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First drive review: Toyota Auris Touring Sports Hybrid...

IN ANY discussion of the great pioneering vehicles of hybrid motoring, the Toyota Prius tends to get all the glory.
Published 18 April 2014
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First drive review: Seat Leon ST FR 2.0 TDI (2014)

EXCITEMENT HASN'T always had an easy time catching fire around the Seat Leon.
Published 18 April 2014
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First drive review: Volvo XC60 D4 FWD (2014)

THE big news from Volvo is that the five-cylinder engine is over. So over. You might as well be morris dancing or forming corn into stooks. The future?...
Published 18 April 2014
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First drive review: Peugeot RCZ R (2013)

Peugeot's motor-racing division has been let loose on its softie sports car and created a rip-snorting beast, but its engine sounds too tame by half
Published 18 April 2014
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First drive review: Porsche 918 Spyder (Weissach package)

What an honour it was last week to be invited to a racetrack in Spain to be one of a select group of journalists granted the chance to try out...
Published 18 April 2014
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First drive review: Mazda3 Skyactiv-G 2.0 SE (2013)

ANOTHER NEW car from Mazda means another chance to immerse ourselves in the teachings of the Japanese ancients.
Published 18 April 2014
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First drive review: Volkswagen e-Up! (2013)

THE e-Up! is an entirely electric version of the Up!, Volkswagens roundly applauded city car
Published 18 April 2014
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First drive review: BMW 4-series coupé (2013)

The BMW 4-series coupé looks like a 3 series coupe, but better. And drives like a 3-series. But better.
Published 15 April 2014
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Giles Smith's First Drive: Porsche 911 Targa 4S

ODD TO think, but without the much-derided “health and safety” mentality, we may never have had the Porsche 911 Targa.
Published 14 April 2014
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First drive review: Peugeot 308 1.6 HDi Allure (2013-on)

Giles Smith's first drive review: Peugeot 308 (2013-on)
Published 07 April 2014
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First drive review: Peugeot 208 GTi (2013-on)

Giles Smith's first drive review: Peugeot 208 GTi (2013-on)
Published 07 April 2014
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First drive review: Kia Soul 1.6 CRDi (2014-on)

Giles Smith's first drive review: Kia Soul 1.6 CRDi (2014)
Published 03 April 2014