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First drive review: Mini Clubman (2015)

The last Mini Clubman was a self-conscious, wannabe hipster that tried too hard to be different. Unlike a VW Golf or Ford Focus, it had a solitary...
Published 24 September 2015
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First Drive review: BMW X1 (2015)

When the original X1 was launched, in 2009, BMW had an ugly duckling on its hands. A mishmash of hatchback and SUV, the car looked so gawky that mums…
Published 24 September 2015
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First Drive review: Audi A4 (2015)

Strange to think, but there was a time before the Audi A4. Just imagine: a time when the world had yet to know the complex pleasures
Published 21 September 2015
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Ford Galaxy Mk 3 review (2015)

There comes a moment for every family when a line must be drawn in the sand; the squabbling can go on no longer: it’s time to buy a bigger car.
Published 17 September 2015
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Guy Martin reviews Ford Transit L2 H2 (2015)

After a 140mph crash in the Ulster Grand Prix superbike race, it's good to be back at the wheel of a trusty old warhorse...
Published 15 September 2015
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First Drive review: Mazda MX-5 2.0 SE-L (2015)

They say you never forget the first sports car you drive, and I remember mine clearly
Published 14 September 2015
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Dom Joly drives 2015 Honda Civic Type R

My first motorised vehicle was a Honda Camino 49cc moped, which I painted a rather racy bright pink
Published 07 September 2015
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First Drive review: 2015 BMW 3-series (facelift)

The BMW 3-series is 40 years old. Incredible to think that the world’s most trusty sports saloon...
Published 07 September 2015
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BMW 2-series Gran Tourer review (2015)

People carriers are a bit like the family kitchen. Generally, they lead a tough life, get knocked about, could do with a good clean and have such...
Published 04 September 2015
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First Drive review: Skoda Octavia vRS 230 (2015)

I was never much good at differential calculus when I was at school. Had I been, maybe I would have been an engineer rather than a journalist...
Published 03 September 2015
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Paul Hollywood reviews the Lamborghini Aventador LP...

You may ask what I am doing on Jeremy Clarkson’s pages. I’m a TV presenter and baker, you may say, more used to talking about sponge cakes than...
Published 01 September 2015
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First Drive review: Caterham Seven 270 R

It must be 16 years since I last drove a Caterham Seven. I have a photograph from that time
Published 24 August 2015