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It's a baby Golf. It does everything you expect from that idea, and no more

Road Test: Volkswagen Polo

Car of the year? You must be joking. A flawed voting system means the prestigious title has gone to the wrong vehicle, yet again

Inside Road Tests

Chevrolet Spark: attractive to younger more style conscious drivers

Chevrolet Spark

Friday, 4 December 2009

The new Chevrolet Spark is an important new model for General Motors – but not as important as it might have been. Until October this year, GM had planned to sell its European Opel and Vauxhall operations in order to shore up its precarious financial position.

Volvo S80 DRIVe: big car with a small engine - a well worked combination

Volvo S80 DRIVe

Monday, 30 November 2009

Big car, small engine. From a technical point of view, it's an idea whose time has come. The manufacturers have been wringing more and more power and torque out of their engines for years now.

'An astonishing surge of energy hurls the 911 into the distance as your innards wrap themselves around your vertebrae'

Porsche 911

Sunday, 29 November 2009

It costs £100,000 but 'launch control' will take you to 60mph in a few seconds. John Simister drives a supercar that's also available in green

There is a whole area of the Mercedes tradition connected with estate cars that the company's engineers and designers have had to digest and reinterpret in order to produce this new model.

Mercedes E 200 CGI Estate

Saturday, 28 November 2009

Mercedes' new E-Class estate follows the pattern set by the saloon model launched earlier this year; solid technical advances combined with a reassuring nod to the traditional Mercedes values many thought had been lost as the company chased sales outside its established markets.

A 'ball meter' on the Clarity's instrument panel shows how economical you are being with the compressed hydrogen fuel

Honda FCX Clarity

Sunday, 22 November 2009

The Honda FCX Clarity is the first electric car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell that can hold its own on the open road

The Yeti's ride comfort is very impressive and its on-road performance is pretty car-like too, easily holding its own with that of other so-called soft-roaders such as the Nissan Qashqai, which is probably its main rival.

Skoda Yeti Elegance

Saturday, 21 November 2009

The new Skoda Yeti. It's not remotely abominable and it's certainly not made of snow. Nor does it have a big footprint – whether you're talking about the carbon variety or the amount of space it takes up on the road.

Chevrolet Matiz 1.0SE

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

The Chevrolet Matiz has been around in one form or another for over ten years now. It used to be a Daewoo but since that company's Korean car-making activities were taken over by General Motors in 2002, it has been badged as a Chevy in the UK.

Renaultsport Mégane 250

Sunday, 15 November 2009

Twice the car, but half the fun: the Renaultsport Mégane 250 comes in two versions – neither of which is quite as good as the R26 they are designed to replace

All in the mind: There's never been less difference between 'premimum' and mainstream

BMW XI

Sunday, 8 November 2009

It's a BMW, but where's all the joy they promised? The new X1 doesn't live up to the advertising slogan

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Lexus LFA

Sunday, 1 November 2009

This £340,000 supercar is built for the race track. But there is method in the Lexus madness

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