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When is it OK to tow another car, and what do I need to know before towing?

Car Towing: When it’s OK, what you need and how to do it

Published 21 September 2021
By Gavin Conway
Towing another car behind yours might sound like a simple operation, but it isn’t – if you’ve never towed another vehicle, you’ll discover that it’s actually quite tricky...
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
2015 Jaguar XF review by Gavin Conway for Sunday Times Driving

2015 Jaguar XF review

Designed to take on luxury German cars, Jaguar’s latest XF certainly has a meaner look but what is it like when prowling some fast, twisting tarmac?...
Published 17 August 2015
2015 Passat GTE review

First drive review: Volkswagen Passat GTE (2016)

The popularity of plug-in hybrids is set to explode. Volkswagen reckons that sales will mushroom four-fold by 2018, to a staggering 893,000 per year....
Published 17 July 2015
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First Drive review: BMW X5 xDrive40e (2015)

BMW's large but refined new plug-in hybrid SUV is certain to be seen but not heard when it flies past you.
Published 29 June 2015
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First Drive review: BMW 7-series 740iL prototype (2015)

The new BMW 7-series parks itself and allows you to dismiss incoming phone calls with a wave your hand....
Published 19 April 2015
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First Drive review: Audi Q7 (2015)

While Surrey’s tree-lined roads may be the toughest test many new Audi Q7s will face, the SUV can cope with far worse including the sand and potholes...
Published 14 April 2015
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First Drive review: Mazda CX-3 (2015)

Mazda takes aim at the Nissan Juke with this compact crossover
Published 19 March 2015
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First Drive review: Porsche Cayman GT4 (2015)

Anyone seeking a sports car simply to pose in should steer well clear of this road-hugging, bend-devouring, sugar rush of extremes
Published 17 March 2015
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First Drive review: Mazda CX-5 (2015)

It's always a bit worrying when a mainstream manufacturer announces that it is going 'premium'. More often than not, this means they've stuck a bit...
Published 02 March 2015
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First Drive review: Porsche Cayenne Turbo S (2015)

You have to feel for Volvo. Like the conscientious pupil who has diligently learnt all the lines for the end-of-term play only to be upstaged by the...
Published 14 February 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: BMW 3-series plug-in hybrid (2014)

BMW's plug-in hybrid saloon packs serious power and torque alongside low emissions, high mpg and a bargain price...
Published 02 December 2014