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Trip diary: how Mercedes launches a new S-class

Trip diary: how Mercedes launches a new S-class

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Ollie Kew, 20 May 2013 09:00

Hamburg is a long way to go to poke around a new car and not drive it, but when it's a new Mercedes S-class, it's worth the trek, if only to see the tech that'll be filtering down to Golfs and Fiestas over the next decade. As it turned out, I saw rather more than just that… 6.45am The black ...

A year of new BMWs - by CAR's competition winner

A year of new BMWs - by CAR's competition winner

Rated 3 out of 53

Ollie Kew, 31 August 2012 11:00

Discovering she had won first prize in CAR’s competition to spend a year’s motoring in six brand new BMWs had Tracey Lee of Oxfordshire doing a victory dance mid-grocery shop when our associate editor Tim Pollard telephoned with the good news.At the end of June 2012, the start of an unforgettable year’s motoring began with the delivery of a well-specced ...

VW Amarok in Patagonia (CAR archive, April 2010)

VW Amarok in Patagonia (CAR archive, April 2010)

Rated 5 out of 55

Ben Oliver, 12 August 2012 10:00

I don’t know why I thought this was a good idea. I’m standing on a tonne of timber piled, unsecured, into the back of a Volkswagen Amarok with the tailgate down, and I’m clinging to its fat chrome roll bar because beneath me the truck is bellowing and bucking over soft sand and thick clumps of brush as it climbs ...

24 moments that made the Le Mans 24hrs

24 moments that made the Le Mans 24hrs

Rated 4 out of 54

Ben Pulman, 13 June 2012 12:00

Ahead of this weekend's 80th running of the world-famous endurance race, here's CAR's countdown of the 24 most iconic men, motors and moments that have defined the 24 Heures du Mans.1923: The first Le MansThe inaugural race on 26-27 May 1923 featured 33 cars and was won by a Chenard et Walcker, covering 1380 miles at an average speed of ...

Note to car industry: China isn’t the only market

Note to car industry: China isn’t the only market

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Greg Fountain, 27 April 2012 07:00

Nothing against China but it seems to me its influence over the car industry is becoming problematic. The world’s great car makers allowing Chinese tastes to dictate the conception and production of their cars is rather like the world’s great restaurants developing menus entirely to please Americans, merely because there happen to be a lot of them. The fact that ...

Stuff wot I've driven – Mitsubishi ASX

Stuff wot I've driven – Mitsubishi ASX

Rated 1 out of 51

Anthony ffrench-Constant, 13 March 2012 13:00

Unremarkable time spent in Mitsubishi’s instantly forgettable ASX has left me thoroughly baffled. Is there really room in a market segment already packed tighter than Linford Christie’s Lycra for yet another SUV of this order? Especially one which, more than any rival I’ve yet encountered, merits a paraphrasing of that old Beatles number: ‘I’ve got nothing to say but it’s ...

Georg Kacher: my 2012 Car of the Year verdict

Georg Kacher: my 2012 Car of the Year verdict

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Georg Kacher, 05 March 2012 14:30

Toyota Yaris1 point Okay, so this is the cheapest hybrid on the market. But as a car, even the green Yaris is not as desirable as one of the better petrol- or diesel-engined rivals. Citroen DS5                  1 point Great design, great interior, great quality. Shame about the artificial steering, the grabby brakes and the unacceptable ride. VW Up4 points The Up ...

Why does your speedo go faster than your car?

Why does your speedo go faster than your car?

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 27 February 2012 12:17

Ever wondered why the speedometers in modern cars have such high readings stretching way beyond the car's actual top speed? I do on a nearly daily basis - and in fact have blogged on this before. It's incredibly frustrating when only a quarter of the dial is taken up by relevant speeds of up to 70mph. You know, the useful ...

Tomorrow's world: VW's new MQB platform tech

Tomorrow's world: VW's new MQB platform tech

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Jesse Crosse, 23 February 2012 10:12

Is VW’s recently announced MQB (Modular Transverse Matrix) a new idea or old hat? Starting with the new VW Golf Mk7 arriving in the UK in spring 2012, the idea heralds a return to basic principles of mass production in an industry where over the last 100 years, complexity has spiralled out of control. By creating a standardised, interchangeable set ...

Why Macan lives up to Porsche’s naming convention

Why Macan lives up to Porsche’s naming convention

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Greg Fountain, 20 February 2012 14:45

Porsche must by now be used to the stunned silence every time it announces the name of a new model. Last week the news that its baby SUV would be called Macan was greeted by a global shrug of super-Gallic proportions, and equally unsurprising was the risible ‘explanation’ that the word is ‘derived from’ the Indonesian for tiger (Blah blah ...

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