CAR Reviews - executive

Reviews and first drives from the expert road testers at CAR magazine UK. Use our search filters to refine your selection.

Want to know how we come up with our trusted verdicts? Read how we test here.

Search CAR Reviews
{{totalResults | number}}
Loading...
to
Clear all filters
Update results
Please wait... No matching results found
Please wait...

Search car reviews
Click Update Results to view the reviews that match your search.
  • Jaguar XFR (2009) CAR first drive

    Jaguar XFR (2009) review

    Price:  £59,900

    16 February 2009 by Chris Chilton

    We try out Jag’s new 503bhp supercharged XFR super saloon

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • BMW 530d/520d (2009) CAR review

    BMW 530d/520d (2009) review

    Price:  £38,160

    27 January 2009 by Ben Pulman

    Can the 5-series still cut it against new E-class, XF?

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Audi A6 2.0 TDIe (2008) review

    Price:  £24,800

    29 September 2008 by Glen Waddington

    There’s an all-important headline figure for the new Audi A6 2.0TDIe, and it’s not 53.3mpg – however impressive that may be. No, of greater importance is its carbon emission figure of 139g/km,...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Audi RS6 saloon (2008) review

    Price:  £76,160

    22 September 2008 by Glen Waddington

    It’s a car of broad abilities, the Audi A6. An eco-friendly 2.0TDIe tax-buster at one end, some slick and savvy V6s in the middle – then this utterly bonkers RS6 road-burner at the other end of the...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Audi A6 3.0T facelift (2008) review

    Price:  £37,440

    19 September 2008 by Glen Waddington

    With an almost invisible change here and there, the Audi A6 joins the Golf and 3-series as the latest barely perceptible facelifts of best-selling German cars. Okay, I know, the Golf shares only roof...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Cadillac CTS-V (2008) review

    Price:  £47,000

    12 September 2008 by Georg Kacher

    The Cadillac CTS-V is a super saloon to make BMW M5 drivers feel inadequate. And with a huge 6.2-litre V8 it has the cubic capacity and cylinder count to match the Mercedes AMG trio of C, E and CLS...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Cadillac CTS 2.8 V6 (2009) review

    Price:  £26,995

    11 August 2008 by Peter Burgess

    In the United States the Cadillac CTS has become one of GM’s minor success stories. Cadillac builds 240,000 cars a year and the CTS, its 5-series saloon, has become a core part of the range. Now the...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • BMW M5 (2008) review

    Price:  £65,890

    29 July 2008 by Ben Barry

    The E60 BMW M5 is the fourth-generation M5 and, at £65,890, the third-most expensive car in the M-Division range – sitting below  the M6 Coupe/Convertible but above the M3 Coupe/Saloon/Convertible and...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Maserati Quattroporte S (2009) CAR review and video

    Price:  £85,000

    10 July 2008 by Kyle Fortune

    Maserati's been busy; only a few months after it launched the Granturismo S, it’s now given us a revised and facelifted Quattroporte. Always one of the best-looking four-door cars around, sensibly...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Mercedes CLS63 AMG (2008): review

    Price:  £75,050

    18 June 2008 by Christopher Hubbard

    This is the top 'banana' – the Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG with 507bhp and 465lb ft of torque. Mildly revised along with the rest of the CLS range, the CLS63 gets a new set of so-called silencers, and the...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Brabus Bullit (2008) review

    Price:  £277,000

    06 June 2008 by Georg Kacher

    The Brabus Bullit is for those people who look at fast German saloons and just see underpowered four-doors. If you want the Bullit, you’re the sort of person who reckons the Mercedes C63 AMG is...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Chrysler 300C CRD SRT Design (2008) driven review

    Price:  £32,505

    12 May 2008 by Keith Adams

    The Chrysler 300C has won more than its fair share of admirers since it exploded into view in 2005. It seems that those with a taste for the alternative have bought into the bad-boy American bruiser.

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Mercedes CLS320 CDI facelift (2008) review

    Price:  £46,255

    24 April 2008 by Chris Chilton

    It’s facelift time for Merc’s banana-shaped CLS, a coupe/saloon crossover based on the dull old E-class. It hasn’t been around for long so there are no big changes for this mid-life refresh, just...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Mercedes E300 Bluetec (2008) by Brabus review

    Price:  £40,000

    16 April 2008 by Dan Trent

    You know the green bandwagon has gathered momentum when a horsepower hungry tuner like Brabus turns its attention to eco-friendly models like the Mercedes E300 Bluetec. Coming from a company better...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • VW Passat CC (2008) review

    Price:  £21,000

    11 April 2008 by Anthony ffrench-Constant

    No, the VW Passat CC isn't a folding tin-top elder bother for the Eos... Nomenclature connotations of Coupe/Cabriolet are entirely misleading. CC first stood for Concept Coupe when the show car was...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Jaguar XF (2008) reader test drive

    Price:  £33,890

    26 March 2008 by Andrew Edwards

    CAR Online reader Andrew Edwards won a place on the international launch of the Jaguar XF in our exclusive competition last autumn. See what he made of the new executive cat in his first drive report...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Vauxhall VXR8 Carbon (2008) review

    Price:  £47,500

    17 March 2008 by Jonny Smith

    For when (if?) a 530bhp supercharged Vauxhall VXR8 isn’t enough, UK V8 gurus Wortec bring you this 600+ bhp 600 lb ft monster; the Carbon Edition. Let the tyre torture begin… This VXR8 Carbon Edition...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Jaguar XF 2.7 D Prem Lux (2008) review

    Price:  £37,500

    18 January 2008 by Ben Pulman

    Jaguar's XF 4.0-litre supercharged SV8 is a great car, but along with the naturally aspirated V8 it’ll only account for 5 percent of sales. But the 2.7-litre diesel will mop up a whopping 70 percent...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5
    Read more ...
  • Jaguar XF SV8 (2007) review

    Price:  £54,900

    14 December 2007 by the CAR road test team

    Today we reveal our first driving impressions of Jaguar’s replacement for the S-type and its answer to BMW’s big selling 5-series. Roomier, better built and better equipped than before it also...

    Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood
    Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5
    Read more ...
Load more