Mercedes GLK350 (2008) review Price: £40,000 21 April 2008 by Georg Kacher It's been a long wait, but we've finally driven Mercedes' new junior off-roader, the GLK 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 ...
Peugeot 308 GT THP 175 (2008) review Price: £18,995 18 April 2008 by Ben Pulman The Peugeot 308 GT THP 175 is only a warm hatch, according to Peugeot. The pre-launch press conference was all about managing our expectations, telling us that the GT was meant to be dynamic but also... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Nissan Murano (2008) review Price: £32,000 15 April 2008 by Kyle Fortune Nissan’s Murano is an odd thing. Since late 2004 only around 1000 of them have made it to the UK each year, but for all its scarcity it was something you wouldn't forget when you did see one. A big... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Brabus Ultimate 112 (2008) driven review Price: £36,847 14 April 2008 by Dan Trent You’ll know Brabus as a manufacturer of bonkers horsepower mega Mercs. But the tuner is also the official in-house performance partner for Smart and has been turning its expertise to the diminutive... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 5 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 ...
Subaru Impreza 2.5 WRX STi Type UK (2008) review Price: £25,090 08 April 2008 by Ben Oliver New Imprezas seem to arrive with the frequency of buses. But this one really is new, and important. It’s the UK-specification STi, so for us it’s the benchmark new Impreza: it gets the 2457cc, 297bhp... 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 ...
BMW X6 XDrive 35d (2008) review Price: £44,145 05 April 2008 by Richard Aucock We’ve heard of niches, but come on – an SUV coupe? Sounds a bit roast beef with ice cream to us. But from June 2008, that’s what BMW has in store. The X6 is the latest addition to the maker’s SUV... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X GSR FQ-360 (2008) review Price: £37,999 01 April 2008 by Nick Trott So here it is: the full loony-tune(d) Evo X. We’ve wondered what this car would feel like since we drove the standard model late last year. The new Evo X is a fine car, but its chassis is almost... 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 ...
Renault Megane Coupe Concept (2008) review Price: £16,500 31 March 2008 by Ged Maxwell Even Renault people admit the current Megane is something of a Marmite car: you either love it or hate it. But that could be about to change as Renault reveals a replacement this autumn. Where does... 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 ...
Porsche Boxster RS 60 Spyder (2008) review Price: £45,400 27 March 2008 by Ben Barry Should Porsche dabble with special editions that raid its historical back catalogue? We've just driven the new Porsche Boxster RS 60 Spyder - the car that takes its name from the Porsche Type 718 RS... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Ford Ka and SportKa (2008) review Price: £7,095 19 March 2008 by Colin Overland The Ford Ka was one of the cars that started Ford's renaissance. So the Blue Oval's business problems shouldn’t distract attention from the fact that most of Ford's current European product line-up is... 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 ...
Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS concept (2008) review Price: £150,000 19 March 2008 by Nick Trott Aston Martin's V12 Vantage RS. Big engine, little car. It’s a concept many of the great performance cars have employed. Take a powerful engine from your biggest car and stuff it into your smallest car... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Lotus Low CO2 test car (2008): first ride review 18 March 2008 by Ben Pulman Lotus is a name you associate with sports cars from Norfolk. And in our eco-conscious times the light weight of the Elise et al makes Hethel's cars an increasingly environmentally friendly proposition... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 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 ...
Mercedes SL63 AMG (2008) review Price: £94,000 09 March 2008 by Chris Chilton Mercedes’ SL gets a new face for 2008 but there’s far more to the SL63 AMG than simple cosmetic surgery. As the name suggests, the big Benz sports car finally adopts the naturally aspirated V8 that’s... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Corvette C6 (2008) review Price: £45,995 27 February 2008 by Glen Waddington GM sees the Corvette as a genuine Porsche 911 rival, so much so that it claims to have benchmarked this lightly revised version of the sixth-generation car directly against it. The 911. Yes, you read... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Chevrolet Aveo 1.2 (2008) review Price: £7,500 26 February 2008 by Glen Waddington The Chevrolet Aveo might sound like a new model, and even looks like it at first glance. But the Aveo is really a facelifted Kalos, and the name is taken from the booted saloon version that was sold... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...
Vauxhall Agila 1.2 (2008) review Price: £9,595 22 February 2008 by Glen Waddington Gone is the felled phonebox look of the old Agila. Here is the newest, smallest member of Vauxhall’s ‘monocab’ family, slotting below the Meriva and Zafira and offering a budget-conscious,... 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 A3 Cabriolet 2.0T Sport (2008) review Price: £25,500 19 February 2008 by the CAR road test team The A3 has been with us since 1996, while the second-generation model arrived back in 2003. Yet this is the first time a cabriolet has been offered, and it’s incredibly late in the model cycle. The... 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 ...
Aston Martin V8 Vantage N400 (2008) review Price: £94,000 19 February 2008 by Tim Pollard It’s a sign of the times at Gaydon that Aston Martin has produced three new models since it walked away from Ford ownership in 2007. Sounds impressive until you realise that all of them are special... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...