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Gavin Conway

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First Drive review: Smart Fortwo Passion (2015)

Its dashboard may resemble Cookie Monster, the goggle-eyed character from Sesame Street but the newly bulked-up city car is fit for purpose...
Published 10 November 2014
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First drive review: Fiat Panda Cross 1.3 (2014)

Fiat's Panda city car has long suffered the indignity of being labelled cute and cuddly, but the member of its family with the best off-road capability...
Published 13 October 2014
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First drive review: Volkswagen Golf GTE (2015)

The Volkswagen marketing man summed up this new plug-in hybrid Golf GTE thusly: “For the man it is the fun of the driving, and for the woman it's...
Published 11 September 2014
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First drive review: Mercedes-Benz C 250 BlueTec estate...

The C-class estate has always been a staid favourite of boarding-school families. Now a redesign has made it one of the best-looking cars on the road...
Published 22 July 2014
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First drive review: Audi A3 Sportback e-tron (2014)

With the potential to deliver 176.6mpg, is the new plug-in hybrid A3 the future of Audi or an interesting distraction?
Published 26 June 2014
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First drive review: Alfa Romeo Mito Quadrifoglio Verde...

Alfa Romeo's hot little hatch has the looks and the heritage but dynamically it trails the competition by some margin
Published 13 June 2014
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First drive review: Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio...

The Alfa Giulietta QV is an interesting alternative to the Volkswagen GTI
Published 12 June 2014
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First drive review: BMW M3 and M4 (2014)

Gavin Conway attempts to tame BMW’s hot new 3-series and 4-series derivatives at a particularly hairy race track.
Published 12 May 2014

First drive review: Nissan Leaf Tekna (2013)

By now, everybody knows what the two scariest aspects of electric car ownership are: not knowing exactly when you are about to run out of range or...
Published 28 April 2014
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First drive review: Volkswagen Golf estate (2013)

When the latest, seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf hit the streets last year it was almost universally praised as the best Golf yet. Indeed, many...
Published 28 April 2014
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First drive review: Maserati Ghibli (2013)

Sexy contours, snarly exhausts, the tang of leather and an elaborate dashboard clock set in its own plinth: everyone knows Maserati doesn't do meek.
Published 28 April 2014
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First drive review: Suzuki SX4 S-Cross (2013)

for a good many years, the Suzuki SX4 has enjoyed that 'quirky' handle, with its slightly roguish style and mini-SUV pose. But this latest all new...
Published 22 April 2014