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Gavin Green on the indestructible charm of the Land Cruiser

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Gavin Green, 04 September 2012 09:00

Just back from Tanzania to watch the wildebeest migrate across the Serengeti and one of the highlights – along with the lounging lions, hyenas wandering into our camp, trumpeting elephants and stalking cheetah (not to mention numerous flights in little single-engine Cessnas from bush airstrips) – was our Toyota Land Cruiser safari vehicle. The Land Cruiser is not really understood ...

Gavin Green on copycat styling (CAR archive, July 1990)

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Gavin Green, 12 July 2012 09:00

‘A new Metro went by me the other day and, to tell you the truth, I thought it was a Citroen AX. And that upset me, because if I can’t tell them apart then what chance has the average motorist got? After all, I designed the AX.’Geoff Matthews is one of Britain’s finest car stylists. His Midlands-based design consultancy, Styling ...

Gavin Green decries the trend to ugly car engines

Gavin Green, 01 June 2012 09:35

On the 20th birthday of the marvellous McLaren F1 road car – it was launched two decades ago at a Monaco GP party – I am reminded of one of its many virtues. But one that never received the praise it deserved. Namely, it’s superb engine presentation. Designer Gordon Murray wanted a very beautiful (ie not full of plastic gubbins) ...

Gavin Green reviews the 2012 Beijing motor show

Gavin Green, 23 April 2012 17:26

In Beijing, the smog is appalling and the traffic dreadful. Outside, we are ringed by coal-burning power stations, trying to fuel the city’s insatiable appetite for energy. The air is so bad you can taste it and feel it when you breathe. China’s newly enriched middle class also has an insatiable appetite for personal mobility, and you can’t blame them ...

Gavin Green on one good, and one bad, new VW

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Gavin Green, 03 April 2012 09:00

This is the tale of two Volkswagens. One risible. One righteous. The new VW Up is a brilliant little car. From its tough yet well-textured cabin, to its composed ride quality, to its tuneful three-cylinder engine, to its outstanding space efficiency, this is one of the finest small cars I’ve driven. Unlike the brilliant Audi A2 – the Volkswagen Group’s ...

Gavin Green on that Bentley SUV and Brit luxury icons

Gavin Green, 20 March 2012 07:08

The Germans have done a fine job at running the British car industry. Every major British-bred car company – Land Rover, Jaguar, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Mini, Aston Martin – has a German boss. Most of these companies are doing very well, Land Rover, Mini and Rolls-Royce spectacularly so. The three best British cars of the past decade – the Range Rover, ...

Gavin Green's review of the 2012 Geneva motor show

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Gavin Green, 07 March 2012 17:11

There is surely no surer sign that the good times are back: the stars – or rather, the most talked about cars – of the Geneva show were a new Bentley and a new Ferrari, both 12-cylinder powered. They are big, they are decadent, they will be stratospherically expensive (clearly aimed at China’s affluent and Russia’s richest, rather than we ...

Gavin Green on 2012's fine new F30 BMW 3-series

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Gavin Green, 21 February 2012 09:00

Just back from Spain, where I’ve been driving the new 3-series saloon on those magical winding roads of Andalusia. As expected, it is a terrific car. The new one is a step-on from its predecessor, especially in cabin quality, handling and looks (leaner, sleeker, less multi-angle Bangled). The agility and balance of the new 3 – I drove both 320d ...

Gavin Green on the new, and old, Honda NSX

Gavin Green, 07 February 2012 09:00

The late great Russell Bulgin – a good friend and a fellow CAR contributor – was once asked what was his favourite car. His reply was: ‘the newest’. Russell was always modern and cutting edge. He did not like retro or nostalgic cars (or ‘classic cars’ for that matter, at least not as road transport – although they were fine ...

Gavin Green's review of the 2012 Delhi auto show

Gavin Green, 05 January 2012 18:41

Quick question. What do you know about the Indian motor industry? I asked a couple of friends, car literate but not car nuts, before I set out for Delhi, and both cited the single fact that they still make the Hindustan Ambassador there (a 1950s Morris Oxford to anyone west of the Himalayas). We westerners have such a quaint and ...

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