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First Drive review: Audi R8 LMX (2014)

The Audi R8 was the future once. A prototype appeared in 2003 and was so modern-looking that it became the basis for Will Smith’s car in the film...
Published 06 February 2015
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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...
Published 03 February 2015
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The Clarkson review: Ferrari California T (2014)

A recent report suggested that people who use Apple iPhones are more intelligent, more successful and, of course, better-looking than those who use...
Published 01 February 2015
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First Drive review: Peugeot 308 GT (2015)

For all its hot-hatch pretensions, including its sleek looks and a faux engine growl, Peugeot’s 308 GT feels decidedly lukewarm
Published 29 January 2015
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The Clarkson review: Audi TT 2.0 TFSI quattro S line...

I was extremely drunk at the launch of the original Audi TT and can’t recall much about anything that happened. It was staged in Italy, or maybe...
Published 29 January 2015
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First Drive review: Mercedes-Maybach S 600 (2015)

If you want to know who’s got money and how much, you could do worse than ask the Swiss bank UBS. It has published a report called, rather grandly...
Published 27 January 2015
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First Drive review: Volkswagen Passat (2015)

Volkswagen’s executive saloon joins the trend for taking jobs away from the driver with a system that parks trailers almost too well...
Published 19 January 2015
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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...
Published 12 January 2015
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The Clarkson review: Volkswagen Scirocco 2.0 TDI

THIRTY-FIVE years ago, having achieved 110 words a minute in my shorthand exam — by cheating — I became a qualified journalist and immediately...
Published 12 January 2015
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First Drive review: Peugeot 208 GTi 30th (2014)

The hot hatch returned from rehab in a contrite mood. Subtle, practical and quiet, for the past few years it has been trying to rebuild its image...
Published 09 January 2015
2015 Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II review

First Drive review: Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II (2015)

In the revamped baby Rolls cosseting reaches such heights that you may wish to ditch the chauffeur and drive yourself...
Published 05 January 2015
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The Clarkson review: Lexus NX 300h Premier (2015)

When a new Mercedes comes along, you know before you’ve even opened the door what it will be like. All Mercs feel broadly similar until the company...
Published 05 January 2015