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Future classics

22/02/12

One of many displacement activities motoring journalists like to dress up as work is idly leafing through the classifieds gazing …

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Future classics

22/02/12

One of many displacement activities motoring journalists like to dress up as work is idly leafing through the classifieds gazing …

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Car of the Year: the contenders

16/02/12

Every year, the Car of the Year jury gets together with all the shortlisted cars to put them through their …

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The beauty of the British B-road

10/02/12

It has taken a while coming, but there is increasing recognition among major car manufacturers in the world that if …

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Volkswagen Up! road test

08/02/12

This is the car that was meant to be the true spiritual successor to the original Mini, a car so …

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Lexus GS450h F-Sport road test

04/02/12

When Toyota’s Lexus luxury brand was launched all its established European rivals must have been quivering at the prospect. The …

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Where to build what?

31/01/12

News that Land Rover is considering building the new Defender in India has already been greeted with some fairly predictable …

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Jaguar XKR-S Convertible road test

30/01/12

It’s been a while since Jaguar’s XJ220 debacle, but those involved at the time will never forget it. In 1988 …

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Porsche 911 Carrera S road test

27/01/12

I wonder if there is a single motoring journalist who has visited the launch of three new Porsche 911s. It …

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Power versus pounds

24/01/12

A moment of idleness turned into an interesting experiment last week. Having succumbed some time ago to the somewhat dubious …

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The future of hybrid road cars

18/01/12

Just when you thought you’d mentally sorted your plug-in hybrids from your range extenders, your NiMh batteries from your lithium-ions, …

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The new Honda NSX is here

10/01/12

Seven years after ceasing production, Honda has not only publically committed to building a new NSX, it has this week …

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Where’s the future of Land Rover?

04/01/12

Like most industries, the car business awards itself a large holiday over Christmas and New Year. So every year I …

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Chrysler Delta 140SR

29/12/11

Over the years there have been many examples of car manufacturers producing ostensibly credible and capable cars only to torpedo …

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My 2012 wish list

27/12/11

Presuming this reaches you at or around the start of the New Year, can I just wish you happy motoring …

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Porsche Panamera diesel

26/12/11

A diesel-powered Panamera should define all that can go wrong with a Porsche: large, ugly and not even very fast, …

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Audi Q3

20/12/11

Another month and another Audi is launched. You’d think its relentless pursuit of sales and market share would compromise the …

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A reality check for Renault in the UK

20/12/11

Renault has announced it is taking a chainsaw to its UK operations, cutting back its dealer network by a third …

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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG roadster

19/12/11

Just occasionally a convertible comes along that proves better to drive than the coupé upon which it is based. In …

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A ride with Juha Kankkunen

13/12/11

Over the years I have learned for the most part not to turn into a gibbering idiot in the presence …

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Toyota sees the fun side

06/12/11

Sometimes it is not what is said but who is saying it that provides a statement with its true significance. …