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Jaguar's £122k XJ Ultimate - a guided tour

Ollie Kew, 22 October 2012 12:00

You’ll find a plethora of new car verdicts tucked away in the reviews section of CAR’s website, but (unsurprisingly) very few appraisals of a car from the back seat only. After all, a car would have to be a more than moderately special machine to warrant a mention of the rear quarters lengthier than ‘the headroom is adequate.’ Such a ...

Vauxhall Astra GTE: Ben Barry on his first hot hatch

4.5

Ben Barry, 18 June 2012 11:12

Last year, my parents’ home caught fire. No-one died or anything, and the fire brigade caught the blaze before the whole place burned down, but there was some pretty significant damage, so my folks took the decision to gut the house and start again. This was a significant event for me, because I’d lived in that house since 1976 and, ...

A reader’s love-hate affair with his Peugeot 205 GTI

Alex Michaelides, 13 October 2011 09:31

As I suffer the indignity of being pushed to the side of the road for the fifth time this week, I can’t help but concur with Kenneth Williams when he exclaims: ‘What’s the bloody point?!’ Of course, while Williams may have had the demise of his own existence to contend with, I have a much more pressing issue – the ...

Citroen DS3 R3 in successful Ulster debut

3.5

Simon McBride, 25 August 2010 17:32

The competitive debut of the Citroen DS3 R3 in the hands of Bryan Bouffier has been a success. Bouffier finished in fifth overall on the British Rally section of the Todds Leap Ulster Rally and took victory in Class R. There’s a close resemblance between the DS3 R3 rally car and the new DS3 Racing road car – right down ...

CAR interviews WRC rally champ Sébastien Loeb

Ben Barry, 16 March 2010 10:11

Six-times world rally champion Sébastien Loeb is now back at the top of the WRC standings after a dominant victory on 2010’s Rally Mexico. In the April 2010 issue of CAR we follow Citroën Junior Team driver Kimi Räikkönen on season opener Rally Sweden – where Sebastien Loeb finished second – and catch up with Loeb afterwards. CAR: Did you ...

The best hot hatch on sale today? Easy choice

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Tim Pollard, 08 February 2010 06:17

Renault's been making feisty hot hatches for, well, decades really and unlike Peugeot has rarely taken its eye off the GTI ball. My first car was a 1980s Renault 5 and I recall lusting after the Turbo I couldn't afford; the Clio Williams were seminal pocket rockets; and a succession of Renaultsport models since has left us in no doubt ...

Hold on tight! On board with Ken Block

3.5

Christopher Hubbard, 29 September 2009 09:40

'Are you ready?' I’m pretty sure that’s what the man said over the helmet intercom; but to be perfectly honest with you, my brain’s just a tiny bit fried right now, and I don’t recommend you quote me exactly. Either way, he definitely didn’t say it in the manner of that Scottish geezer vaguely responsible for refereeing television’s Gladiators. It ...

Why Seat is VW's answer to the Focus RS

Ben Barry, 13 March 2009 09:00

A couple of months back, I gave Seat a fairly hefty kicking in the magazine. The gist? Its current product line-up versus brand identity confused me, and I missed the flare of Cupras and Cupra Rs from years gone by. But it wasn’t all negative. I said that Seat could get back on form with some properly hardcore hot hatch ...

Are you VXR enough?

2.5

Adam Towler, 20 June 2008 09:53

I’ve never liked the Vauxhall VXR's gear knob. Too short, anatomically plain weird, and finished with hefty stitching so coarse it can scrape your skin off. I’ve just never understood who thought this was a good idea. CAR’s Chris Chilton once memorably described it to me as ‘that upturned Eskimo boot that could cut your hand’ – and it seems ...

My first race and my biggest crash, on video

4.5

Ben Barry, 09 June 2008 10:38

For a baptism of fire, it was biblically wet. I’d been invited to pop my racing cherry in a Jetta TSI at the VW Racing Cup, Rockingham and everything was starting to go horribly wrong. First, the Jetta broke at an earlier practice day. It was replaced with a MkV Golf GTI, so the 20-minute qualifying session was the first ...

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