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Off-road in the Range Rover Evoque

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Chris Chilton, 05 April 2011 09:00

But is it a proper Range Rover? That’s the question you’ve probably been asking yourself since you recoiled in horror at Land Rover’s decision to parade Victoria Beckham around at the launch of the Evoque. Okay, so we know the marketing reasons behind that, it’s all about reaching out to a new demographic with a new type of car. But ...

Cut-price Performance Car of the Year bargains

Chris Chilton, 31 December 2010 09:00

I’ve got one big problem with our PCOTY cars and it’s that I can’t afford any of them. Which got me thinking: is there an affordable used alternative to each car, one with a similar spirit but that's genuinely affordable, say sub-£20k? Here’s what I came up with: Can’t afford the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera Buy the Lotus ExigeThere are stacks ...

Why I ended up buying two E12 BMW M535i's

Chris Chilton, 28 January 2010 10:20

There’s something about impending fatherhood that makes me rush out and buy cars that I have absolutely no need for. Maybe it’s a midlife crisis thing, I’m not sure, but I can tell you that children are certainly expensive, though not for the reasons everyone thinks.Three years ago I bought a 1989 911 Carrera two weeks before my son was ...

Why we chose Wales for Performance Car of the Year 2008

Chris Chilton, 24 September 2008 10:00

We like Wales. You’d like it too if you don’t already. This place is like a giant playground for the car obsessed. The scenery is epic but the roads are even better. We needed a great track for this year’s PCOTY and Wales came up trumps with the reinvented Anglesey circuit. But we know that how a car performs on ...

911 humbled by Caparo? The truth

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Chris Chilton, 24 November 2007 09:41

Driving an old 911 back to back with a Caparo T1 throws Chris Chilton's perspective I haven’t managed many long trips in my 'new' old 911, so when I had to get over to Bruntingthorpe airfield to drive the Caparo T1, it seemed like a great opportunity. It’s not exactly miles from my place, say an hour away, but the ...

Hankering after a 911: a dangerous admission by Chris Chilton

Chris Chilton, 06 February 2007 07:21

Have cash, will buy. But 911-hunting is proving more difficult than we thought... Patience, the saying goes, is a virtue. Sadly it’s not one of mine. There is a pile of cash in my pocket and it’s singeing my leg hairs. Buying used cars does this to you. There are always stacks of cars in your ideal spec/price/colour combo when ...