Audi Q7 V12 TDI (2008) review Price: £96,295 18 September 2008 by Glen Waddington There are big numbers at play with the Audi Q7 V12 TDI. Try these for size: 2635kg (big SUV), V12 (the first 12-cylinder diesel engine yet fitted to a passenger vehicle), 493bhp (it’s the most... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 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 ...
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 ...
Corvette ZR1 (2008) review Price: £108,000 11 September 2008 by Georg Kacher The new Corvette ZR1 is the world’s quickest and rawest sports car – only mad supercars and insane track cars can best it. This is a bright yellow bullet, with 638bhp (making it the most powerful... 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 ...
Artega GT (2008) review Price: £60,000 09 September 2008 by Georg Kacher The new Artega GT is a Porsche Cayman S rival at 911 money from a brand new German manufacturer. Delusions of grandeur? Perhaps not, because the chief advisor to the project is Karlheinz Kalbfell, an... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Golf 1.4 TSI (2009) review Price: £14,500 08 September 2008 by Georg Kacher This is the first drive of VW’s new-but-same-again Mk6 Golf, a car brought forward from 2010 to 2008 to counteract slow sales and a costly and lengthy build process. But with only mildly revised looks... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Proton Gen-2 1.6 Ecologic (2008) review Price: £10,995 03 September 2008 by Matthew Proud Want to swap cheap thrills for cheap fuel? The Gen-2 Ecologic combines petrol power and low-cost LPG to force hard-up drivers to pay the Malaysian saloon a little more attention. Proton barely... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 1 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Toyota iQ 1.0 (2009) review Price: £10,000 02 September 2008 by Phil McNamara The new Toyota iQ is a landmark car: the world's soon-to-be-biggest car maker has gone and made the world's smallest four-seater. You see, the iQ packs two rows of pews into a tiny slip of a... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Honda Jazz 1.4 ES i-SHIFT (2008) review Price: £12,290 02 September 2008 by Ben Pulman The arrival of a new Honda Jazz means an old folks' favourite is back. Bigger inside and more versatile than any other rival, the outgoing Jazz was a runaway success with retired types. The new car is... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Nissan Murano (2009 European version) review Price: £33,000 01 September 2008 by Anthony ffrench-Constant A new Nissan Murano? I can barely remember the old one… That’s probably because, despite selling over 241,000 units in America since its launch in 2004, the poor Murano managed barely 55,000 sales... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...
Renault Twingo Renaultsport 133 (2008) review Price: £11,550 29 August 2008 by Chris Chilton Renault has just unleashed the Twingo Renaultsport. It's the £11,500 little brother to the Clio 197, so it's a bargain, but is it any good? A new-to-the-range 1.6-litre engine provides decent grunt,... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
MG TF LE500 (2008) review Price: £16,399 29 August 2008 by Guy Bird You can buy a British-made MG again. The TF LE500 – a heavily re-worked special edition of the well-loved original sportscar – is now rolling off Longbridge’s production lines for £16,399, packed with... 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 ...
Nissan Qashqai+2 2.0 (2008) review Price: £17,199 28 August 2008 by David Motton Don't let Nissan catch you calling the new Qashqai+2 an MPV. Like its jacked-up hatchback little brother, this is one of Nissan’s growing family of ‘crossover’ vehicles – mainstream cars with a pinch... 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 ...
Volvo XC90 D5 R- Design Geartronic (2008) review Price: £39,045 18 August 2008 by Peter Burgess My word, how excited we all were back in 2002 when Volvo launched its first SUV, the XC90. The initial production sold out almost on the spot, or so the message was from Volvo. Certainly there were... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Volvo S80 2.0 SE (2008) review Price: £23,495 18 August 2008 by Peter Burgess The Volvo S80. There’s a name to conjure with, to roll around your tongue and to savour the depths like a complex Bordeaux. Who are we kidding? The S80 is one of that small clique of large cars that... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Mercedes SLK55 AMG (2008) review Price: £51,975 14 August 2008 by Ben Whitworth We like the Mercedes SLK. Since the original was launched back in 1997 its unique combination of premium image, four-season versatility from its folding metal roof and sheer feel-good factor has... 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 ...
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 ...
Porsche Carrera GT (2008) review Price: £330,000 04 August 2008 by Ben Whitworth The Porsche Carrera GT is – or was – arguably the world’s best-selling supercar. Initially Porsche planned to manufacture 1500 of the mid-engined targa-topped two-seaters, but the Leipzig production... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Fiat Grande Punto Abarth Esseesse (2008) review Price: £17,000 01 August 2008 by Tim Pollard We've just driven Fiat's new Grande Punto Abarth pocket rocket on UK soil – and back to back with the Mini Cooper S – for CAR's definitive verdict. Has Fiat given the Abarth badge enough credibilitly... 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 ...