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Jeremy Clarkson's first review: 1993 Aston Martin Vantage

Jeremy Clarkson’s first review for The Sunday Times: 1993 Aston Martin Vantage

Published 28 May 2023
By Jeremy Clarkson
On the one hand, Aston Martin's new Vantage is as brutal as a docker's boozer, yet, on the other, it's as civilised as an EM Forster heroine.
Clarkson at Christmas

Classic Clarkson: When Christmas was saved by mum

Without a Playstation in sight, Christmas 2005 was a riot in the Clarkson household thanks to classic parlour games instigated by Jeremy's mum.
Published 27 December 2022
The Jeremy Clarkson Review: 2018 Mini 1499 GT

The Clarkson Review: 2018 Mini 1499 GT

When the Mini 1499 GT arrived at my office with its snazzy stripes, big black wheels and John Player Special Union Jack door mirrors, I was...
Published 03 July 2018
The Jeremy Clarkson Review: Land Rover Range Rover Velar

The Clarkson Review: 2018 Range Rover Velar

Understanding Land Rover’s range of cars used to be quite simple. If you got muddy for a living, either by rearing sheep or shooting people...
Published 27 June 2018
2018 Audi RS 4 Avant review by Jeremy Clarkson for Sunday Times Driving

The Jeremy Clarkson Review: 2018 Audi RS 4 Avant

In the early 1990s on a television show watched each week by millions of people I tested the Ford Escort and said it was a joyless example of...
Published 12 June 2018
2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast review by Jeremy Clarkson for Sunday Times Driving

The Clarkson Review: 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast

A few years ago I drove the then new Ferrari F12 in Scotland and emerged with a white face and what looked like the onset of Parkinson’s.
Published 25 May 2018
2018 DS 7 Crossback review by Jeremy Clarkson for Sunday Times Driving

The Jeremy Clarkson Review: 2018 DS 7 Crossback

I was going to write about the VW T-Roc, a small and rather funky-looking SUV that burst onto the market a couple of months ago. But then...
Published 01 May 2018
Jeremy Clarkson reviews the 2018 Toyota Hilux pick-up truck for Sunday Times Driving

The Jeremy Clarkson Review: 2018 Toyota Hilux

Many years ago, when I was hosting Top Gear, I was watching the news one night and, as usual, there was much footage of various people...
Published 01 May 2018
2018 Lamborghini Urus review by Jeremy Clarkson for Sunday Times Driving

The Jeremy Clarkson Review: 2018 Lamborghini Urus

I am not sure quite when or why all the world’s rich people decided they needed four-wheel-drive monsters, but they did...
Published 20 April 2018
2018 Alpina B5 review by Jeremy Clarkson for Sunday Times Driving

The Clarkson Review: Alpina B5

If you are my age, you will remember that in the olden days nerdy petrol enthusiasts would explain that the engine in their Ford Capri had...
Published 13 April 2018
The Clarkson Review: 2018 Kia Stinger GT S

The Clarkson Review: 2018 Kia Stinger GT S

I am glad I don’t run an airline, because if I did, all the planes would be pretty much empty pretty much always, and it would be bankrupt...
Published 29 March 2018
The Clarkson Review: 2018 Citroën C3 Aircross

The Clarkson Review: 2018 Citroën C3 Aircross

When “the Beast from the East” combined with Storm Emma to give the Mail Online’s headline writers a chance to let their hair down...
Published 22 March 2018
2018 Audi A8 Jeremy Clarkson review

The Clarkson Review: Audi A8

Is there anything on God’s green earth quite so drool-inducingly dreary as leasing? James May recently visited an exhibition on plywood...
Published 08 February 2018