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The Clarkson review: Bentley Continental Supersport...


Blackpool out of season is not very nice. Everything’s shut, apart from a few forlorn amusement arcades that are populated only by a handful of...
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The Clarkson review: Fiat 500 TwinAir (2011)


I spent most of last week playing with the new McLaren MP4-12C and I must say that, in a technical, mathematical, commonsense, add-up-the-numbers...
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The Clarkson review: BMW 640d (2012)


After the recent and very sad deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan, questions were immediately asked about the worthiness of the Warrior...
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The Clarkson review: BMW X1 (2010)


Buying a book to read on holiday is very much like buying a car. There’s a huge and bewildering choice and you are torn about what it is, exactly...
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The Clarkson review: Citroën Berlingo Multispace (2012)


Eleven years ago I had the most brilliant idea for a new car-related television programme. It would be based in a hangar, it would be presented by...
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The Clarkson review: Audi Q3 2.0 TDI quattro SE S tronic...


It is extraordinary how often a room full of well-qualified adults can discuss a subject in their chosen field and arrive at a conclusion that’s...
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The Clarkson review: Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG (2012)


Ever since it minced into the marketplace 16 years ago, Mercedes’ little SLK has been the world’s only transgender car
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The Clarkson review: Jeep Wrangler (2012)


Recently Bristol crown court sentenced a bus driver to 17 months in prison after he was caught on CCTV deliberately ramming his vehicle into a cyclist
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The Clarkson review: Bentley Continental GT V8 (2012)


I’m in northern Sweden — really northern Sweden — slap bang in the middle of Europe’s last great wilderness. For 300 miles in any direction...
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The Clarkson review: BMW M5 (2012)


Once, I drove on a highway near Atlanta, in Georgia, that runs through a wood for about 16,000 miles. It is very boring
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The Clarkson review: Jeep Grand Cherokee (2011)


Last weekend AA Gill wrote about New York in such glowing terms that I wanted to drop what I was doing and go there immediately
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The Clarkson review: Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG coupé...


It seems that Prince Charles asked scientists to research alternative medicine to discover why acupuncture, holistic healing, eaves and sitting cross-legged...