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First drive review: Mini Cooper S Paceman (2012)

If copying really is the sincerest form of flattery, then the folks at Land Rover must be glowing with self-satisfaction.
Published 27 March 2014
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First drive review: Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.0T EcoBoost...

A SMASH hit in South America since 2003 but only now remixed for Europe, the Ford EcoSport is an example of a car type in which our age is coming...
Published 27 March 2014
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For school-run mums with a naughty streak

Andrew Frankel first drive review: Mini Clubman John Cooper Works (2012)
Published 27 March 2014
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First drive review: Ford Kuga (2013-on)

First drive review: Ford Kuga (2013-on)
Published 27 March 2014
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First drive review: 2014 Mercedes-Benz C-class

Mercedes reckons that being at the wheel of its new saloon is like flying business...
Published 25 March 2014
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First drive review: BMW M6 Gran Coupé (2013)

Giles Smith first drive review: BMW M6 Gran Coupé (2013)
Published 24 March 2014
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A threesome with added ecstasy

Giles Smith's first drive review: BMW 435i M Sport Convertible (2014)
Published 19 March 2014
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First drive review: Audi S3 cabriolet (2014)

GIVEN THAT we were on the launch of Audi's latest S3 cabriolet, being asked by my co-driver, rather timidly, if I thought we should put the roof down...
Published 18 March 2014
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First drive review: Aston Martin Vanquish Volante (2013-on)

There are few ways more likely to set alarm bells ringing in the head of a motoring journalist than for someone who’s driven a car to warn that...
Published 17 March 2014
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First drive review: Audi S3 (2013)

The new Audi S3: the car that should have it all, a one-stop shop for anyone who wanted universal talent from a car but didn’t want to pay the...
Published 14 March 2014
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First drive review: Alfa Romeo 4C (2013-on)

THE ALFA ROMEO 4C is the automotive equivalent of Black Sabbath’s latest album, a loud, thrilling and startling return to form for a 1970s institution...
Published 13 March 2014
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A charmer, yes. Little, no

First drive review: Mini Cooper hatchback (2014)
Published 12 March 2014