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  • Mazda 6 2.2D (2009) CAR review

    Mazda 6 2.2D (2009) review

    Price:  £15,869

    06 April 2009 by Stephen Worthy

    Can Mazda's new 2.2 diesel cut it with just 123bhp?

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  • Mazda 6 2.2D Sport (2008) review

    11 November 2008 by Ben Pulman

    The new Mazda 6 diesel is bucking the current trend for downsizing. When every other manufacturer seems intent on reducing engine displacement through turbocharging, Mazda has replaced its 2.0-litre...

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  • Seat Exeo (2009) review

    Price:  £17,000

    04 November 2008 by Julian Kirk

    Has the Large Hadron Collider finally done its thing? Have I entered a time warp and gone back in time seven years? The reason I ask is that I’m driving what purports to be a new car but is, in fact,...

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  • Audi S4 saloon (2008) review

    Price:  £36,000

    21 October 2008 by Georg Kacher

    The new Audi S4 is either Ingolstadt’s idea of a bad joke or a stroke of genius. If you follow the former line of thought, then you’re from the camp that thinks the economy has jumped off a cliff,...

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  • Mercedes C250 CDI Prime Edtion (2008) review

    Price:  £32,000

    15 October 2008 by CJ Hubbard

    We've just driven Mercedes-Benz's important new eco-specialist C-class: the – take a deep breath – C250 CDI Blue Efficiency Prime Edition. Putting the Transformers jokes to one side for a second,...

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  • Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTI (2008) CAR review and video

    01 October 2008 by Anthony ffrench-Constant

    The segment in which Vauxhall’s new Insignia must compete may be shrinking, but it still constitutes a handsome ten percent of the total market. Clearly, GM sees this as justification to throw the...

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  • Mercedes C63 AMG Performance Package (2008) CAR review

    Mercedes C63 AMG Performance Package (2008) review

    Price:  £54,645

    24 September 2008 by Ben Barry

    The Mercedes C63 AMG Performance Package costs £3210 and promises to turn the four-door saloon from Affalterbach into an M3 beater. For your money you get uprated brakes and suspension, a limited slip...

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  • Vauxhall VXR8 facelift (2008) review

    Price:  £35,695

    17 September 2008 by Ben Barry

    It might have only been launched a year ago, but the Australian-built Vauxhall VXR8 has already been upgraded. The big news is the new LS3 engine. Seems the 6.0-litre V8 LS2 was a bit weedy at 411bhp...

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  • BMW 335i facelift (2008) review

    Price:  £33,660

    16 September 2008 by Glen Waddington

    If you’ve already read what we’ve written about the revised 330d, you’ll know about the changes BMW has wrought on the 3-series. It looks a bit sharper, has a bit more presence, some new tech –...

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  • BMW 330d (2008) facelift review

    Price:  £30,930

    02 September 2008 by Glen Waddington

    Since the current BMW 3-series was introduced it’s faced new competition from the Mercedes C-class and the Audi A4. BMW is fighting back with a revised version that benefits from refreshed looks and a...

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  • Audi A4 2.0 TDI SE (2008) review

    Price:  £23,600

    09 July 2008 by Glen Waddington

    If you want an Audi A4 2.0 TDI there’s no way I’m going to be able to talk you into buying a Ford Mondeo, even though it’s cheaper and much more engaging to drive. If you want an Audi, you’re set on...

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  • Peugeot 407 1.6 HDI (2008) review

    07 July 2008 by Richard Aucock

    Peugeot doesn’t really do facelifts. Look at any model over the years, and there is rarely any mid-life new radicalism. But even by these standards, the ‘new’ 407 is hard to spot. New bumpers include...

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  • Jaguar X-type 2.2D (2008) review

    Price:  £23,950

    01 July 2008 by Richard Aucock

    The X-type isn’t dead. It’s been given another facelift. Should we care? Well, while it can’t hold a candle to a 3-series or A4, it is now becoming the car it always should’ve been. This latest...

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  • Citroen C5 Tourer 2.2 HDi Exclusive (2008) review

    Price:  £22,495

    30 June 2008 by Keith Adams

    The Citroen C5 has certainly attracted its fair share of attention recently thanks to that annoying advertising campaign. However, despite marketing that’s brimming with premium Teutonic rhetoric,...

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  • Ssangyong Rodius 270 S (2008) review

    Price:  £14,995

    12 June 2008 by Richard Aucock

    The Rodius is a well established winner... In ugly car awards, that is. So let’s look at the method in the madness, instead. Yes, it’s huge – stretching to over five metres in length – and that yields...

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  • Volvo S40 2.0D SE Powershift (2008) review

    Price:  £20,570

    10 June 2008 by Colin Overland

    Volvo has joined the twin-clutch brigade with the arrival of this, the S40 2.0D with the Powershift transmission option. Powershift is Ford and Volvo’s take on the DSG idea that came to the fore with...

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