015
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First Drive review: Suzuki Vitara (2015)

‘Is that a Range Rover?” “No, it’s a Suzuki Vitara,” I replied, doing my absolute best not to sound withering
Published 11 May 2015
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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...
Published 08 May 2015
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First Drive review: BMW 1-series (2015 F20 update)

British drivers like family hatchbacks. The Ford Focus, VW Golf, Vauxhall Astra and even Audi A3 all held a place in the 10 bestselling cars last...
Published 29 April 2015
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First Drive review: Ford S-Max (2015)

The new Ford S-Max is possibly the world's only full-size MPV that doesn’t look, and drive, like the No 29 bus
Published 27 April 2015
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First Drive review: Fiat 500X (2015)

Not so long ago, Porsche was a sports car company and Nissan turned out a nice line in sensible small cars for pensioners. Now, the...
Published 24 April 2015