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First Drive review: 2017 Citroën C3 Touch PureTech 82

First Drive review: 2017 Citroën C3

Published 06 December 2016
By Giles Smith
A video camera with a car attached captures Giles Smith’s attention...
First Drive review: 2016 Fiat Tipo Hatchback

First Drive review: 2016 Fiat Tipo Hatchback

Given the spectacularly powerful grip that the Fiat 500 has on our imaginations and on our roads — and given how there are certain parts of...
Published 22 November 2016
Tesla Model S 60D review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Tesla Model S 60D

It was while I was Autopiloting up the M4, just west of Heathrow, that the conclusion became inescapable. The Tesla Model S 60D is...
Published 08 November 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Seat Ateca

First Drive review: 2016 Seat Ateca

In an ideal world, a Seat is a maverick’s VW. It’s the place where the coldly calculated products
Published 05 October 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Volvo S90 executive saloon

First Drive review: Volvo S90

We didn't have long with Volvo’s new range-crowning battleship
Published 20 September 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Mercedes C-class cabriolet

First Drive review: Mercedes C-class cabriolet

The reviews are in for Mercedes’ new C-class cabriolet, and the critics are unanimous. The ones I’ve come across are, anyway. “Nice car,”
Published 06 September 2016
First Drive review: 2016 MG GS crossover

First Drive review: 2016 MG GS

Time and again, life has dealt MG blows that would have felled a lesser mortal. And every time this honoured British institution has got up again
Published 30 August 2016
First Drive Review: 2016 Abarth 695 Biposto Record

First Drive review: 2016 Abarth 695 Biposto Record

At some point we’re all going to have to gasp in unison at the price of this car, but perhaps we’ll do that at the end of the article ...
Published 09 August 2016
Mini Convertible John Cooper Works review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Mini John Cooper Works convertible

These pages have already hymned the latest generation of the popular Mini convertible, celebrating its admittedly quite pricy comforts...
Published 25 July 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Jaguar F-type SVR

First Drive review: 2016 Jaguar F-type SVR

Jaguar’s F-type was given the tough gig of following the E-type, the 1960s two-seater generally regarded as a timeless classic...
Published 12 July 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Volvo V90 estate

First Drive review: Volvo V90

How do you know you’re getting old? Going upstairs and then not remembering why you did? Or going upstairs in the fully conscious knowledge that...
Published 29 June 2016
First Drive review: 2016 Audi A3 Sportback

First Drive review: 2016 Audi A3 Sportback

For 20 years the Audi A3 has been offering the executive pleasures associated with the brand — including quiet but unignorable status enhancement...
Published 13 June 2016
2016 Ford Edge review by Giles Smith for Sunday Times

First Drive review: 2016 Ford Edge

What’s edgy about the Ford Edge? In some ways, "Ford Throwback" would be more like it. This is a European version of a car that Americans have...
Published 20 May 2016