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Mercedes-Benz B-Class Full Road Test Report

B170 BlueEfficiency Sport - When it comes to building greener cars, everyone’s at it. Even premium carmakers like Mercedes-Benz are jumping on the bandwagon, with the launch of its Blue Efficiency range of cars. However, unlike ... read more

SEAT Exeo Full Road Test Report

2.0 TDI CR 143 PS SE - Fellow VW Group manufacturer Audi provided a sound base for the latest Spanish model, enabling SEAT to take its first steps into the family car market. It’s feasible however that buying a second-hand ... read more

Jaguar XK Coupe Full Road Test Report

5.0 litre - The XK is the Big Cat’s throw of the dice in the competitive world of the two (plus two)-seat coupes, and it is up against some very stiff competition with the likes of the Audi R8, Maserati GranTuris... read more

Nissan Qashqai+2 Full Road Test Report

1.5dCi n-tec - Like VW’s Touareg, the Qashqai is named after desert-dwelling nomadic tribe, but unlike the Saharan Touaregs, the Qashqais hail from South Western Iran. What you may not know is that the new Qashqai n... read more

Peugeot 107 Full Road Test Report

1.0 Verve - Funky design and frugal use of fuel make the 107 the ideal car for the young, newly qualified driver. Budget should not prove a problem with a starting £7,795, the 107 also offers low insurance groupi... read more

Renault Megane Sport Tourer Full Road Test Report

dCi 160 - The last “Shaking Your Ass” Renault Megane was something of a Marmite car – you either loved it or hated it. The latest generation looks more conventional, with a conservative-looking saloon and styli... read more

Citroen C1 Full Road Test Report

evie - There’s a lot of scepticism about electric cars, not helped by the fact that the most commonplace model in the UK is the GoinGreen G-Wiz – which is less an electric car, more of a quadricylcing accide... read more

Renault Scenic Full Road Test Report

1.5 dCi - Renault’s Megane-based Scenic compact MPV is popular in the mid-sized C segment (which includes cars such as the Focus, Astra, Golf, etc). In that part of the market, MPVs constitute 30% of sales acro... read more

Toyota Prius Full Road Test Report

T Spirit 2009 - The world’s first mass market hybrid car first went on sale in Europe in 2000. Three years later came the second-generation Prius, and 2009 sees the arrival of the third. During that time power has ri... read more

Mazda 5 Full Road Test Report

2.0d Sport Luxury - Do you have a large family but still hanker after a little bit of the ‘zoom-zoom’ philosophy? The second generation Mazda 5 Sport has athletic good looks and enough room for six (seven at a push) with... read more

Jaguar XFR Full Road Test Report

5.0litre supercharged - What do you get when you take the award winning Jaguar XF and then add a 5.0litre supercharged petrol engine? Yes, of course it’s the brand new Jaguar XFR and its gunning for the title of top cat in t... read more

Jaguar XF Full Road Test Report

3.0 litre diesel S - Weighed down with a multitude of fully deserved awards the executive-sized Jaguar XF range has been revised for its 2010MY; out goes the 2.7 litre diesel and 4.2 litre petrol engines replaced with two... read more

Suzuki Alto Full Road Test Report

SZ4 - One of the greenest petrol cars available on the market, the Alto is the epitome of the budget-level city car. Ideally suited to small families or commuters, the Alto offers its nearest competitors so... read more

Mini One Full Road Test Report

Clubman - Mini has chosen a good time to launch the latest member of its model range, the One Clubman. The new entry-level estate enters the market just as the iconic little city car celebrates its 50th birthda... read more

Land Rover Range Rover Sport Full Road Test Report

TDV8 HSE - Since its debut in 2005, Land Rover’s most performance-oriented vehicle yet – dubbed a ‘sports tourer’ by the company – had been in consistently high demand, at least until the global recession. With ... read more

Hyundai i20 Full Road Test Report

1.4 75PS CRDi Comfort 3dr - Following on from its predecessor the Getz, Hyundai’s new i20 supermini was designed in Germany ‘to meet the high expectations of European drivers’. That’s fine, but can the i20 match the standards de... read more

Renault Megane Coupe Full Road Test Report

1.9dCi 130 Dynamique - 2009 - Renault’s trusty Mégane has been around in various incarnations since the mid ‘90s, with the current New Mégane range, Coupé included, introduced to the world at the ’08 Paris Motor Show. There’s no d... read more

Saab 9-3 SportWagon Full Road Test Report

2.0T XWD - The first word that pops into the head when thinking about the Saab 9-3 SportWagon is “Stalwart” – it feels like its been around for a long, long time, and aesthetically things haven’t changed that mu... read more

BMW Z4 Roadster Full Road Test Report

sDrive 23i - BMW’s Z4 continues the German carmaker’s tradition for long-nosed, rear-drive roadsters, a tradition that evokes the classic 507 from the 1950s, revived more recently with the Z1, Z3 and Z8. The Z4 ca... read more

Audi A5 Cabriolet Full Road Test Report

- Audi’s A5 coupe was launched in 2007 to take on the likes of the BMW 3-Series Coupe and Mercedes-Benz CLK. It received mixed reactions from the reviewers but these don’t seem to have influenced car bu... read more

Porsche Cayman Full Road Test Report

2.9-litre - The Cayman fits neatly between the Boxster and the 911 in Porsche’s model range, or it would do if it weren’t for the more powerful and slightly more expensive Boxster S. So where does that leave the ... read more

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Full Road Test Report

E350 CDI Sport - Following hotly on the heels of the all-new Mercedes E-Class saloon comes the similarly all-new E-Class Coupe. Faithful to Mercedes’ B-pillarless design, this mid-sized, two-door Merc is for reasonabl... read more

Nissan 370Z Full Road Test Report

7-speed auto GT Ultimate - Nissan’s line of sporting Z cars dates back to the early ‘70s, but through the ‘80s and ‘90s the Zs accumulated flab and so weren’t quite as sporty as their badges suggested. Then in the early noughti... read more

Audi R8 Full Road Test Report

5.2 FSI Quattro - How do you improve on a car as good as the R8? Well, if you’re Audi, you replace the 4.2-litre V8 with an even more awesome V10. Yes, Audi has seen fit to up the power on the R8 by fitting a version o... read more

Audi Q5 Full Road Test Report

3.0 TDI - Audi’s rise over the last decade or so has been nothing short of phenomenal. The German carmaker has taken on its rivals in the premium segment of the car market – most notably Mercedes-Benz and BMW –... read more

Chevrolet Captiva Full Road Test Report

Ikon 2.0 LS - The Chevrolet Captiva Ikon is the special edition version of the popular SUV, offering plenty of space and chunky good looks, in an attractive low price package. The special edition Ikon is based on t... read more

Volvo C30 Full Road Test Report

DRIVe 1.6D - Volvo’s existing, highly efficient 1.6 litre turbo diesel engine has been retained to power the DRIVe model range. With an impressive 64.2mpg from a sports coupe, Volvo have certainly grabbed the mark... read more

Audi S3 Full Road Test Report

Sportback - The turbocharged, direct-injection 2.0-litre engine produces a mighty 261bhp and 258lb-ft of torque, with the turbo lag of previous versions reduced by Audi's engineers. This means that the 0-62mph sp... read more

Alfa Romeo Spider Full Road Test Report

2.2 JTS - 3.2 JTS V6 Q4 - Some current two-seater roadsters are so over-styled and fussy-looking that they almost seem dated already. In ten or twenty years we’ll look back and say, ‘Did I really drive that?’. Not so the Alfa ... read more

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