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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: Volkswagen Sharan (2015)

For drivers of a certain age, owning a vehicle that can comfortably transport six hyperactive children high on sweets and cakes back home from a birthday...
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
James May Ferrari 488 GTB review

James May drives the 2015 Ferrari 488 GTB

The new £184,000 488 GTB is a clever and ruggedly handsome beast. And that could be annoying for James May, who has just ordered its £208,000 predecessor.
Published 10 June 2015
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First Drive review: Seat Ibiza (2015)

The launch of this revised Seat Ibiza is not about a stylish new look or a radical line-up of engines that will go easy on the planet and a driver's...
Published 09 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: Honda Civic Type R (2015)

If the simplest ideas are often the best ones, it’s little wonder the hot hatchback has caught on. Take the most popular type of car – the hatchback...
Published 02 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
First Drive review: 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

First Drive review: Porsche 911 GT3 RS (2015)

Slip on a pair of fireproof racing boots and reach for the leather driving gloves – the 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS is here.
Published 20 May 2015
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First Drive review: Mini Challenge 210 (2015)

For the past few years there’s been a one-make race series called the Mini Challenge, which, as you might guess, is for Minis
Published 18 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