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First Drive review: Audi RS 3 Sportback (2015)

With the Audi RS 3 Sportback it’s all about the numbers, so take a moment to marvel at the accompanying specifications box
Published 10 August 2015
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First Drive review: Toyota Auris (2015)

The only problem I’ve really had with the Toyota Auris is mild confusion over the name. What exactly is an auris?
Published 03 August 2015
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First Drive review: Honda Jazz (2015)

The exterior may not immediately inspire amorous feelings but Honda’s bestseller is apparently the ultimate passion wagon.
Published 28 July 2015
2015 Fiat 500 Pop review

First Drive review: Fiat 500 1.2 Pop

Sometimes you've just got to be brave. Sometimes you’ve got to be prepared to set aside
Published 22 July 2015
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First Drive review: Bentley Mulsanne Speed (2015)

Even royalty might find it hard to resist taking the wheel of a fully kitted-out luxury saloon with breathtaking acceleration. Just be careful in...
Published 14 July 2015
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First Drive review: Mercedes-Benz GLE (2015)

Mercedes’ revamped and renamed school-run monster is packed with driver ‘assists’, including one that apparently predicts crosswinds
Published 06 July 2015
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First Drive review: SsangYong Tivoli (2015)

It’s true cars have improved a lot, but a cheap Korean crossover? Well, Giles Smith is pushed to find a thing wrong with this one
Published 22 June 2015
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First Drive review: DS 5 (2015)

Paris in the springtime and in the Jardin des Tuileries, in the biggest marquee this side of Kim Kardashian’s wedding
Published 15 June 2015
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First Drive review: Renault Kadjar (2015)

The Kadjar purports to be a socially acceptable crossover but is so beefy and capable it is more like a road-monstering SUV.
Published 08 June 2015
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First Drive review: Ford Focus ST (2015)

I am spending quite a lot of time at the moment driving schoolchildren to exams: A-levels, AS-levels, GCSEs — you name it
Published 01 June 2015
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First Drive review: Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4...

Slighty tired of your 2011 Lamborghini Aventador? Feeling that its 690bhp engine doesn’t quite cut the mustard for you the way it used to?
Published 26 May 2015
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First Drive review: Suzuki Vitara (2015)

‘Is that a Range Rover?” “No, it’s a Suzuki Vitara,” I replied, doing my absolute best not to sound withering
Published 11 May 2015