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The Clarkson Review: 2017 Volvo V90 estate

The Clarkson Review: 2017 Volvo V90 estate

According to my television colleague James May, buying a Volvo is like going to the dentist’s. It’s something you have to do one day, so...
Published 27 February 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2017 Honda NSX

The Clarkson Review: 2017 Honda NSX

Back in the days when you could walk from Calais to Dover and wattle was a popular building material, Honda decided it would like to build...
Published 13 February 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Audi RS 7

The Clarkson Review: Audi RS 7

EVEN IF you are in a very good mood, and you are wearing a pair of rose-tinted spectacles, you have to accept that the original Audi quattro was
Published 31 January 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Mercedes-Benz E-class estate

The Clarkson Review: Mercedes E-class estate

If you are an old person you will remember that in the 1970s mid-sized Mercedes-Benz saloons and estates were wilfully sensible...
Published 10 January 2017
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Aston Martin DB11

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Aston Martin DB11

People like Aston Martins. And what’s more, people like people who drive them. They’re seen as cool and intelligent and refined...
Published 19 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Civic Type R

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Civic Type R

In one of the Grand Tour television programmes I have a bit of a rant, saying that the world’s car makers have shifted into neutral...
Published 13 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Jazz

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Honda Jazz

Once, Honda attempted “the impossible dream” with its slightly weird, slightly fabulous cars. The new Jazz, however, is a nightmare
Published 05 December 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed

The Clarkson Review: Bentley Mulsanne Speed

People who live near a busy road often moan about traffic noise, and they have my sympathy. I’d rather listen to a wounded hare than a motorway..
Published 25 November 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2017 Audi SQ7

The Clarkson Review: 2017 Audi SQ7

James May has decided he doesn’t like Audis. I recently had to transport him in the back of the new SQ7 and he chuntered away constantly like...
Published 15 November 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport Edition 40

The Clarkson Review: VW Golf GTI Clubsport

My television colleagues and I had to visit Whitby recently, which meant there was a debate in the office about how we’d get to North Yorkshire...
Published 08 November 2016
The Clarkson Review: 2016 Citroën Grand C4 Picasso

The Clarkson Review: 2016 Citroën Grand C4 Picasso

I had a bit of a discussion the other day about when men grow up. A friend explained that when he used to work in a clothes shop he would...
Published 24 October 2016

The Clarkson Review: Audi S8

I’m writing this on a six-year-old laptop. It has been around the world umpteen times and is used to churn out five or six thousand words a week.
Published 10 October 2016