Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X FQ-400 (2009) review Price: £49,999 05 June 2009 by Ben Barry We drive the baddest Evo X yet: the crazy new FQ400 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 ...
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? Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Sharan Bluemotion (2009) / Seat Alhambra Ecomotive (2009) review Price: £21,243 01 January 2009 by Stephen Worthy Over ten years after their introduction Sharan and Alhambra finally get eco tweaks Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...
Volvo S40 1.6 DRIVe (2009) review Price: £16,895 12 December 2008 by Jed Maxwell Swede's entire eco DRIVe range driven: clean, green Volvos Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Mercedes C180K BlueEfficiency (2008) review Price: £22,858 08 December 2008 by Ben Whitworth We drive the eco C-class that wears sandals and beard Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
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... 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 ...
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,... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
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,... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
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,... 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 ...
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... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
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... 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 ...
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... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
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 –... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
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... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
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... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
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... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
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... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
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,... 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 ...
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... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 1 out of 5 Read more ...
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... 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 ...