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Top 10 executive and prestige cars

Things ain't what they used to be. Twenty years ago a car in this category would have essentially been made of three boxes: one for the engine, one...
Published 07 March 2014
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Top 10 MPVs / people carriers

Has Doctor Who been designing cars? The multipurpose vehicle (MPV) now has a Tardis-like quality.
Published 04 March 2014
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Top 100 cars 2013: Superminis

THE POPULARITY OF the supermini is not hard to explain.
Published 04 March 2014
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Top 10 hot hatches and coupés

In a land before time — well, the 1980s — hot hatches ruled the road.
Published 04 March 2014
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Top 10 family and estate cars

An estate car is never going to attract a crowd of onlookers. A brown saloon will never turn another driver’s head.
Published 03 March 2014
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Top 10 city cars

The city car's roots lie in the Minis and Fiat 500s of the Sixties, driven by youngsters to jazz clubs and “happenings” down London’s...
Published 03 March 2014
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Top 10 sports cars and convertibles

Given that it takes several years for new models to make it from the drawing board to the forecourt, you would expect the current crop of sports cars...
Published 03 March 2014
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Top 10 4x4s and SUVs

On our little island there is a singular lack of deserts, mountain passes and tracts of rough terrain that go on for ever, and few Britons will need...
Published 02 March 2014
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Top 10 supercars

In a world made of mortgages, wet roads, heavy traffic and speed cameras, the supercar is every motorist's escapist dream.
Published 20 October 2013
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First drive review: Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG (2013)

Though Mercedes has made no compromises on comfort, its flagship limo is now such fun to drive that chauffeurs could find themselves at a loose end.
Published 12 October 2013
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First drive review: Mercedes S 350 (2013)

Ask Mercedes-Benz to describe its new S-class and you’ll get a slightly trite-sounding answer: “Perfection.”
Published 08 July 2013
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The Clarkson review: Citroën DS3 (2010)

My review this morning is powered with hindsight. When I first drove the new Volkswagen Beetle, I thought it was a very clever idea: to clothe a Golf...
Published 18 September 2012