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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
BMW M235i

Mmm… 2 much fun in this pint-sized coupé

DON'T BE fooled by the M badge on this new 2-series; the model is not a proper performance car, it is a member of the newly created M Performance...
Published 18 April 2014
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First drive review: Volkswagen Golf R (2014)

Still, what could be more fun than tearing round one of the coldest places on Earth in the hottest Golf to date?
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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First drive review: McLaren 650S (2014)

McLaren has borrowed many elements from the 12C for its new supercar but mercifully the tame driving experience isn’t one of them
Published 08 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