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First Drive review: 2016 BMW 3 series Gran Turismo

First Drive review: 2016 BMW 3-series Gran Turismo...

Three years ago, when the Grand Touring version of the 3 Series was launched, sceptics wondered at the sense in shoehorning a hatchback into the small...
Published 03 August 2016
2015 Land Rover Defender 90 Heritage Edition review by Richard Porter

2015 Land Rover Defender 90 Heritage Edition review

You may have seen the recent Sunday Times story about the chemicals billionaire who wants to put the Land Rover Defender back into production.
Published 03 August 2016
2016 Tesla Model X electric SUV review

First Drive review: 2016 Tesla Model X P90D

Reinventing the door has doomed many a promising car concept. The sliding doors on Peugeot’s 1007, for example, so compromised the car’s design...
Published 02 August 2016
BMW i3 and i3 Range Extender review (2013-on)

BMW i3 and i3 Range Extender review (2013-on)

BMW was behind Renault and Nissan in entering the electric vehicle market with proper production cars, but compared with true rivals such as Audi...
Published 01 August 2016
Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet 2016 review by The Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Porsche 911 Turbo cabriolet

With the car's engine parts, exhaust and brakes still clicking with heat exhaustion but a pulse rate that's decidedly ice-cool, you may wonder...
Published 27 July 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Verde

The Clarkson Review: Alfa Romeo Giulia QV

I’ve waited nearly three decades for this car. The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Verde. An Alfa Romeo that isn’t just a rebadged Fiat...
Published 26 July 2016
Mini Convertible John Cooper Works review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Mini John Cooper Works convertible

These pages have already hymned the latest generation of the popular Mini convertible, celebrating its admittedly quite pricy comforts...
Published 25 July 2016
The Clarkson Review: Wolseley 1500 Mk 1

The Clarkson Review: 1957 Wolseley 1500 Mk 1

I feel such an idiot. For 20-odd years I have been coming here and — foolishly, as it’s turned out — talking about cars from exotic places such...
Published 18 July 2016
Extended test: Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV GX5h

Extended test: Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV GX5h

Living in London and having two children who like nothing more than to escape to the Royal Parks and spin the pedals of their bicycles like a hamsters...
Published 18 July 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Renault Clio 1.5 dCi 110 and 1.2 TCe 120

2016 Renault Clio review

It is a picture postcard scene from France. The sun is rising over the rolling wine estates of Bordeaux. Farmers are tending their vines. Queues are...
Published 15 July 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Vauxhall Zafira Tourer

The Clarkson Review: 2015 Vauxhall Zafira Tourer

Even by my own slightly weird view of what’s normal, last Sunday was a bit odd. I was on a boat — a big one — and we’d anchored off the south...
Published 13 July 2016
Supersport Supercars: Alistair Weaver heads to the daunting Zolder circuit for the third round of the 2016 Caterham Supersport Championship in a Mercedes-AMG GT

Supersport supercars: going bonkers in Belgium with...

Once a year the Caterham Supersport Championship circus pitches its big top in a foreign clime. Last year it was Zandvoort in Holland; this year it...
Published 12 July 2016